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Collin Young (ONE HUNDRED MOONS) on Hustle Culture and Artist Identity

Collin Young is the guitarist and co-founder of ONE HUNDRED MOONS, Toronto’s rising force in shoegaze and dream pop. Collin opens up about the creative process, the pressure of live performance, and why bands today must juggle both precision and fragility.

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3 months ago

09/23/2025

Lance Marwood

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Episode 004 – Collin Young (ONE HUNDRED MOONS) | MAKE // BREAK

Collin Young is the guitarist and co-founder of ONE HUNDRED MOONS, Toronto’s rising force in shoegaze and dream pop. Formed with longtime collaborator Jen Vella during lockdown, the band has since grown into a five-piece that balances swirling textures with sharp emotional weight. Their forthcoming debut, Black Avalanche, expands on this vision, with singles like “Volodya” and “Ear to Ear” revealing a sound both haunted and cinematic. On MAKE // BREAK, Collin opens up about the creative process, the pressure of live performance, and why bands today must juggle both precision and fragility. It’s a conversation that touches on shoegaze’s resurgence, the role of community in sustaining new acts, and how ONE HUNDRED MOONS continues to chase songs that feel unexpected, even to themselves.

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Lance Marwood

Director of Communications @ V13. Lance Marwood is a music and entertainment writer who has been featured in both digital and print publications, including a foreword for the book "Toronto DIY: (2008-2013)" and The Continuist. He has been creating and coordinating content for V13 since 2015 (back when it was PureGrainAudio); before that he wrote and hosted a radio and online series called The Hard Stuff , featuring interviews with bands and insight into the Toronto DIY and wider hardcore punk scene. He has performed in bands and played shows alongside acts such as Expectorated Sequence, S.H.I.T., and Full of Hell.