Musician

Silver Godling

Silver Godling is the channel through which I release the majority of my music, pulling from my classical roots as well as exploring experimental music, chamber pop, dark pop, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on the piano. Someone once asked me if my work as a piano technician has changed the way I hear music and sounds in general, particularly the piano, and I emphatically responded, “Yes!” Hence, my venturing into more and more experimentation with sounds as the years move along! I have released five full length albums and two EPs, which you can hear on Bandcamp or wherever you like to stream your music. Two albums released on vinyl are accompanied by photographic collaborations: the Ravel collaboration with Teddie Taylor, and the Witness, Unweave collaboration with Craig Mulcahy. I have a page dedicated to my release Jenni, a mostly piano album dedicated to my late sister. At some point in the near future, I will be releasing a bit of a follow-up grief album to Jenni.

If you were one of the subscribers to the word and music exploration project 13 Months from December 2021 through December 2022, you have access to the writings and music on this page.

Collaborator

Thou’s Inconsolable (2018). This is a photo of me and my late sister when we were kids.

I compose, arrange, and collaborate with bands and individual artists under my given name, Emily McWilliams, including with Eric Klerks, Troy Bennett’s Graveyard Lips, The Hirs Collective, Sunrot, and an ongoing, longstanding collaborative relationship with Thou since 2007*. In 2018 and 2019, I toured with MJ Guider’s live band. In 2022, I released a solo improvisational piano album, Form in Flow, with UK label The Crystal Cabinet.

*Work with Thou

Umbilical, Sacred Bones, 2024
The Helm of Sorrow, Sacred Bones, 2021
Magus, Sacred Bones, 2018
Inconsolable, Community Records, 2018
Rhea Sylvia, Deathwish, 2018
I Have Become Your Pupil, Get Better Records, split with Hirs, 2018
Heathen, Howling Mine, 2014
Archer and the Owl, Robotic Empire, 2011
Summit, Southern Lord, 2010
Our Enemy Civilization, Vendetta Records, split with Salome, 2009
We Pass Like Night from Land to Land, Woodsmoke, split with Leech, 2008

Performances

Upcoming

Past

10/9/25 – with Anika, Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
4/18/25 – Roadburn, Netherlands
2/13/25 – with Anareta and Trendafilka, Saturn Bar, New Orleans
11/17/24 – with Midwife, Thou, and MJ Guider, the Mudlark, New Orleans
10/19/24 – with Divide and Dissolve and Plomo, Siberia, New Orleans
11/10/23 – with OKAPI and Helen Gillet, Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
4/25/23 – with Sharks Teeth, Kid Charleroi, Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
11/12/22 – with Lingua Ignota, Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
9/3/22 – with Marissa Nadler, Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
4/18/22 – with LEYA and Rhelm, Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
2/18/22 – with Laura Fisher and Nhktar, Hotel Peter & Paul, New Orleans
12/4/21 – Silver Godling Witness, Unweave album release show, with Ex Specter, at Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
4/15/20 – Living Room Series, New Orleans
3/21/20 – Living Room Series, New Orleans
12/21/19 – Silver Godling collab set with Ex Specter. With Treadles and Pile at Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
12/3/19 – with Bride and Ex Specter at The Starlight, New Orleans
11/8/19 – guest musician on Ex Specter set, with Palm Sunday and Sharks’ Teeth at One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans
9/26/19 – with Mosquito Eater, Bruisey Peets, and Ex Specter at the Mudlark, New Orleans
4/7/18 – with Soft Kill, Choir Boy, and Trashlight at Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
7/22/17 – with Thou, False, Moloch and Cloud Rat at First Unitarian Church, New Orleans
4/19/16 – with True Widow and Slimy Member at Gasa Gasa, New Orleans
11/13/15 – with Florist, Hello Shark, and Ex Specter at Gasa Gasa/Sisters in Christ, New Orleans
9/26/15 – with Lovey Dovies and Donovon Wolfington st Howlin Wolf Den, New Orleans
5/6/15 – guest musician with Thou, with Sleep at the Civic Theater, New Orleans
11/1-11/2/14 – guest musician on No Idea Fest Thou Florida tour
8/13/14 – with Ex-Breathers and Adults at the Mudlark, New Orleans
5/3/14 – Not Enough Fest at Red House, New Orleans

Below dates with MJ Guider and Thou:

8/31/18 – New Orleans at Defend New Orleans with Thou, MJ Guider
4/14/19 – Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands with Thou and MJ Guider
4/9/19 – Baltimore at Metro Gallery with Thou, The Rememberables, MJ Guider
4/8/19 – Philadelphia at PhilaMOCA with Thou, Screaming Females, MJ Guider
4/7/19 – NYC at Brooklyn Bazaar with Thou, Emma Ruth Rundle, MJ Guider
4/6/19 – Providence at AS220 with Thou, Emma Ruth Rundle, Gertrude Atherton, MJ Guider
12/17/18 – Austin at Lost Well with Thou, Die Young, Private Service, MJ Guider
12/16/18 – San Antonio at Limelight with Thou, Amygdala, MJ Guider
12/15/18 – Santa Fe at The Cave with Thou, Lilith, MJ Guider
12/14/18 – Phoenix at Cricket Pavilion/Wall Street with Thou, Lana Del Rabies, Ceremented, MJ Guider
12/13/18 – San Diego at Che Cafe with Thou, Miserable, MJ Guider
12/12/18 – Los Angeles at Union with Thou, Miserable, Whelm, MJ Guider
12/11/18 – Oakland at Starline Social Club with Thou, Gayphextwin, Cell Rot, MJ Guider
12/11/18 – Oakland at 1234Go! matinee with Thou, Try the Pie, MJ Guider
12/10/18 – San Francisco at Balboa Theatre with Thou, Spellling, MJ Guider
12/9/18 – Eureka at Sirens Song with Thou, Mars, Cissies, MJ Guider
12/8/18 – Salem at Burial Grounds with Thou, Hell, MJ Guider
12/7/18 – Portland at High Water Mark matinee with Thou, MJ Guider
12/6/18 – Anacortes at Kennelly Keys with Thou, Mara, MJ Guider
12/5/18 – Seattle at Vera Project with Thou, MJ Guider
12/4/18 – Portland at Tonic with Thou, Blackwater Holylight, MJ Guider
12/3/18 – Boise at Bump Magazine with Thou, Tispur, Throes, MJ Guider
12/2/18 – Salt Lake City at Diabolical Records with Thou, 2-Headed Whale, Durian Durian, MJ Guider
12/1/18 – Laramie at Great Untamed with Thou, Euth, Lingua Ignota, Many Blessings, MJ Guider
12/1/18 – Denver at Nude City Relief Center matinee with Thou, Lingua Ignota, MJ Guider
11/30/18 – Denver at Syntax Physic Opera with Thou, Lingua Ignota, Blood Incantation, MJ Guider
11/29/18 – Dallas at RBC with Thou, Mass Exhibit, Akkolyte, MJ Guider