My Life As A Moth arrives with a dark edge on her new single, “Time Thief,” released September 5th, 2025, as the first taste of her forthcoming album The Parade Of The Starlet & The Broken Hearted. Known for blending eccentric inventiveness with emotional candor, the rising singer-songwriter captures the way anxiety tangles with our perception of time, painting it as a thief that steals moments of possibility. With production from Keir Adamson and Ellie Mason (Voka Gentle), the track is stitched together from traditional riffs and found sounds, even a washing machine hum becomes part of its heartbeat, setting the stage for an experience that’s equal parts intimate diary entry and sonic experiment.
The song revs into life with an almost mechanical growl before the guitar buzzes through, fuzzy and churning, as though it’s grinding against its own restraints. Over this, My Life As A Moth whispers darkly, her voice sensual yet unsettling, like a secret being confessed in a dim-lit corner. The drums thump a steady pulse that feels like a ticking clock, bruising the tones like time is indeed slipping away. She sings, “I like my coffee cold / I don’t daydream when I wake up / I see the stars align,” pushing out the mundanities as they are, suspended between numb routine and desperate cosmic searching.
As the track builds, the layers of distortion mirror the spiraling chaos of intrusive thoughts, the sonic world collapsing inward and then stretching outward again. It’s a piece that resists clean resolution, embodying instead the jagged, looping nature of anxious time.
With “Time Thief,” My Life As A Moth proves herself as both architect and alchemist, transforming fragments of daily life into an alt-pop fever dream.
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Review by: Naomi Joan