Written by Noah Crist | 10/16/2026
Moments Pass by Cemetery Poet
There’s a lot I could say about “Moments Pass” by Cemetery Poet. It’s an incredibly well constructed album full of emotional highs and lows. Musically, it has this unending ethereal vibe to it, supported by gorgeous instrumentals and down to earth vocals. Lyrically, Jordan Hungate (Cemetery Poet himself) tells his story in such a way that lets each song provide the listener with the chance to join him in moving on. However, I don’t think any of this truly does the album justice in the same way that Jordan’s own words do:
“Moments Pass is a record about endurance, identity, and the quiet weight we carry as time moves on. These songs follow moments of movement and stillness — hiding, running, collapsing, and slowly learning how to stay. There are no easy answers here. Just honesty, connection, and the belief that love matters — even when the world makes it hard.“
Jordan’s music often starts from just a feeling. Sadness, heartbreak, frustration, empathy, whatever it may be, he creates phrases to begin the process of capturing that feeling. More words follow, then the music as he tries to match his work to the theme of the song. Usually, this looks like a quick take on his phone, just himself and his guitar. He’ll make some adjustments, but then instead of grinding right away, he lets it sit and listens. This way, he is intentional about every aspect of the creation process. He doesn’t just jump into the music, instead he almost studies it as he writes. Once he’s happy with his idea, he brings it over to his computer and begins meticulously crafting his instrumentals to match what he hears in his head. While his process is longer than your typical production workflow (Jordan has stated it can take months before he is satisfied with a track), the slower pace is the point. It allows him to really sit with his work and feel for himself how the music is taking shape, turning his process into an almost therapeutic experience.
This process was especially important for “Moments Pass”. The album was born from a place of struggle. Struggles with losing his parents, dealing with his own battle with cancer, losing an important relationship, and feelings of helplessness. After all of this, he was left questioning his place in life. In his own words, “all these moments in time, all these experiences, some you wish you could forget, some you hold onto with all your strength… What did it all mean? How do we survive as these moments pass?” Jordan’s creative process lends itself to struggles like these, both because it helps him move forward, but also because it makes music that contains so much meaning, love, and emotional weight. Even more impressive, he has the technical skill and the musical ear required to take all of this and turn it into music that genuinely sounds good. It doesn’t come across as edgy, it doesn’t feel fake. It feels real, raw, and worth listening to.
I highly recommend listening to this album at least twice. Your first time through should be to enjoy the music, because as I mentioned above it is legitimately good music. The second time through, however, needs to be dedicated to his lyricism, his focus on matching the music to his words, and the emotional weight that comes with this. “Moments Pass” is not an album you can truly appreciate unless you allow yourself time to simply feel it. In one last quote from Jordan, because this article doesn’t feel complete without it:
“Moments pass is like a child born of great birth pains, but now it has its own life. I wish the best for it. But I don’t want to rule the world, I just want to find where I belong in it and help others see , they are not alone.“
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