Molly Mckew
EP Review – In the Distance There Is a Party (I Do Not Go)
With In the distance there is a party (I do not go), Molly Mckew steps deeper into her distinctive blend of dreamy, dark alt-folk—this time colouring her world with a hushed, Australian Gothic edge. These eight tracks feel like walking through a familiar landscape at dusk: tender, eerie, and charged with unspoken emotion. Mckew moves through states of paralysis, romantic blur, and the tremors of longing, all wrapped in the layered vocal harmonies that define her sonic identity.
Her voice drifts like a quiet apparition, threaded with choral textures that fuse Celtic roots with contemporary alt-folk melancholy. Subtle contributions from her collaborators deepen the mood: Rowena Wise’s violin aches with shadowy restraint, Ryan Oliver’s keys glow like distant porch light, and Sam Billinghurst Walsh’s guitar brings gentle, textural unease. Recorded and mixed by Wise at Road Noise Studios, the EP carries a warm lo-fi intimacy that brings every harmony close.
Lead single How I want to preserve it traces the ache of holding onto fading moments, while Courage is the nectar here feels like a softly lit act of bravery. Tracks such as I like this corner, the breezeblocks are pretty lean into poetic surrealism with understated charm.
A mesmerising, harmony-drenched release—dreamy, dark, and quietly spellbinding.