REVIEW: People I’ve Met Arrive with Their Debut EP Bunny
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☆ BY SAHAR GHADIRIAN ☆
NEW YORK CITY BASED TRIO PEOPLE I’VE MET MAKE THEIR MARK WITH DEBUT EP BUNNY—Having released a string of singles at the end of 2025 and into the new year, long-time friends Orlando Wiltshire, Andrew Suster and Moses Martin (formerly known as Dancer) have used their relocation to the East Coast to form a new addition to NYC’s indie pop/rock scene.
People I’ve Met describe this period as "beautifully unstable," wild and wonderful. The group’s first musical collection invites listeners into the rollercoaster ride of youth, but through softened, gentle expression, where expert effortlessness can equate to melancholy. Lying on a bed of shimmering synths, Martin meanders between airy falsetto and deeper register on the opening song “Promise.” His vocals are reminiscent of the angelic whispers, from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker to a sound a lot closer to home like Coldplay’s Chris Martin (Moses’ dad). As the music video traverses through the city at night, lights sprawling in the background and the band taking us on a journey through their new home, the blinding pain of a breakup seeps into all corners of life.
The five-track EP centres on that all-consuming realisation that not all love is meant to last forever. Each song explores elements of confusion, grief, regret and desire with a strong sense of self-awareness. This assuredness is most apparent on the hooky “For Hire,” which rejects the notion of being someone’s on-demand option.
When you’re younger, everything can feel more intense. Those first few instances of heartbreak cut deeper than they ever will; the loss feels greater, and it feels like it could be impossible to recover, yet eventually you come out the other end feeling completely changed and ready to begin again. These sweeping emotions are the subject matter of much of Bunny—but the way they’re expressed aren’t with a heavy intensity in the instrumentation or vocals. Rather, the intensity is distilled with a juxtaposition of Moses' delicate vocals Moses with his cool retelling, light and sheer, and the glimmering flourishes in the melody. It makes it seem like at its core, everything can still be held together with the promise that the darkness will pass, even when it feels like the crumbling walls can never recover.
Healing comes with experience, and there is no way to experience the rush of romance without the inevitable dips life has in store. As a whole, the offerings on Bunny do not shy away from messiness; they embrace and prepare for passion and chaos. Most notably on “Bastards,” we are exposed to a night out that failed to go to plan as Moses narrates with lighthearted sincerity, "Kissing in a cab on the way to falling / In another situation that’ll end," "Lady in the back with a rolling stone pin / Fast talking about all her favorite bands / Her boyfriend thinks I'm in love with her / 'Cause I probably am."
A sweetly playful introduction to People I’ve Met, Bunny sparks an exciting debut for the trio as they unravel their coming-of-age musings.
