Loaded Album of the week
By Fred Spanner
Melodys Echo Chamber: Unclouded ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Melody Prochet’s fourth album lands like the soundtrack to the best Sunday you’ve had in ages. The kind where you finally get your life together, or at least pretend to. Gone is the swirling, trippy chaos of her early days; this time, she hits you with something cleaner, cooler, and surprisingly level-headed. The guitars shimmer rather than wobble, the drums nudge instead of sprawl, and every track feels like it’s been buffed to a shine by someone who’s finally decided they’re done faffing about.
There’s a refreshing grown-up honesty at play: she’s not wallowing, she’s not pretending, she’s just calling things as they are. It’s reflective without being mopey, dreamy without the detour into hallucinogenic haze. Basically, if her older albums were the after-party, Unclouded is the moment you open the curtains the next morning and realise you actually feel… alright.
It’s Melody’s Echo Chamber, but sharper, steadier, and maybe even a bit sexier for it.