The Bedroom Recordings of Cecilia Walters

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On the previous story, she has a plan to record all of her music and posted it through BandCamp and YouTube. She was quite hesitate but take a step forward from her comfort zone. On her mind, Cecilia didn't need a label to manage or control her music. As her online-music debut, she released a song called "And I Love Him". Cecilia put it out through BandCamp and YouTube. She immediately send it to Angela and Mitchell and they both loved it so much. Mitchell didn't realize that the song is about him. Cecilia was into both dream pop and slowcore music and her And I Love Him song was a mix of dream pop, slowcore, folk and the use of twee lyricism and psychedelic experimentation. The song title inspired by The Beatles' "And I Love Her" song. It's also a sad song somehow. It was very lo-fi and a lot of listeners love the authenticity. Recorded with a cheap microphone that Cecilia bought on a garage sale through MacBook on GarageBand. The song received about 300 downloads.

The song soon received a little spark on YouTube too by an official audio of her And I Love Him song. She also played around town and everyone knows her because of that song. Little did she know, a college radio station aired the song of hers and everyone thought it's either Tiny Vipers or Neko Case. Cecilia has a little success on the Seattle underground folk scene. Few weeks later, she released her second single, "Dumb" which is a mix of folk, dreampop, slowcore and received about 500 downloads. This gained her a huge online fanbase. Her YouTube audio video also gained a lot of views. She's also been subscribed by a lot of people. There's a chance she wants to make a full-length debut album but it's up to her. She wrote another song called "Moonlight", a mix of folk, psychedelia, dream pop and slower tempos. It's a sad song and about missing her loved ones who are already gone. The single gave a spark around BandCamp and YouTube with the help of Reddit and 4chan online forums and internet blogs. Critics like Pitchfork, Stereogum and BrooklynVegan approved her music. She was inspired by the likes of Mazzy Star, Elliott Smith, The Microphones, Cat Power and Slowdive. They called her music as "slowcore", "psychedelic-folk" and "twee pop".

A fact about Cecilia. She's a huge fan of pop music. To spend her free time, she write and record her songs through the laptop to fill up the debut album that she's going to make. Some of her songs are based on her real life experiences, from depression, anxiety, love, relationships, grief, mental health, comfort and regrets. She also got Angela and Mitchell for the backing vocals. Her songwriting was praised by many others. She recorded the album only for a week but also during school time. Cecilia managed to release her debut album titled Affection around 2010. The album also paved a way to a new generation in music.

Affection (2010, Cecilia Walters)

Tracklist:

1. Nobody
2. Dumb
3. Wish You Were Here
4. Manic Depression
5. Unhappy
6. Moonlight
7. A Thousand Stars
8. Us
9. And I Love Him
10. Paranoia

Genres: Indie pop; lo-fi; indie folk; dream pop; slowcore; twee pop; bedroom pop; singer-songwriter; psychedelic folk; contemporary folk

The album didn't topped the charts but have a spark in the Internet. It become one of the highest-selling albums in BandCamp. Thanks to Reddit and 4chan. It received about a thousand downloads. A lot of people really loved the album. She perform at a Seattle music venue during the release date. It was all sold out. People outside Seattle also come to see her playing some of their songs. Songs like Us and Nobody become radio hits, Wish You Were Here, A Thousand Stars and Paranoia become fan favorites. One of her hits on the album is Unhappy. She loved where is this going and perform with Angela. Both of them jumped excitedly and partied in a good way. Somehow, Cecilia can caught the energy of the crowd and make them cry. In her stage debut, there are a couple who is making out while she's singing to Moonlight. The album attracted the media attention and has a mass of critical acclaim.

She also performed at festivals and one of the memorable ones is her festival debut in a Seattle DIY festival called Seatfest '10. Cecilia used her "magic" and she consider it as a memorable performance of her's. Her touring members is only one who is Angela. Both of their chemistry stayed stronger as ever and they always have each other's back. The reason of Paranoia become a fan favorite is that the fans say that the song makes them immediately cried and feeling that they're flowing in the night skies. Both of her parents support and proud of her dreams. She also brought them both to her own Pacific Northwest tour in eleven cities: Seattle, Olympia, Portland, Tacoma, Boise, Spokane, Vancouver, Eugene, Astoria, Everett and Bellevue. Back from tour, she decided to focus on her studies and finally graduated a few years later.

During her pre-graduation years, she released a fourth single titled "What A Fool I Am", a depressive song about her regrets and anxiety. It received critical acclaim, a lot of streams and downloads and a fan favorite. It's a straightforward slowcore song with elements of chamber folk and dream pop. She released another single titled "Seventeen", a song about her being annoyed that she's an adult and growing up and knows what she should do but she was stressed out. It was a psychedelic-folk song with elements of dream pop and chamber music elements. Cecilia took a new direction to chamber folk and a hint of psychedelia. She released another single called "Medicine", a depressive song about her suicidal thoughts and wanted to run from everything. It's a chamber folk song with elements of dream pop, slowcore and psychedelic lyricism. She never tried drugs or hallucinogens or psychedelics or weed. Cecilia making music for fun and now it's become a job. She toured around the US with the management of Miranda. She decided to release a second full-length album.

Before releasing her second full-length album, she went on tour as a support act for Fleet Foxes. They both become friends and help to collaborate on each other's music. It's a long tour. Cecilia handed out a demo to Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes for getting her to sign to Sub Pop Records. After the tour ended, there's no callback. She decided to release her second full-length album titled Blue. She was also backed up by Fleet Foxes in the album, with bass, guitars, vocals and drums. She was still on her slow psych dreampop-folk roots.

Blue (2011, Cecilia Walters)

Tracklist:

1. What A Fool I Am
2. Nevermind
3. Misery
4. Disappointment
5. Seventeen
6. Not A Love Song
7. Together
8. One
9. The Seaside
10. Medicine
11. Tissue Box

Genres: Indie pop; lo-fi; indie folk; dream pop; slowcore; twee pop; bedroom pop; singer-songwriter; psychedelic folk; chamber folk; contemporary folk

Her album received critical acclaim and topped the Alternative Album charts. Songs like Nevermind, One and Misery are fan favorites, The Seaside become a radio hit and Disappointment become a live favorite. She got a callback from Sub Pop Records and they apologize for the long time to not calling her. Jonathan Poneman offered her a record deal to Sub Pop Records. A label full of her favorite artists: Tiny Vipers, Damien Jurado, Fleet Foxes, The Shins, Band of Horses, Dum Dum Girls, Beach House, Built To Spill and Sunny Day Real Estate. She went on tour to support Dum Dum Girls around that year. Cecilia not only received a fanbase around the Pacific Northwest but the whole US. Her second album also got her to caught the attention of the whole US. The album sold about 1,000 downloads at BandCamp. Sub Pop re-released her records and make them as physical releases like CDs, vinyls and cassettes.

TO BE CONTINUED!!