Melody’s Echo Chamber returns with a luminous, life-loving new album

Today, Melody’s Echo Chamber releases her new album ‘Unclouded’, an album that celebrates the present moment, whatever state we find ourselves in.

“The music I create unusually inhabits the liminal zone between realism and fables” says 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.”

To finish ‘Unclouded’, Melody received help from different colleagues. Swedish maestro Danny Brown co-produced the record and contributed to the writing, bringing his unique sonic palette to the richly textured canvas. Josefin Runsteen on strings brings her avant-garde smarts to the tableau. Melody describes Daniel Ögren (guitar) and Love Orsan (bass) (both from Dina Ögen) as “masters of the velvet groove”. Even British drummer Malcolm Catto and frequent collaborator Reine Fiske can be found throughout the record.

‘Unclouded’ is brimming with the positive energy that propelled Prochet across the world on Melody’s Echo Chamers’ lauded comeback tour of 2022. On returning to the Alps of High Provence, she began writing in earnest. What inspired her? “My deeper love for the living experience” she says. “I still get ups and downs but I’m faster at getting back to more harmonious feelings.”

Melody will be touring through Europe and the US next year to celebrate her new album.