JBNG – “Many Moons” [Song Review]

Alt-rock band JBNG released their single, “Many Moons,” a few months ago. The track features guitarist Dave Martone. Produced by David Ziehr and recorded and mixed at Echoplant Studio, the song delivers a rough-edged grunge sound with strong melodic touches.

The track is the first song from Breathe, a concept album being launched throughout 2026. JBNG plans to release one new single on the 6th of each month.

JBNG began as the vehicle for Jaben John Groome, whose name still sits at the center of the project even as the band has expanded into a six-piece outfit: Groome, Derrick Carroll, Matt Koopman, Monique Angele, Rob Thomson, and Tim Charman. The expanded lineup gives the track its visceral dynamics.

Groome describes the single as a song about love that keeps going, even through change, grief, and time itself. In his words, “‘Many Moons’ was written about an undying love that survives all of the ups and downs of life, along with the earth’s astronomical cycles. Including the history behind the origin of the saying that was common in the ‘50s, as my dad would sing it, which was reflected in the video.”

He adds, “We grow with each astronomical cycle, and we learn with every loss.  Radical acceptance when things end as nothing ever really dies, it just becomes its true cell form again and evolves into whatever it needs to be each time.”

Groome was born in Surrey, Canada. Before turning more fully toward music, he and his brother ran a successful construction business. He spent years playing bass, guitar, and singing with a range of musicians, and he recently started JBNG Music Ltd.

JBNG, photo courtesy of Music With Depth

JBNG has built a growing body of music. Meh, produced by Matt DiPomponio, was recorded in 2015 and released in April 2024. In 2023, Groome made Sub, a bass-and-vocals-only album, with producer Tom Berttall at 5ft Under Studios. In 2024, he worked with producer David Ziehr on Run and Run (Unplugged). The live release Live at the Biltmore, produced by Henri Brown, arrived in 2025.

“Many Moons” begins in a haze of scuffed-up guitars, then locks into a sinewy groove that feels both heavy and deliciously elastic. Groome’s rasp gives the song its elemental center of gravity, dragging the melody through grungy muck without affecting its mood. The out-of-nowhere “doo wah” harmonies, surprisingly, end up being the track’s slyest move, offering a flash of candy-colored flavors cutting across the sludge.

“And if you’re leaving, I’ll be going off the deep end / Oh, oh and not alone / Every evening I’ll be crawling on the ceiling / Oh, oh and not alone.”

At its core, “Many Moons” is an alt-rock song about love, loss, and the emotional mess that follows when something meaningful changes shape.

Run Time: 3:10
Release Date: March 6, 2026
Record Label: Independent