Emily Ulman Returns With Stunning New Album ‘Severe Clear’

Beloved Melbourne singer-songwriter and music industry trailblazer Emily Ulman has made her long-awaited return with Severe Clear — a luminous new album, marking her first solo release in over a decade.

Blending elements of folk, pop, and acoustic storytelling, Severe Clear captures Ulman’s signature warmth and poetic clarity. Produced and mixed by Bonnie Knight (Amyl and the Sniffers, Angie McMahon) and mastered by Simon Berckelman (Courtney Barnett, Lime Cordiale), the album delivers a deeply personal reflection on change, renewal, and emotional rediscovery.

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The title track, Severe Clear, sets the tone with a radiant optimism, inspired by the aviation term describing skies “so clear and cloudless that the endless visibility is almost too much to take in.” Across ten tracks, Ulman explores themes of vulnerability and transformation, from the tender intimacy of Every Hillside to the cinematic beauty of Mountains Mountains Mountains and the stirring melancholy of Toughest Tourniquet.

A defining force in the Australian music scene, Ulman has long championed artists through programming roles at ALWAYS LIVE, Isol-Aid, and Brunswick Music Festival. Now, with Severe Clear, she steps back into the spotlight with grace, honesty, and the emotional resonance that has made her one of Melbourne’s most respected voices.