Ritt Momney

Released: July 19, 2019

Songwriter: Jack Rutter

Producer: Jack Rutter

It's been two years since
The last time I cried
I was gone with my friends when my grandmother died
And her youngest son called me
Tears fell from my phone
She planted a garden
And raised him beside it
He played in the soil as his mother's sunlight hit
His face and the flowers
Now they've wilted away

If you get impatient like an angry father
And decide that you want me, decide that you want her
Just come through the front door
Look me in the eyes
I heard that in Heaven bad things don't exist
But I heard the same thing goes for non-existence
So whichever one takes us
We're better off there

And I thought I heard you say
There were no losers, only winners
That's my mistake
But if I'm already a sinner, I might as well
Kill everyone who's ever told me I needed Hell
Don't offer me something I'm able to give myself
While you're up busy being stable, I'll clear the shelves
And all the seats around my table have cleared themselves
My friends are gone, but just for right now
At least I will forget them all eventually

For one who's all-loving
You turned on me quickly
The moment I left you, you turned them against me
In the name of what's right
As if they could know
This imperfect path for these imperfect people
Where you go, they follow
The fire or the steeple
But you never lead them
You simply command

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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