Melancholia by Emily Donohue
On Melancholia, Emily Donohue’s luminous, honeyed voice soars above a bed of ringing, spacious music that blurs the lines between unabashed pop and electro-tinged indie rock. Donohue moves through her music with an easy grace, lending the record an in-the-pocket feel that is eminently engaging. A collection of painterly vignettes, “Melancholia is the story of a young woman trying to find her place – and herself – in modern society”, explains Donohue.
While writing, Donohue was wracked with feelings of panic and isolation, yet when she sat at her piano to write she felt in control. Channeling that anxiety and fear – both personal and cultural - into her art, each song became a meditation. “These songs were the remedy for my own melancholia”, Donohue shares. “If this record helps even one person as much as it helped me to write it, then I've done something good.”
Tracklist
| 1. | Intro | 0:23 |
| 2. | Goodbye, Stranger | 5:04 |
| 3. | Bitterest Pill | 3:25 |
| 4. | Mistakes | 4:01 |
| 5. | One Night Only | 3:16 |
| 6. | Age of Humiliation | 3:45 |
| 7. | Melancholia | 3:28 |
| 8. | Palmer | 3:36 |
| 9. | It Doesn't Matter, I Love You | 3:42 |
| 10. | Amidst the Heather | 4:19 |
| 11. | Emerald City Love | 4:18 |
| 12. | Outro | 0:50 |
Videos
Credits
All songs and lyrics written by Emily Donohue. Produced and co-written by Michael Pepe. "One Night Only" co-written by Jay Randy.
Performed by Emily Donohue and Michael Pepe. Additional performances by Tony Thaxton, Jay Randy, Doug Rockwell, Joseph Pepe, Danny Lopez, Danny Santamaria, and Michael Sparks Jr.
Recorded and mixed by Michael Pepe at In Silence Recording Studio in Los Angeles, CA. Piano and acoustic guitar on "Amidst the Heather" and "Emerald City Love" recorded by Robert Cheek. Mastered by Dave Harris at Studio B Mastering in Charlotte, NC.
