DANA SIPOS’ NEW ALBUM, GOLDEN MOLTEN, OUT JANUARY 23, 2026
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Today, Dana Sipos is sharing another new track from her upcoming album, Golden Molten, out January 23, 2026. Following singles “Star City”, “Soft Feeling”, and “Songs Of Longing”, the acclaimed songwriter is unveiling “Strange To My Mind”.
“After periods of transformation, we are often unrecognizable to ourselves and we have to learn to see ourselves again,” says Sipos. “Sometimes close communities shift and fall apart and the world around us and at large is an utterly heartbreaking place. ‘Strange To My Mind’ is a meditation on the mysteries of being alive, that are sometimes humming quietly under the surface and sometimes a roar and a huge paradigm shift or life-altering course. I wanted to weave gratitude into this process of peering through the looking glass as a reminder to use this tool while sitting with uncertainty and change, to remember that the beauty and joy has to find a way to walk alongside the pain. I am also expressing gratitude for having music and song as a way of processing all of these complexities. Ultimately, I see this song as my reverence for the strangeness of life, for this holy and beautiful thing!”
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MORE ABOUT GOLDEN MOLTEN
Known for songwriting that is both intimate and otherworldly, Sipos creates spellbinding atmospheres for listeners to lose themselves in. Celebrated for songs that hold the complexity of the human experience up to the light, Sipos' anticipated new album is her most personal and luminous work to date. Exploring themes of impermanence and the pressurized process of metamorphosis, the 9 songs on Golden Molten stay grounded in the poetic introspection reminiscent of Dana’s albums and include experimental textures, stacked vocal harmonies and 70s inspired groove. It is a family of songs that feels both immediate and timeless.
The album was forged through long seasons of transformation. In the post-Covid years leading up to its creation, Sipos navigated a cancer diagnosis and treatment, the death of her step-father, love followed by the long tail of heartbreak, the formation and eventual fracturing of a close circle and the recalibration of life’s dreams. Each song’s beginning carried its own endings over the course of their writing, while the sands of each trial shifted underfoot with life’s strange and constant movement. As a result, these songs carry traces of the living memory of their unfolding with, as always, a nod towards the cosmic.
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Once again teaming up with contemporary producer Sandro Perri, Sipos and her talented studio band decamped to Union Sound in Toronto for a marathon one day rehearsal, two day recording session. Tracked mostly live off the floor, the compressed time frame built an intensity in the room that supported a real collaborative effort. Dana and the band responded to each other instinctively, the trust built up over their years of creating albums together, and didn’t overthink choices. Sipos’ evocative voice and vivid lyricism are supported by the band with sometimes spacious, often textural and always deliberate arrangements steered by the light touch of Perri's brilliant guidance. "We were short on time due to some extenuating recording circumstances, one after another. The studio can often be a bit vulnerable but the timing element added an emotional intensity to the experience, at least for me, that I think ultimately charged up the songs" reflects Sipos. "There were some very fun moments of course and those "studio magic moments," but it was unexpectedly emotional as well." As a result, the songs that make up Golden Molten are fully present are unguarded.
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Golden Molten confirms Sipos as a singular presence in contemporary folk music—a deeply reflective artist attuned to both the fragility and resilience of the human experience. Writing that honours time and her travellers, and holds in her hands the many faces of loss and change. This is not a record rushed into the world, but with its slow burn and soft glow, Golden Molten reminds us that transformations are rarely instantaneous—but slowly shaped by the heat of life until they take on a new shape.
Recently, on CBC Q, Sipos and guest host Garvia Bailey discussed previous single “Soft Feeling” and more, listen to their conversation HERE.
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GOLDEN MOLTEN TRACKLIST
01 Star City
02 Gemstone
03 Soft Feeling
04 Moondance
05 Songs of Longing
06 Hour and the Glass
07 Passing Clouds
08 Strange to my Mind
09 Blooming Heather