Unclouded sees Melodys Echo Chamber embarking on a life-affirming new chapter. The title of the album was lifted from a quote from the Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki, about achieving equilibrium: “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.

Metaphorical dark skies have given way to sunshine at least for now. I used to feel nostalgic growing into adulthood, Melody says, but now that I understand that concept of impermanence, I dont take it as personally anymore. That brighter outlook is reflected in the records delectable grooves as much as its more earthbound lyrics – the instinct to escape has been replaced by a sense of being with nature in the present.

Unclouded is brimming with the positive energy that propelled Prochet across the world on Melody Echo Chambers 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 Im faster at getting back to more harmonious feelings, enjoying the beauty of transient things and the bittersweet feeling of their impermanence.

Unclouded is an album that celebrates the present moment, whatever state we find ourselves in.

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