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Crafted deep in isolation throughout Melbourne’s recent statewide lockdown, ‘Orca’ in the latest offering from singer-songwriter Emilio Mercuri. Shining a light into his personal struggles with anxiety and depression, as well as his own sense of self and place in the world, ‘Orca’ is reserved, emotive, sensual and the perfect vehicle for Emilio and his soulful vocals to take you on a journey to what lies beneath the surface. “I have been obsessive in my attempts to recreate the sensation of being underwater in my music. I think that you can feel that at points throughout Orca”, Emilio says. On the moments around the writing and recording of Orca, he says, “Time is truly standing still at the moment, if anything it seems non-existent. I really wanted to encapsulate an intentionally full journey into a brief moment of time with this song.” That full journey of his own has seen the Australian born artist spend the last 5 years living and playing across Europe and the UK. Continually