Canadian singer/songwriter LILY MONAGHAN laments “Snow In May” on the latest preview of her sophomore EP
As anticipation builds toward the release of her sophomore EP this fall, Lily Monaghan is sharing another preview today with the single “Snow In May.” A haunting piano ballad, it is arguably Lily’s most affecting song to date, offering emotional swells like the waves on the sea near her current location in Scotland, where she has been completing her higher education.
Still, the singer/songwriter from Edmonton, Albertahas also been fully concentrating on her musical evolution, and like Lily’s previous single “Willing To Wait,” “Snow In May” is a product of sessions conducted back home with producer and multi-instrumentalist Kurtis Schultz.
Lily explains,
“I wrote this song while watching a snowfall in Edmonton last May. The unseasonable weather seemed ironically reflective of my own mood at the time. I was months away from moving out of Canada and although the change was exciting, I was very melancholic.”
She continues, “‘Snow in May’ articulates this sentimental feeling of outgrowing something and the reluctant awareness of aging out of your youth. I wanted the song’s contrasting dynamics to mirror these complex emotions that I was feeling. The isolated piano at the beginning of the tune is me playing on an old upright piano at Blue Willow Studios, which had a very similar sound to the piano at my parents’ house that I’ve used to write the majority of my songs.”
Lily Monaghan quickly established her presence on the Edmonton music scene with her initial singles in 2022, which were later compiled the following year on her debut EP, Introspection. Its seamless blend of folk, country, soul and pop caught the attention of many critics, with the Edmonton Journal writing,
“Her vocals are sturdy, sometimes resembling Florence Welch’s earthy pipes, and Monaghan’s songwriting finds her plumbing the depths of her vulnerability as a woman.”
“Snow In May” now presents another side of Lily Monaghan, one unafraid to venture into darker and more mature territory.