Jonatha Brooke's Midnight.Halleluja, Set for October 21 Release

In 2010, after releasing eleven solo albums to ever-growing acclaim, beloved singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke put her career on hold to care for her mother, who suffered from dementia. Midnight. Hallelujah., her first new studio recording since her 2008 album The Works.

Following her mother’s passing in 2012 Brooke developed a one-woman musical, My  Mother Has Four Noses,  based on the experience, which ran Off-Broadway in New York City to rave reviews. Now, on October 21, Brooke will release

Produced by Brooke along with Mark Hornsby, Phil Naish, and Eric Bazilian, the songs on Midnight. Hallelujah. touch on themes of faith, love, and addiction:

"This album is down to the bone for me. I'm grappling with spiritual crisis on songs like "Mean Looking Jesus" and "Midnight Hallelujah.." My years shepherding my mother through the darkest valleys forced me to face down my own mortality, my fears and anger. And yet I'm still talking to her on "Light Years." There's redemption here too. Love really does triumph in the end. "Really Really Love" and "You and I" are the happiest most uptempo songs I've ever ventured! And then songs like "Alice" and "Put the Gun Down" are the most topical personal songs I've written in quite a while. Given the political climate these days, I just couldn't avoid having an opinion."