Melody’s Echo Chamber annoncerer nyt album – Unclouded ude d. 5/12
Melody’s Echo Chamber, aka den franske musiker Melody Prochet, kan i dag annoncere sit fjerde studiealbum – Unclouded – der udkommer d. 5. december på Domino / Playground Music.
På Unclouded begiver Melody’s Echo Chamber sig ud på et nyt, livsbekræftende kapitel. Titlen på albummet er taget fra et citat af den japanske animationskunstner Hayao Miyazaki, om at opnå ligevægt: ”You must see with eyes unclouded by hate. See the good in that which is evil, and the evil in that which is good. Pledge yourself to neither side".
Metaforiske mørke skyer har givet plads til solskin.. i det mindste for nu: “I used to feel nostalgic growing into adulthood,” fortæller Melody, “but now that I understand that concept of impermanence, I don’t take it as personally anymore.” Melodys lysere sindelag afspejles lige så meget i albummets forførende grooves, som i de mere jordnære tekster – hendes instinkt til at flygte er blevet erstattet med en følelse af, at være til stede i naturen, her og nu.
Albummets annoncering kommer med udgivelsen af den nye, sjælefulde single ’In The Stars’ – en sang om perfekte balancer. Sangen kommer med en tilhørende musikvideo, instrueret af Diane Sagnier.
Se videoen og lyt til ’In The Stars’ her.
“The music I create unusually inhabits the liminal zone between realism and fables,” fortæller Melody. “But the more experience I have of living, the deeper I love life and the less I need to escape. If my heart still belongs to the blue hour, it also feels like I’ve gathered up all the pieces of myself that were scattered everywhere and glued them together with gold like Japanese kintsugi.”
Unclouded er blevet til i samarbejde med den svenske maestro Sven Wunder (Danny Brown), som har været med til at co-producerer albummet samt bidraget til sangskrivningen. Albummet indeholder desuden bidrag fra Josefin Runsten på strygere, Daniel Ögren på guitar og Love Örsan på bas fra Dina Ögon, Malcolm Catto på trommer og Reine Fiske på guitar.
Tracklisting
1. The House That Doesn’t Exist
2. In The Stars
3. Flowers Turn Into Gold
4. Eyes Closed
5 .Childhood Dream
6. Memory’s Underground
7. Broken Roses
8. Burning Man
9. Into Shadows
10. How to Leave Misery Behind
11. Unclouded
12. Daisy (feat. El Michels Affair)
Live dates
14th April – Lido, Berlin, DE
15th April - VEGA, Copenhagen, DK
17th April – Botanique, Orangerie, Brussels, BE
18th April – Gebäude 9, Cologne, DE
19th April – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, NL
21st April – Electric Ballroom, London, UK
22nd April – L’Aéronef, Lille, FR
23rd April – Le Trianon, Paris, FR
24th April – Stereolux, Nantes, FR
25th April – Le 106, Rouen, FR
9th May – TBA, Austin, US
11th May – Thalia Hall, Chicago, US
12th May – Black Cat, Washington DC, US
13th May – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, US
14th May – Royale, Boston, US
15th May – Webster Hall, New York, US
17th May – TBA, Salt Lake City, US
19th May – Belasco, Los Angeles, US
20th May – Bimbo’s 365, San Francisco, US
22nd May – Revolution Hall, Portland, US
23rd May – The Crocodile, Seattle, US