SUNLIT is the latest and most intimate incarnation of British songwriter and producer Joe Moore, a musician whose prolific output for Elefant Records since 2011 has traversed chamber pop, Italo disco, electronic pop, French 80s revivalism, and more. After over a decade of building worlds for other voices—The Yearning, Lia Pamina, Maddie Mae, Cristina Quesada, Julie Et Joe, The Perfect Kiss—Moore focused on a project in which he takes on everything himself, from composition to production to vocals. Launched just two years ago, SUNLIT revealed Moore at his most personal and unguarded. Where The Yearning leaned toward lush, ornate arrangements, SUNLIT moves with an austere elegance: dream-pop textures, shoegaze haze, folk-pop warmth, and crooner-like intimacy. Influences drift in from Cocteau Twins to Mazzy Star, from Lee Hazlewood to Beach House, but the emotional voltage is unmistakably Moore’s. In SUNLIT, Moore bares himself musically and emotionally more than ever before. His voice steps into the foreground, unadorned and honest, carrying songs that seem written for our inner worlds—for those private, infinite spaces we all drift through. SUNLIT is simplicity, radiance, and vulnerability woven into one: Joe Moore entering a new territory, and illuminating it from within. Today, TRISTE© presents the premiere of SUNLIT’s new single, Beside, ahead of its official release everywhere tomorrow. The track introduces the upcoming 2026 album with a striking sense of clarity and emotional radiance. Beside unfolds through reverberating tambourines, glistening arpeggios, and airy atmospheres that feel both weightless and profoundly human. What once was introspective in Joe Moore’s writing now shines outward—choruses that brighten the room, melodies that move like a slow-motion embrace. It’s a song of quiet liberation, capturing the fullness that emerges from emotional understanding and the tenderness of finally seeing oneself whole.

What Joe Moore Says: “Beside was one of the first of the new songs I wrote. I remember feeling relief and a sense of certainty and calm, and wanted to get that across in the song. I love the bass pattern for the verses and the way the chorus lifts off with emotion.“

Beside will be out tomorrow, December 2nd via Elefant Records. Look HERE for more information on Sunlit.