Acoustic Album

## Singles

Story Of An Insomniac, Normalcy Will Never Be Achieved, A Million Men,

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Melanie created her first ever album called “Acoustic Album”. It was released on May 7th, 2013. She released it on vinyl, cassette, digital download, and CD. This is Mel’s first album to not make it on the top 200 leaderboard. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on January 5th, 2015.

She announced the tour on April 30th, 2013. She performed some new songs she said would appear on her next EP. She performed all over the US. At some tour locations she sold exclusive merch. After this album was released her popularity grew a lot.

## Background

She first started writing this material back in 2010. She wanted people to hear her sing, so she would sing at venues and teen cafes. Sometimes they would be covers other times she’d sing her own songs. She was happy that going on the voice would help her release her own music.

She confirmed the albums title the same day she announced the tour. She decided to call it the “Acoustic Album”, because she thought the name was kind of catchy. Although some haters called her “unoriginal” and “basic”. Mel however was unbothered by this.

She announced the album would be done on May 7th, 2013. She luckily had no push backs to this release. The album was officially done and recorded on January 11th, 2013.

Her first single for the album was A Million Men. She released it on November 22nd, 2012. She released it as a single to spread awareness to the sex trafficking industry. Mel released it digitally and on CD. She promoted it by singing it live at a venue. She stated she would not make a music video for this song, because it’s too dark.

Her second single for the album was Normalcy Will Never Be Achieved. She released on December 31st, 2012. She released it digitally and on CD. She released it as a single, because she wanted to tell people that not everyone is perfect. She promoted it by singing it live and releasing a music video for it.

Her last single was Story Of An Insomniac. She released it on January 26th, 2013. She released it digitally and on CD. She had no real reason for releasing it as a single. She promoted it by releasing a music video for it.

The album art and track list were shown off on February 27th. A day before Curly Cue‘s release. She released a few snippets on her YouTube channel.

## Merch

Mel sold merch at some of her venues and on her tour. She would also sign some of the merch and give it away on tour. Since Mel didn’t have a website to sell her merch she mostly sold it at shows. This makes most of that merch hard to find. Her official merch consisted of a necklace saying the words “Crybaby” although many fans at the time didn’t know what that meant. She also had some t-shirts along with baby doll necklaces.

## Story

Mel at this time didn’t have a story to tell. The songs on the album are not in a chronological order. Mel was releasing that music for people to enjoy not to tell a story. Although many people thought the story could be about Miss Magie as she is one of the few characters mentioned through song.

## Characters

* Insomniac
* Bullies
* Alice
* Mother
* Little Girl
* Million Men
* Miss Maggie
* Boy From Rough Love
* Boy From Intervals
* Boy From Race

## Locations

* Schoolyard
* Mad Hatter Land
* Insomniacs house
* Little Girls house
* Random House
* Miss Maggie’s House
* Million Men’s House
* Race Track

## Track List

1. Intervals
2. Empty Life
3. Until Sunrise (Feat. Neon Hitch)
4. Time Flies
5. Go On Away
6. Rough Love
7. I Don’t Know
8. A Million Men
9. Violent Disease
10. Story Of An Insomniac
11. Bones Are Blue
12. Black And Blue
13. Normalcy Will Never Be Achieved
14. Race

## Cut Songs

* 2nd Unknown Song
* 3rd Unknown Song
* Alone
* Curly Cue
* Dear Porcupines
* Heart At The Door
* Hey Alice
* I Love My Ride
* King of The Arcade
* Last Chapter (Feat. Neon Hitch)
* Oh, Carousel
* Milky Way
* Unknown Song
* Until Sunrise

## Trivia

* This is Mel’s first album
* All the songs on it are acoustic
* This is Mel’s only acoustic album
* Jose Martinez‘s favorite song is Curly Cue
* Mel‘s favorite song on the album is Normalcy Will Never Be Achieved or Dear Porcupines
* This is Mel’s only album not to make it on the top 200 billboard
* Mel performed most of the songs before they were released
* Mel was happy with how smooth the release was
* She promised more projects to come out soon
* This is her only album that doesn’t follow a storyline