Molly Mckew (guitar/vox) performs moody, often sad, alt-folk drenched in harmony. Her unique celtic influenced alt-folk/pop is an amalgamation of the European folk and choral music of her childhood, the 90s and 2000s rock/pop of her teenagehood, and her heartbroken contemporaries. Mckew began gigging around Melbourne in 2015, first under the name Nancy Cole, then as part of a duo, Blue Lining. The 2020 lockdowns bore creative fruit and she began performing under her own name at the start of 2021, playing at beloved Melbourne venues like Old Bar, the Merri Creek Tavern, the Pinnacle and the Retreat.

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Photos by Sylvie Martin

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Mckew made her interstate debut in 2023, playing at the internationally esteemed Woodford Folk Festival. She released her debut solo EP, ‘I couldn’t grasp it’ in August 2022, and two singles from the forthcoming album ‘I dream of the lightness of the presence of you’ and ‘On waking up, it was still true’ in 2023. She released a third single and video ‘The shape of grief’ in March 2024. Her album ‘It should have been done with ease” is released through Dinkum Records (Narrm) on April 26th. It was recorded at Road Noise Studios by Rowena Wise and features violin by Rowena Wise, Cello by Vincent Ward and piano by Didirri Peters.

Track list

And on waking up, it was still true
I long to weep to wail
I dream of the lightness of the presence of you
The shape of grief
I notice your forearms
It should have been done with ease
You were holding a bottle of sparkling
You were reading in your favorite chair (self-conscious posturing)
I can’t move
To carry our love
Sway (be there)