The Moss have a new single out and a full-length album on the way, and both feel like the work of a band operating exactly on their own terms. “Your Way” is out now, the lead single from ‘Big Blue Moon,’ due April 24, and it arrives with the kind of melodic confidence that has already driven The Moss past 75 million streams. Frontman Tyke James keeps the message direct: the song is about rejecting other people’s blueprints for how life should be lived.
That philosophy runs through everything about The Moss. James has lived in a van in Santa Cruz, surfed in France, worked a horse ranch in Montana, and paraglided in Utah, and the band’s sound reflects all of it. Equal parts 60s surf-rock, Beatles melodicism, reggae rhythm, and 90s emo edge, with nods to the Replacements, U2, and Vampire Weekend, The Moss pull from the outdoors as much as from music history. James performed alongside Jack Johnson at a local fundraiser in O’ahu as a teenager and has been building something distinctive ever since.
The Insomnia EP broke The Moss into wider consciousness, with the title track landing on Spotify’s U.S. Viral 50 chart and earning major support from SiriusXM’s Alt Nation. Alt Press named them a Rising Artist To Watch. Festival sets at Bottlerock, Levitate, and Life Is Beautiful followed, alongside dates with Briston Maroney. A spring 2026 headline tour now runs from Seattle through Salt Lake City, closing with a slot at Kilby Block Party alongside Lorde, The XX, and Modest Mouse.
“Your Way” captures the restless, self-directed energy that has defined The Moss from the start. ‘Big Blue Moon’ arrives April 24.
The Moss 2026 Tour Dates:
Apr 2 – Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
Apr 3 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
Apr 4 – Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
Apr 6 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Apr 9 – Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour
Apr 10 – San Diego, CA – The Quartyard
Apr 11 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
Apr 14 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
Apr 15 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada Outdoors
Apr 17 – Atlanta, GA – Sweetwater 420 Fest
Apr 18 – Nashville, TN – Basement East
Apr 20 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Apr 22 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
Apr 23 – Philadelphia, PA – Brooklyn Bowl Philadelphia
Apr 24 – New York, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Apr 25 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
Apr 27 – Pittsburgh, PA – Thunderbird Cafe
Apr 29 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig
Apr 30 – Columbus, OH – Skully’s
May 1 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi-Fi
May 2 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
May 6 – Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line
May 7 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theater
May 8 – St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway
May 9 – Kansas City, MO – Madrid Theater
May 11 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown
May 13 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theater
May 14 – Englewood, CO – Gothic Theater
May 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Block Party