ellen o – sparrows and doves

released May 30th, 2014

digital album and CD available via bandcamp
reissued in 2023 on vinyl

Singer/songwriter/mulit-instrumentalist Ellen O’Meara (Erica Eso, Illegal Dads, PPL, Rady & Bloom) puts out her first release as ellen o – sad, beautifully orchestrated tunes built around microKORG and drum machine, tied together by Ellen’s husky alto.

all songs by Ellen O’Meara except track 10 by Adem Chapman. Words for track 5 by Kristen Orser, words for track 8 by Robert Louis Stevenson

performed by ellen o with Aliza Simons – euphonium on tracks 3 & 6 – and the Chicago Ghost Choir – Adem Chapman, Emily Merollis, Will Hulseman, Matthew Merryweather Wylder

produced by Ellen O’Meara, mastered by Caley Monahon-Ward, art by Esther Neff