Sophia Yau-Weeks releases her debut album, Misty Mountain, on April 3rd via Lavasocks Records. The LP explores themes of love and relationships, grief and trauma, and resilience and collectivism, while drawing sonic inspiration from the likes of Nick Drake and Big Thief.

Ahead of the album’s arrival, the Oakland, California based artist has shared the single “Nobody’s Laughing”, which she describes as “A snapshot of a time that was filled with great grief and self-reflection.” She continues, “I wrote the song over the course of two days — my 26th birthday, and the day following. I was reckoning with the social isolation I was experiencing as an immunocompromised person and also pondering questions of who am I when I’m alone, who am I when I am forgotten, who am I when my self-concept is separated from how others perceive me? It was the first birthday I spent without friends to celebrate with, and songwriting was the best way for me to process a changing life and changing body.

Misty Mountain was recorded to tape at Tiny Telephone Oakland with co-producer Maryam Qudus (Alanis Morissette, SASAMI, SPELLLING, Gracie Abrams). It was engineered and mixed by Qudus and mastered by Heba Kadry. Embracing organic artistic expression and collaboration, the album explores themes of love and relationships, grief and trauma, and resilience and collectivism, while drawing sonic inspiration from the likes of Nick Drake and Big Thief. Yau-Weeks’ desire to record analog was not only about the sonic warmth it would offer, but also an attempt to embrace slowness and imperfection, a rejection of the productiveness and perfectionism instilled in her at a young age. Yau-Weeks shared, “The process of recording this album was an act of unlearning and relearning. The limitations of tape forced us to trust our intuition when making musical choices and also welcome the singularity of each take. I think the record reflects a growing confidence in my musicality.”

Sophia Yau-Weeks
Misty Mountain
Tracklist
Lavasocks Records

1. Misty Mountain
2. Nobody’s Laughing
3. Lone Wolf
4. Monster
5. Sylvia’s House
6. The Rain
7. Love is a Garden
8. Spellbound
9. Fly Away
10. Kristine

Pre-order Misty Mountain by Sophia Yau-Weeks HERE