With her determined voice, Zurich-based artist Emily Woolf makes a striking impression with her first single. “Voices In My Head” marks a debut that moves, empowers and lingers long after listening – an impressive first step by an artist who transforms her own darkness into radiant music.
The music, says the musician, comes from an open heart and tangled thoughts. “Voices In My Head” tells the story of an inner struggle that gradually turns into self-empowerment: from oppressive voices emerges a clear, self-defined melody.
For the production, Emily Woolf assembled an experienced team. Producer Mario Baumann, who has previously worked with singer-songwriters such as Moes Anthill, lends the track a warm, organic depth and brings out Emily Woolf’s voice with great sensitivity.
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Metanoia (self-released, December 2025) is the new album from Falling You: an ethereal / ambient musical project formed in 1995, based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA. In turn, Falling You is the project of composer and producer John Michael Zorko, collaborating with - and featuring front-and-center - other artists whom he very deeply admires. For Metanoia, these collaborators include Dru Allen (Mercury’s Antennae, This Ascension), Courtney Grace, Slim Heilpern, Amelia Hogan, Anji Lum and Ryan Lum (Lovespirals / Love Spirals Downwards), Erica Mulkey (Unwoman), Colleen Segale, Shikhee (Android Lust), and Jennifer Wilde.
Like some of Zorko’s collaborators, Falling You is comparable to This Mortal Coil, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau Twins or Slowdive; or the 1990s ethereal / darkwave roster of the renowned Projekt label who, in 2017, also released the previous Falling You album, Shine, and the retrospective compilation, Charms (Best Of 98-13). Earlier, largely self-released albums from Falling You also include: Mercy (1998), Touch (2005), Human (2006), Faith (2008), Adore (2011), and Blush (2013).
The new album, Metanoia, explores transformation – how events beyond our control cause us to reshape who we are. Through the lens of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and other myths from antiquity, these songs trace moments of profound change. Subtle blues inflections emerge within ethereal darkwave and shoegaze textures, grounding the album’s atmospheric reach. John Zorko elaborates: “Metanoia means ‘change of mind’ or ‘change of heart’ in Greek – transformation born from adversity. Many of the songs pull from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which is full of people literally changing form, often against their will. Thinking about everything the world has been through these last several years, and how we’ve all had to adapt to circumstances we never chose, the theme just clicked. Growth implies we’re steering the ship, but sometimes change is thrust upon us, and that’s what this record explores.”
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New York-based newcomer Chase shares her impressive second single ‘History’. Born from a heavy, aching place, ‘History’ reflects on the current state of the world. Through rich, distinctive vocals and cathartic songwriting Chase reflects on the far reaching consequences that continue to impact lives long after the headlines fade.
The soothing instrumentals offer a gesture of comfort and a reminder that hope is always possible, even in the midst of uncertainty. Sharing more, Chase explained: ‘As I’ve watched the world change, I’m struck by the way that history tends to deal in broad strokes. It can mark moments, but it can’t hold the pain or the real human cost. That weight lives on in people- in families, in communities- long after, in ways no record can capture. That truth sits heavy on my heart, and it’s something I can’t overlook. I think even beyond that, the song comes from the interconnectedness I see in the sense that our private pain also lives inside a collective struggle. I feel that if we can share in grieving, we can also share in healing, and I’m stubbornly hopeful in that. I think “History” is a quiet prayer longing for courage, and it’s my refusal to give in to the temptation of despair.’
‘History’ arrives as the second single to be released by Chase and follows on from her debut ‘Pretend Again’ which was released back in June. Both tracks have had the brilliant Philip Weinrobe (Adrianne Lenker, Florist, Tomberlin) on production duty and were recorded in his New York studio. ‘I’ve been very inspired by classic singers like Nat King Cole and their orchestras and that big‑room, everyone‑all-together feel. Phil Weinrobe also made me fall in love with the ethos of recording without headphones which happens to be a part of that tradition” Chase shared.
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