Emily McWilliams

Musician
Silver Godling

I release concept albums under the name Silver Godling, that pull from my classical roots as well as explore experimental music, chamber pop, dark pop, and electronic music, with a strong emphasis on the piano. I have released four 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. If you were one of the subscribers to the word and music exploration project 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

  • 10/19/24 – with Divide and Dissolve and Plomo, Siberia, New Orleans

Past

  • 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