Indie-folk singer-songwriter Emma Cook recently unveiled her single, “Thirteen Moons,” a track lifted from her upcoming album, Of the Morning.
Cook explains, “‘Thirteen Moons’ is about moving through difficulty and letting nature remind us that we’re allowed to rest, change, and come back to ourselves. We’re not always meant to be blooming.”
Produced by Katie Martucci, “Thirteen Moons” features an array of talented Nashville and Brooklyn-based musicians, concocting a delicious melody replete with layered melodies as well as brass flavors. The sound is what Cook calls “Carole King and Dua Lipa co-writing a song about the moons.”
According to Cook, “Recording ‘Thirteen Moons’ was a cathartic experience. As a song that I’d held so closely and spent a lot of time getting just right lyrically, landing where we did with the production was like being set free.”
Talking about her forthcoming album, Of the Morning, Cook says the songs on the album mirror what she refers to as her “delightfully melancholic experience of being human.” The album is, in Cook’s words, “a tender chronicle about growing the f*** up.”
While growing up in Michigan, Cook learned to play guitar and piano before she was a teenager. Her folk-funk band Questionable Company toured New England and the Midwest from 2013 to 2019, performing in barns, dive bars, and at festivals.
Since going solo, Cook has opened for Katie Pruitt and performed at Club Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“Thirteen Moons” opens on a charming, swaying piano riding a mid-tempo rhythm. Softly braying horns give the tune a delightful, syrupy texture as Cook’s rich, evocative voice pulls listeners in with its alluring phrasing and tonal nuances. It’s one of those easy-to-listen-to voices that your ears find comfortably distinctive.
“I watched thirteen moons, wax and wane / To return, through it all…”
“Thirteen Moons” reveals Emma Cook finding her own way forward, highlighted by a lush arrangement and expressive vocals.
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