Melody Pool

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Melody Pool
Melody Pool (October, 2015).jpg
Melody Pool at Dashville Skyline 2015
Background information
Origin Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
GenresCountry, Folk
LabelsLiberation Music, Bloodlines
Website melodypool.com.au

Melody Pool is an Australian country-folk musician from Kurri Kurri, New South Wales. [1]

Contents

She first stepped on stage with her father, country musician Alby Pool, when she was 8 years old, and was performing solo aged 9. [2]

During her teens Pool played in her father's band, and began releasing her own music starting with the EP Heart to Heart Talk in 2008. [3] This was followed by another EP Awake, You’re All Around Me in 2011, before she crowdfunded money to travel to Nashville in September 2012 to record her debut album The Hurting Scene.

Produced by Brad Jones and Jace Everett, the album was recorded in six days and released in 2013. [2] [4] Initially released independently, Pool was then signed to Liberation Music and Mushroom Music Publishing who reissued the album in July 2013. [5]

In 2014 she covered Joni Mitchell's River for Katie Noonan's collaborative album Songs That Made Me . The album reached #7 on the ARIA Compilation Chart. [6]

After moving to Coburg, Victoria, she began writing her next album Deep Dark Savage Heart which was released in 2016. [7] It was listed as #50 on Rolling Stone Australia 's 50 Best Albums of 2016. [8]

Following the album release and tour, Pool said she would take a break from music to put her mental health first. [9] She spoke about her battles with depression on a 2017 episode of ABC's Australian Story which focused on her music career and mental health struggles. [10] [11]

In 2020 Pool revealed she was recording a new album on a farm in regional NSW, and began playing new songs live in 2021. [12] [13]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
TitleDetails
The Hurting Scene
  • Released: 2013
  • Format: CD, LP, digital
  • Label: Weston Boys Entertainment
Deep Dark Savage Heart
  • Released: 2016
  • Format: CD, digital
  • Label: Liberation Music

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details
TitleDetails
Heart to Heart Talk
  • Released: 2008
  • Format: CD, digital
  • Label: Melody Pool
You’re All Around Me
  • Released: 2011
  • Format: CD, digital
  • Label: Melody Pool
Lost In Time
  • Released: 2023
  • Format: CD, digital
  • Label: Melody Pool

Awards and nominations

National Live Music Awards

The National Live Music Awards (NLMAs) commenced in 2016 to recognise contributions to the live music industry in Australia.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2023 Melody PoolBest Folk ActNominated [14] [15]

Telstra Road to Discovery

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