How will empathetic people survive the troubles of this time? How do we rescue our overburdened spirits from overlapping disasters such as rising fascism and climate collapse? And from where can we summon the power to heal ourselves, our communities, and the planet?
These are the animating questions behind singer, songwriter, and storyteller Shannon Curtis’s new album Good to Me — Curtis’s 10th studio album in as many years.
Confronted in early 2022 with near-paralyzing anxiety brought about by the increasingly fraught state of the world, Curtis aimed her angst at her journal. Using tools she acquired in 12-step recovery, she set out on a quest for self-healing, with the intention of nurturing her personal sense of peace and agency in a world on fire.
The result is a celebratory and hopeful 80s-inspired synthpop song journey, which took Curtis through a practice of identifying failed coping mechanisms (“From the Inside Out”), coming to terms with radical acceptance (“Be With What Is”), learning to trust her inner truth (“The Silent Sea”), and reconnecting to her serenity and power (“I Am”) — even as the world continued to burn.
Good to Me was released December 2, 2022 on Curtis and Hill’s longstanding DIY label Saint Cloud Records, which the couple runs from their home in Tacoma, Washington. The Good to Me tour will continue to bring them around the USA and to Europe in 2024.
