### Everything you ever wanted to know about the multi-instrumentalist but were afraid to ask
### Elliot Moss – the multi-instrumentalist songwriter, producer, and visual artist from New York City – worked on his debut album _Highspeeds_ since he was a sophomore in high school, playing, recording, and mixing all the tracks primarily by himself. After slowly releasing singles from the album, Moss released _Highspeeds_ in 2015.
Since then, Moss has been hard at work in the studio. His next EP _Boomerang_ is out April 28 on Sounds Expensive.
We caught up with Elliot to ask him 20 questions.
**What did you eat for breakfast today?**
Half of a banana. The other half fell on the floor and my dog ate it.
**What was the last movie that made you cry?**
_Wall-E_
**Who do you admire?**
I’m on a serious Bjork kick… and lately I’ve been watching anything with Richard Ayoade.
**What’s a hidden talent you have?**
I make a great chili.
**What’s something you aren’t good at, but wish you were?**
Cooking anything other than chili.
**If you weren’t doing music, what would you be?**
I’d try to work in visual effects. We used a really unique practical effect for my ‘Closedloop’ video… a super-bright LED light mounted to a drone. It stretched wild shadows all over different landscapes and objects.
**What was the last time you got lost?**
In Canada where our American GPS gets confused.
**What did you do on your last day off?**
Spent the day with my girlfriend in the city. There was a sign offering free food to anyone who could rap a Kanye verse, and she won us chips!
**What’s your ideal vacation destination?**
A city that I’ve never been to.
**Do you have a pet?**
Bentley, my dog! He’s gotten really funny with age – turning 10 soon.
**Do you keep plants?**
Many, I have a big palm thing sitting on my studio desk.
**What was the last time you failed at something?**
I write plenty of music that gets thrown away. But that’s learning.
**What was the last thing you ate that made you say “Damn!”?**
My chili.
**What was the last thing you read?**
Just finished Interviews with Francis Bacon by David Sylvester.
**What was the last piece of art that you looked at?**
Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion” (just now, when I went to double-check the author’s name).
**What was the last concert you went to?**
We were recently in Orlando, FL for tour… haven’t seen anything since I’ve gotten back. So, I guess it would technically be a guy playing a double-neck acoustic guitar and a didgeridoo at Disney Springs.
**What was the last (piece of art/song/movie or TV show) you saw that made you jealous?**
The last one? I suppose _Black Mirror_ just makes you sit there wishing you thought of those things. It’s annoyingly great.
**What is your guilty pleasure?**
French fries at 3am.
**What do you do to relax?**
Read… play music… working on other people’s music is relaxing for me. Pressure’s off.
**What do you do to get revved up?**
Jumping jacks… and my drummer Devin has gotten me into all kinds of coffee.
**What do you Flaunt?**
My new EP, _Boomerang_! Really looking forward to this being out.
_Boomerang_ is out April 28 on Sounds Expensive.
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