"Union Station" explores the concepts of love, loss, and nostalgia over a sparkling soundscape of C86-esque chorus-soaked guitar riffs, Juno synth pads, and a driving LinnDrum beat.

Lyrics
Seems like summer's slipping away
I swore i wouldn't miss you
Dropped you off at the train
Couldn't find the nerve to kiss you

What if you're right and i'm wrong?

Walking around, spacing out
Wondering where your face went
A different place, some other town
Where you can rent an English basement

What if you're right and i'm wrong?

Never minded the noise upstairs, but now it feels you're gone for good.

Union Station

As well as the previous one, i wasn't able to finish this track as my apartment was burglarised on October 2020.
Around July 2020, i've randomly sent some music to a dear friend of mine: Simon Heah, because he wanted to hear it.
Here is what's left, as well as other lo-fi recordings that i will only share on Soundcloud.
The thieves stole my musical equipment, my computer and the usbs where i kept the projects at the time, gladly i was able to send some audio files to Simon.
There is no reason for me to holding on to it, so here it is...

This track was recorded mainly around the spring of 2020, in my home studio.
That's also the first composition where my self crafted technique : surfing with feedback, was born. 

Mixed using 2 old vintage boomboxes.

You can now buy digitally "Unreleased (2018-2020) Vol. I", which is the album where this track is featured, by simply following this link : https://tinyurl.com/yck4mnaa

A New World Is Birthing (Unreleased Track)

Oh You Pretty Girls

04/15/2022

Silver

Departure

Change

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Moody Beach is the brainchild of Sydney songwriter Melissah Marie. For Marie, music is a way of documenting what’s happening in her life. Preferring to write a song instead of using a camera, Marie weaves her experiences together letting them live their own lives for her listeners. For Marie, the work is about ‘connection’ and through music & performance she tries to serve up some of life’s honesty and complexities.

To Marie, writing music is a journey of catharsis. It’s a space to unpack her experiences; granting her the freedom to reflect and build connections by sharing her unfiltered self. Marie explains, “I’m lucky to have an outlet for all the thoughts, ideas, interpretations, and memories running through my head. I like challenging perceptions, both my perception of others and their perceptions of me.”

On that note, if you’ve ever seen Moody Beach perform, you’ll see how she owns her space on stage. “A woman’s body is still a controversial subject,” Marie remarks, “it’s something I consciously tackle through my music, alongside how I behave and what I wear.” Sometimes that’s confronting for people. Marie has been told that it “distracts from [her] music…” a particularly disappointing critique in the middle of the Me Too era. “Mate, I am my music!” Marie responds “I get to decide what that looks like. I’m so done with these ideas of what a woman ‘should be.’” It’s a central part of who she is and through her music she hopes to make a little space for other women identifying and gender fluid people whom feel the same. 

This year will see Moody Beach release some highly anticipated new music, culminating in her sophomore EP, Mirage, set to drop in September. “When it comes to music, I’m not scared to experiment with genres. ‘Mirage’, is a collection of all my favourite sounds. Pop to shoegaze, flamenco to dark-wave - all fitting together in a sonic loop.” 

The first taste of ‘Mirage’ is with debut single, “Slave” to be released June 14.

“Slave is about objectification, ownership and agency. It’s a tango of power and control shrouded in dark synth vibes” – Melissah Marie / Moody Beach

Much lies ahead for Moody Beach with Marie set to release a collection of music, videos, performances and more surprises to come. 

“Where it goes from here, I guess you’ll have to wait and see.” – Melissah Marie / Moody Beach.

Moody Beach - Slave

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Music is a science, and Moody Beach loves to experiment. Mixing indie rock with elements of flamenco, metal, R&B, and pop, the result is explosive - perhaps why the band has been known to perform in hazmat suits.

Frontwoman Melissah Mirage has released three bodies of work since 2017, collaborating with various renowned artists and producers along the way, including Kim Moyes (The Presets) and Dean Tuza (Stella Donnelly, The Rubens). The band has performed shows and festivals all over Australia and lived to tell the tale, despite a near death experience on the tour bus on the Hume Highway.

Former members of Moody Beach were plucked from some of Sydney’s greatest bands, but 2023 saw the lineup solidify with Melissah Mirage on vocals and bass, Xavier Diekman on drums, Jamhound Booker on guitar and Oskar Johanson on guitar and keys. The band spent the remaining months of 2023 in the lab, testing musical hypotheses and recording new material. 

What will Moody Beach release next? There’s only one way to find out, dear listener. Join us on a journey of musical discovery.

Moody Beach - Slave

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