Ritt Momney

Released: July 20, 2018

Songwriter: Jack Rutter

Producer: Jack Rutter

[Verse 1]
Living the dream
At least what the dream used to be
There's people I don't know that know me
I'm quite well off, relatively
Writer's block accompanied by some depression
Without these songs, what am I worth?
If I'm not singing, no one hears my words except her

[Chorus]
My backyard tree doesn't know what she needs
Or what she wants, she just grows on
She left me so low to the ground
She left me here without a sound
Paper news and pay-per-views
They're all but gone, but my tree lives on
Asked her how she came to survive
She whispered, "The mindless will thrive"

[Verse 2]
Day one at my therapist's building
All these cars are so expensive
I guess the money brings expenses (Pay up)
So run along through this life with no sure ending
Create what you like and break the rest
There's hope for more than just the best (Probably)

[Chorus]
My backyard tree doesn't know what she needs
Or what she wants, she just grows on
She left me so low to the ground
She left me here without a sound
Paper news and pay-per-views
They're all but gone, but my tree lives on
Asked her how she came to survive
She whispered, "The mindless will thrive"

Ritt Momney (originally called the spooks) is the indie solo project of Salt Lake City native Jack Rutter.

Under the name the spooks, Ritt Momney released their first single, Cold, which gained popularity in the hallways of Highland High School in Salt Lake City, Utah in the spring of 2016. The original members were Jack Rutter, his now ex-girlfriend Lindsey Lloyd, and friends Auden Winchester, Hank Thompson, Zach Olson, and Chris Kearl.

Beginning as an indie rock band comprised of high school friends, the project became a personal outlet for Rutter after his bandmates left on Latter-Day Saint missions and his girlfriend left for college. In his bedroom, he began writing, recording, and producing his upcoming debut LP, entitled “Her and All of My Friends,” in which Rutter grapples with loss, loneliness, and his drift away from Utah Latter-Day Saint culture. Nowadays, the band’s members often come and go, leaving Jack Rutter at the center of it all. Besides Rutter, there is no ‘official’ set of band members.

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