New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Merry
Ellen Kirk announces upcoming self-released album We Are the
Dreamers out October 23, 2015. The emotional elasticity Merry
Ellen Kirk carries in her music connects with audiences on a primal level with perceptions and associations both tangible and dream-like.
In We Are the
Dreamers there's a sense Kirk is passing through the stages of intense passion and heart-stopping pain that accompany every great love story. Fiery, intimate harmonies and intricate arrangements melt into euphoric melodies with gentle restraint. The album sways between the dichotomy of fairytale romance and crippling pain brought on by a disillusioned dream.
In the new single "Lovers & Liars," Kirk takes us on a journey through the ups and downs of love. She navigates through the misty melodies by telling a story of how, she states, "love might have the best intentions at first, but sometimes love blinds us and turns us to lie to ourselves and to each other; forcing each other to do what we don't want to do." Kirk's dream-like arrangement magnifies the dark sides of love and proves that "you never saw it coming even in your dreams."
We Are the
Dreamers Track Listing
1. Save Me
2.
Heart in Your Hands
3. Be My Love
4. Time After Time
5. Ever After
6. Used to Think
7. Lovers & Liars
8. Rise Up Against
9. Without You
10. We Are the Dreamers
11. How to Find the Way Back Home
About Merry
Ellen Kirk
Having spent her early years in Mongolia—her parents were missionaries—Merry
Ellen Kirk developed a diverse awareness of the world, and of what music can be when experienced through a different cultural lens. As a child, she began making up little ditties and developed an inescapable desire to create music; after a time, when her family returned home and settled down in Nashville, she came to realize that writing and performing music would have to be a large part of her future. Described by Kirk as sitting "somewhere between
Christina Perri & Ingrid Michaelson," her music has slowly evolved into her own full of bright emotional releases to more dark and gritty dream-like ballads.
Tour Dates
JULY 13 - Peterborough, NH - House Concert
JULY 14 - Milford, CT - House Concert
JULY 15 - Brooklyn, NY - House Concert
JULY 17 - Somers Point, NJ - House Concert
JULY 19 - Columbus, OH - House Concert
JULY 21 - Georgetown, KY - House Concert
JULY 26 - Cedar Rapids, IA - House Concert
JULY 31 & AUG 1 - Columbia, MO - The Industry
Currently booking house concerts in the northwest for September.
Praise for Merry
Ellen Kirk
"...She writes sensitive yet evocative songs...[with] a touch of Imogen Heap's delivery at times, while the music betrays a
Sarah McLachlan influence."—The Ectophile's Guide to Good Music
"Her ethereal tunes beckon to you through melodic voice and pretty piano trills....the sounds of her different worlds collide to soothe your soul and give flight to your fancy."—Kaitlyn Crocker - EVOLve Blog
"If we knew how to put our finger on exactly what made Merry
Ellen Kirk as enchanting as she is, we would. One of the most intriguing singers we have heard in a while, Kirk takes what many of us forgot as a child and brings it to life." —Brite Revolution
