Moses Sumney performing at the 2018 Newport Folk Festival Adam Kissick /for NPR hide caption

Courtney Barnett, one of this year's performers, at the Newport Folk Festival in 2015. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption

This painting is artist Christina Eve's attempt to recreate the images she sees when she listens to the music of Bleachers. Colorist Creative - Garrett Callahan and Sean Sida/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption

A selection of NPR Music's best 50 albums of 2017. (Clockwise from upper left) Far from Over by Vijay Iyer, Plunge by Fever Ray, Everybody Works by Jay Som, Aromanticism by Moses Sumney, Luv Is Rage 2 by Lil Uzi Vert and 4:44 by Jay-Z. Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: The singer, MILCK at the Women's March on Washington in January, Lorde, Big Thief, SZA, Partner, Moses Sumney Courtesy of the artists hide caption

Moses Sumney, Aromanticism Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Moses Sumney releases Aromanticism this September on Jagjaguwar. Ibra Ake/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

Clockwise from upper left: Flotation Toy Warning, Ian Chang, Josh Ritter, Moses Sumney, Common Holly Courtesy of the artists hide caption