Canadian singer/songwriter LILY MONAGHAN laments “Snow In Could” on the OTT platform preview of her sophomore EP
As anticipation builds towards the discharge of her sophomore EP this fall, Lily Monaghan is sharing one other preview at present with the only “Snow In Could.” A haunting piano ballad, it’s arguably Lily’s most affecting track so far, providing emotional swells just like the waves on the ocean close to her present location in Scotland, the place she has been finishing her larger schooling.
Nonetheless, the singer/songwriter from Edmonton, Albertahas additionally been absolutely concentrating on her musical evolution, and like Lily’s earlier single “Prepared To Wait,” “Snow In Could” is a product of periods carried out again residence with producer and multi-instrumentalist Kurtis Schultz.
Lily explains,
“I wrote this track whereas watching a snowfall in Edmonton final Could. The unseasonable climate appeared satirically reflective of my very own temper on the time. I used to be months away from shifting out of Canada and though the change was thrilling, I used to be very melancholic.”
She continues, “‘Snow in Could’ articulates this sentimental feeling of outgrowing one thing and the reluctant consciousness of getting old out of your youth. I needed the track’s contrasting dynamics to reflect these advanced feelings that I used to be feeling. The remoted piano in the beginning of the tune is me taking part in on an previous upright piano at Blue Willow Studios, which had a really comparable sound to the piano at my mother and father’ home that I’ve used to write down the vast majority of my songs.”
Lily Monaghan shortly established her presence on the Edmonton music scene along with her preliminary singles in 2022, which have been later compiled the next yr on her debut EP, Introspection. Its seamless mix of people, nation, soul and pop caught the eye of many critics, with the Edmonton Journal writing,
“Her vocals are sturdy, typically resembling Florence Welch’s earthy pipes, and Monaghan’s songwriting finds her plumbing the depths of her vulnerability as a lady.”
“Snow In Could” now presents one other aspect of Lily Monaghan, one unafraid to enterprise into darker and extra mature territory.