“ONE MORE TIME” is the new single from San Francisco Bay Area-raised, Philadelphia-based singer, songwriter, producer, and visual artist Vessna Scheff. The track is the final single taken from the upcoming LP ‘Never Mind the Moon’ (out Friday 18th October); a concept record tracking a dreamscape that takes place throughout a night at the roller-skating rink. The album took inspiration from the freedom of movement Scheff found during challenging times, a concept epitomised on “ONE MORE TIME”.

Recent single “MERGE” saw support from New Music Fix (BBC 6Music), Jyoty (Rinse FM), EARMILK and Stereofox.

The track gives the listener an opportunity to hold on to a moment you never want to end. Needing to escape through moments of joy while caregiving, Scheff was inspired by a friend to begin roller skating, which led to her creating an album of songs people would want to skate to. Her and her producer, Lee Clarke, were skating in his basement trying to create different sounds and rhythms with their roller skates when they were inspired to create “ONE MORE TIME”. Lee then took these sounds to the studio and built the skating sounds into a beat as Scheff began riffing vocal parts over the track. Lyrically, the track captures the thrill of something that is so playful and fun, you hope it will continue forever, especially in contrast to the heaviness that exist outside of that moment.

“When skating, you never want the night to end. Each time you go round the rink, you learn something about yourself, about others, and about the importance of joy”, Scheff says. “Going around just “one more time” lets you sink into that joy for a little longer, so you can carry it with you”.

‘Never Mind The Moon’ takes its name from a quote from the Questlove-directed 2021 documentary ‘Summer Of Soul’. Recalling the events of the incredible Harlem Culture Festival in 1969, a clip from the time shows a newscaster asking festival attendees about the moon landing. “Never Mind the Moon, what we need is investment in Harlem”, one attendee replies. This phrasing struck Vessna Scheff, as she considered the hopes, dreams and aspirations that are so often wrapped up in the idea of the moon. She explains, “to say ‘never mind the moon’ implies the power and love that is found right here, right infront of us. We don’t ned to go anywhere to find that – it can be found right here”. Through the dips and swells of the journey, alongside production from long-term collaborator Lee Clarke, the result is an iconic debut of mesmerising, era-defying sound.

Vessna Scheff is known for her pin drop performances and enrapturing vocal harmonies that leave audiences swooning. Her debut album ‘Never Mind the Moon’ is a shimmering synth-ony of buttery sounds that evoke the sound of the skate rink, and the irresistible strength of intimate connection and community that she conveys through her lyrics. She delivers an acquired awareness of self-love grown from caregiving, inspiring an appreciation of deep joy and embodiment.

Disrupting divides between visual and performing arts with a Masters from the Rhode Island School of Design, Vessna Scheff is a multi-hyphenate artist who breathes visuals into vocal runs for immersive performances and recordings. Her recent artworks have seen Vessna exploring the relationships between watercolours, texture and sound. Raised on R&B, Hip-Hop, Folk and Classical music in the San Francisco Bay Area, Scheff’s sonic repertoire expanded through collaborations with Lee Clarke to include beats, Jazz, and the Soul swaying sounds of Philadelphia.