Oakland songwriter Sophia Yau-Weeks has announced her debut album ‘Misty Mountain,’ arriving April 3 via Lavasocks Records. Rooted in collaboration and organic expression, the record explores love, grief, trauma, resilience, and collectivism, drawing quiet sonic inspiration from artists like Nick Drake and Big Thief. The album positions Yau-Weeks as a reflective new voice grounded in intimacy and emotional clarity.
Alongside the announcement, she shares the single “Nobody’s Laughing,” a stark meditation on isolation and identity. Yau-Weeks calls it “a snapshot of a time that was filled with great grief and self-reflection,” written over the course of her 26th birthday and the day after. As an immunocompromised person navigating social isolation, she turned inward, using songwriting to process questions of self-worth and presence during a year of change.