Shaun Pickett hasn’t sad idly since wrapping up Command Q in 2017. The Perth artist has thrown himself into songwriting and music. “Just Friends,” his debut single under his new moniker, Monsoon Moon, is the culmination of those efforts.
“I was once wildly in love, and like every love-drunk musician before me, I had the original idea of writing a song for my lover. But, like most good things, our love didn’t last and I was left with an unfinished song and a healthy plate of regret,” he explained of the song’s inspiration. “The song was now a lie! I started to think, ‘Wouldn’t it have been better if we never got together in the first place? Why couldn’t we have stayed Just Friends?'”
I absolutely love this track. It’s so incredibly catchy with immensely relatable lyrics. It’s a sign of things to come for the artist who has tired of the party scene Command Q was so much a part of.
“We felt tired and worn down by it, sensing a deeper need to express ourselves with greater emotional contrast,” he explained. “Maybe change is inevitable, as an artist you grow and evolve. All I know now is that I want to express myself beyond ‘dabs’ in an underground EDM dungeon with ravers. I hope I can give that to you with Monsoon Moon.”
“Just Friends” has whet my appetite for more. I can’t wait to hear what Monsoon Man has in store for us.
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