meka’s ‘Temperance’ – an elegant, sun-kissed California sound

WITH a nostalgic sun-kissed California sound blooming with bass, piano and elegant strings, ‘Temperance’ is the latest single from Prague-based, American singer-songwriter, meka.

“The song is my attempt at explaining the haze of memory and desire to feel something other than numbness after a loved one died suddenly,” she said. “To cope, I clung to what made me feel alive – the most vivid memories of my former self which was in the process of a different kind of death. The first lines are the scene of my drive to my newly widowed friend, from north to south California during an historically devastating fire that turned the usual poppy-covered hills and orchards into ash.”

meka (Melissa Lingo) has led a rather unconventional, and nomadic life. Raised in an isolated Californian mountain town dedicated entirely to astronomical research, she became fascinated with outer space and astrology, and following parts of her life spent in Brazil, India, and Cambodia, found her way to Prague where she now resides, high in the mountains.

‘Temperance’ was recorded at Stockholm’s Rymden Studios and produced and engineered by Daniel Bengtson.

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(Photo (c) Melissa Lingo)