Melody Pool

[1] She first stepped on stage with her father, country musician Alby Pool, when she was 8 years old, and was performing solo aged 9.

[3] This was followed by another EP Awake, You’re All Around Me in 2011, before she crowdfunded money to travel to Nashville in September 2012 to record her debut album The Hurting Scene.

[6] After moving to Coburg, Victoria, she began writing her next album Deep Dark Savage Heart which was released in 2016.

[9] She spoke about her battles with depression on a 2017 episode of ABC's Australian Story which focused on her music career and mental health struggles.

[10][11] In 2020 Pool revealed she was recording a new album on a farm in regional NSW, and began playing new songs live in 2021.