Silver Godling

Silver Godling is the solo project of New Orleans pianist & vocalist Emily McWilliams. McWilliams has been exploring the piano for 30 years as a player, composer, teacher and technician. In 2014 she founded Silver Godling for a festival performance, and has since developed the project into its own vibrant entity. Silver Godling has released three full albums, S/T (digital release) in April 2019, Ravel in October 2020, which included a collaborative photobook with photographer Teddie Taylor (split release with Gilead Media, Strange Daisy Records, and Howling Mine), and Witness, Unweave in November 2021 (Strange Daisy Records). Her EP Unwanted, Yet Familiar // May I, released September 2021, served as a prelude to Witness, Unweave.


Witness, Unweave began as a poetic and musical exploration of the body’s storage of emotions and trauma and their effect on mental health. The result of that exploration is the seven symphonic meditations that comprise this gorgeous, introspective album. An arresting visual collaboration with photographer Craig Mulcahy accompanies Witness, Unweave: a photobook that serves to further explore the themes therein. Together, McWilliams and Mulcahy examine the body as a landscape, revealing the emotional softness that emerges from the rigid edges of years of projected strength.