{"id":2012000,"date":"2025-09-10T17:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2012000"},"modified":"2025-09-10T17:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:18:17","slug":"georgia-mulligan-breaks-down-her-new-album-unheaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/georgia-mulligan-breaks-down-her-new-album-unheaven\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Mulligan Breaks Down Her New Album &#8216;Unheaven&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/feeds\/georgia-mulligan\">Georgia Mulligan<\/a> has released her second studio album, <em>Unheaven<\/em>. The follow-up to 2023\u2019s <em>Nothing Wrong<\/em> was produced by longtime friend and musical collaborator Blain Cuneen, and is described by the Sydney singer-songwriter as an album of \u201ccontinuing\u201d. \u201cWith the encouragement of my heroes, I carved out some time for the shapes of the songs to appear out of the depths, sat by the water\u2019s edge and played a few up to the surface,\u201d she said in a press statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome didn\u2019t flow so easily; they needed trimming, or hacking, and suturing back together. I wanted so much, and at the same time I wanted out. Looking back, the only one of those wants that was useful was that I wanted the next thing. I\u2019ve always been looking ahead, from the moment I started doing this \u2018songwriting and singing in public\u2019 thing.\u201d You can stream <em>Unheaven<\/em> below, with Mulligan\u2019s track-by-track breakdown of her new album \u2013 exclusively for <em>Music Feeds<\/em> \u2013 below that.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-georgia-mulligan-unheaven\">Georgia Mulligan \u2013 <em>Unheaven<\/em><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify\">\n<p>\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Unheaven\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:16\/9;border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0HCxzlMUERFyfQ6PTDkNq6?si=P9wwuANfT--bmLcsFiOfbQ&amp;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-note\">1. \u2018Note\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>I had been playing around with open tunings, and this can make a lot of simple things feel new again. Same with the words; I didn\u2019t analyse them too much, I just let them arrive. Some stuff had happened that I needed to process rather than archive, as I would have done in the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I wanted the song to have this driving feeling, and when I took the demo to pre-production with Blain and then to the band, it grew into something that felt natural: a big jangly rock ballad with weaving guitars and stacks of layered vocals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a cathartic and weirdly joyful song to sing, but it contains a lot of things that I haven\u2019t ever known how to talk about very well \u2013 so it feels very vulnerable. To reconnect to parts of yourself you had buried is an often messy and sometimes beautiful process.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Georgia Mulligan - Unheaven (Official Visualiser - 4K)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WpDAPuTJMEY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-unheaven\">2. \u2018Unheaven\u2019\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>I wrote this after a period of feeling helpless. At some point, I realised that we are not actually \u2018supposed\u2019 to be in control\u00a0\u2013 and it\u2019s okay. Sometimes you can let go, and let the air hold you. I was thinking about how an aeroplane stays up,\u00a0and how that\u2019s so crazy. If you get scared, like I do, the only way to get through the fear is to let go \u2013 and let the air hold you.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Georgia Mulligan - Split (Official Music Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/toPPD5mxLXI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-split\">3. \u2018Split\u2019\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>Once I had the bones of the song, Blain and I both felt like a John Parish-style approach felt right to support the strangeness of it. We experimented with drum loops and synth bass. Blain tried out this slightly theatrical upright piano part, and we just had fun pulling together an arrangement that became the basis for what we took to the band. Clay [Allen, drums] and Maia [Jelavic, guitar] took this skeleton and brought their feel to it. We broke it down and built it back up, over and over, so the making of the recorded version became like the processes and cycles that sparked the song itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-care\">4. \u2018Care\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>\u2018Care\u2019 feels like a simple song about complex emotions. This one is sort of about feeling guilty for needing what we need, and feeling like a burden just for having one. Really, though, we <em>all<\/em> need so much care \u2013 not just some, all of us. Just as much as you need it, you have endless reserves to give.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-new\">5. \u2018New\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>When we recorded this one at Golden Retriever we played all together; it was called a \u2018practice take\u2019. Simon [Berckelman, engineer] put it down on the tape. It wasn\u2019t perfect, so I wanted to try it over and over, but a spirit had entered the machine that first time. Guess which take ended up on the record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-tide\">6. \u2018Tide\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>You go to the beach if you can, and let the crashing waves, the salt, the pressure and the unbearable sound make you new.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-pool-of-reflection\">7. \u2018Pool Of Reflection\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>This one is shaped like a cone in structure. It starts little and quiet, but it keeps asking and keeps pulling at the thread, until it unravels into a big billowing cloud. It\u2019s full of regret and acceptance in equal measure. It asks: Why should we get what we want, just because we want it now?\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-the-floor-of-the-enmore\">8. \u2018The Floor Of The Enmore\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>It was 2022. The rain wouldn\u2019t stop, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/news\/genesis-owusu-halts-sydney-show-after-enmore-theatre-floor-collapses\/\">floors were collapsing<\/a>, and my life felt like it was built of rotting wooden slats about to do the same.\u00a0In 2024, this song came back from the beyond with Blain and the band. It was painful, and I almost scrapped it multiple times during the recording process, but I think it turned out well.\u00a0We recorded the main vocals as two separate tracks, line by line, that weave and speak to each other in the mix. The outro is my favourite part, when the words stop and it\u2019s time to rock.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-aura\">9. \u2018Aura\u2019\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>When everything is getting super overwhelming and fuzzy and loud in your head, and then you remember all at once that there is just a little kid in there, you probably need to give yourself a hug and have a nap. Listen out for Maia\u2019s shred-lording on the distorted guitars on this one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unheaven<em> is out now via Double Drummer. Georgia will launch the album with a show at The Vanguard in Sydney on Friday, October 3rd; tickets are on sale now via <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moshtix.com.au\/v2\/event\/georgia-mulligan\/185130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Moshtix.com.au<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-further-reading\">Further Reading<\/h4>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/features\/civic-share-their-favourite-gig-memories-ahead-of-australian-tour\/\">Civic Share Their Favourite Gig Memories Ahead Of Australian Tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/features\/zion-garcias-personal-guide-to-western-sydney\/\">Zion Garcia\u2019s Personal Guide To Western Sydney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/musicfeeds.com.au\/features\/artist-on-artist-blake-08-and-soschi-interview-each-other-about-sydney-artistry-and-partying-with-deadmau5\/\">Artist On Artist: Blake.08 And Soschi Interview Each Other About Sydney, Artistry And Partying With Deadmau5<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source musicfeeds.com.au \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia Mulligan has released her second studio album, Unheaven. 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