Alexandra Zerner releases "Do'nt Give Up!"

"This is a requiem album for my beloved and much-lamented mother who passed away earlier this year. Making this album was the only way to cope with the excruciating pain and channel it into what I do best - writing music.

The first half of the album is a suite of three compositions that describe three major events of my mother's demise - the unbearable pain and gut-wrenching weeping, burying her ashes and visiting her empty house.

The second part consists of a song I wrote for her two years ago, and also a cover of her favorite song "Don't Give Up" by Peter Gabriel feat. Kate Bush.

The artwork is based on a drawing she made for me for one of my birthdays. She wrote there her favorite motto "Don't Give Up" which comes from the aforementioned song, and she accidentally put the apostrophe on the wrong spot - "Don't Give Up!". She wanted to redo the entire drawing but I asked her to leave it as it is because I didn't want it to be a chase for perfection and lose the soul and the gist of it in the process. That's an important principle I follow in my music so I wanted to keep this as a symbol of it."

For fans of Opeth, Dream Theater, Jethro Tull, Genesis

Tracklist:

1. Do'nt Give Up! Suite, Pt 1 (Requiem)

2. Do'nt Give Up! Suite, Pt 2 (Under the Pine Tree)

3. Do'nt Give Up! Suite, Pt 3 (Memorial of Broken Dreams)

4. Mother

5. Don't Give Up