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WOLF is a 5 track EP, a deep dive into the uncomfortable subject of post natal depression. The Wolf plays the role of the PND and I am akin to Little Red Riding Hood. I am taken over by the Wolf, consumed and destroyed.

 

After the birth of my 1st child in 2008 I knew I was experiencing PND but never acknowledged it and never sought help. I was diagnosed after the fact. Fast forward 7 years later when I had my 2nd child, I experienced an incredibly traumatic birth, culminating in an emergency C section, which almost claimed my child's life and left me with PTSD. The Wolf really came to get me, and I suffered severe PND. This time I sought help and with that help from many health professionals, medication and family support. was able to recover over time.

 

Each track covers a different element or experience in my journey of my PND. The tracks run chronologically, so listening to the EP from start to finish will tell the entire story, from first realising it was back to returning to a normal life. 

 

My production team was based in Spain and Argentina, with my vocals recorded at home in Mt Gambier. The songs are in the style of a dark pop, full of melodramatic sounds, using effects to create the scene and tell the story, and layered vocals and harmonies to add more drama.

 

I am a big believer in talking about mental health and breaking the stigma that goes along with it. I recorded a podcast with local mental health help group  Lifeboat SE, in April 2019, I am also proud to be a community ambassador for the group.

 

I am so passionate about sharing stories of creative mothers and the intersection of creativity and the mothering role. I do so through my podcast The Art of Being a Mum, which has been out since June 2021. 

Things Are About To

Get Dark

THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET DARK
00:00 / 03:33
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This track won the Australian Songwriters Association 2021 Exceptional Merit Award in the Rock/Indie Category 

"What a song! It stops you in your tracks!

Nigel Loveday Eastern FM Melbourne

Free Me

FREE ME
00:00 / 03:08
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My cry, in vain, to the Wolf to let me go, to free me, to free my soul and leave me. And I am left to wonder just how did this happen again, and realising that no one is in full control of themselves.

Pieces of My Pain

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PIECES OF MY PAIN
00:00 / 03:30

Winner of the 2021 South Australian State Final of the Listen Up Music Songwriters Prize and National Finalist

Ready for Up

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READY FOR UP
00:00 / 02:58

I am ready to celebrate the coming out of the fog, I am feeling more like myself, adjusting to life as a new mum.

"This music has helped people."

Bronte Ellis 5GTR Fm

Feel into You

FEEL INTO YOU
00:00 / 04:01

The final track, a song to celebrate the people that helped me through 

This trackmade the Top 100 in the 2024 
Listen Up Music Songwriters Prize

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"I feel like Alison is one of those artists that give pieces of herself in each song that she releases."   RAG MAG

RADIO

18 June ABC Sth East
00:00 / 30:15
30 June 5gtr FM
00:00 / 15:08
1 July 88.3 Southern FM
00:00 / 10:32
9 July Bayside FM
00:00 / 25:46
10 September 5gtr FM
00:00 / 12:13
8 October 5gtr FM
00:00 / 16:52
29 October 5gtr FM
00:00 / 16:10

PRINT MEDIA

PODCASTS

Enquiries to 

Elena Di Fiore - Maestro Media
PR/Publicist 

contactus@maestromedia.com.au

+61 420 221 773

Contact

Mount Gambier SA 5290, Australia

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©2019 by Alison Newman

Alison Newman lives, works and plays on the Traditional Lands of the Boandik People and

acknowledges these First Nations people as the custodians of the Region.

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