Rachel Brooke - Sings Sad Songs (2025)

As some of you know, I have been on somewhat of a writing spree these last couple years, and really I’d rather do that than most other aspects of being of an independent artist. But now I have three (!!!) new records that I’m getting ready for release. I’m excited to announce that the first of these three records will be released March 28, 2025.

This is the record I never really intended to make. 2024 has been one of the toughest years for me in a very long time. I can’t really put my finger on it, but I think I’m just sick of pretending. Pretending that everything’s ok in the world, and pretending that I’ll get any sense of meaning, real happiness or satisfaction from external forces, achievements, expectations, accomplishments (or the illusion of them) and just facing all that head on.. I fell into a pretty major existential depressive episode - I’ve let a lot of great opportunities slide out of my grasp, I’ve ignored people’s emails and offers, I’ve lost friendships, and relationships with people who “could have helped me”. It took everything I had to make it out to shows this year to perform. But as some of you know, there is no way out when you’re suffering from depression and no one can “help you”. At least it seems that way. But this past fall I decided to try and get through it the best way I knew, which was to disappear into my basement and create. No one around, no men trying to give me any unsolicited advice, no one “helping” me. Just me, doing it alone like I always have. And through this, I found my own way out.