Moses Archuleta is searching for room to grow. As a founding member of Deerhunter and the indispensable indie group’s longtime drummer, Archuleta has always thrived in collaborative settings. But with his more electronic-oriented project Moon Diagrams, he’s found a new voice, working to express his own creative vision as an individual: “I feel like I’m learning how to become a self-possessed artist for the first time in my life,” he says. That need for space to stretch out and breathe isn’t just figurative: Cemetery Classics, the latest Moon Diagrams full-length, was largely informed by the isolation and alienation of the pandemic era, striving to capture the distinctly overpowering feeling of vastness that comes with hearing music in a big room. The album includes the serene vocals of Anastasia Coope, as well as additional contributions from Gang Gang Dance guitarist Josh Diamond James Ford, regular Deerhunter comrade Pat Flegel / Cindy Lee , and Simian Mobile Disco co-founder and production wizard James Ellis Ford . Even though Cemetery Classics is still a group effort, there’s something about it that feels so intuitive as if was handmade, from the efforts of a sole creator: more than just a solo project, Moon Diagrams sees Moses Archuleta stretching his wings as a sonic auteur with his own distinct worldview to share.