Singer/songwriter Anna Marie Carey finds an eternal melody on her new single "Parking Lots." It is a hushed ballad surrounded by a swirling haze of electronics. Carey lets her words surge with gravity and orbit the all-too-familiar chords. Reverence drapes itself over the notes as they deal out absolution as freely as the wind. There is nothing overt, musically or lyrically. Even the broadest truths are made small in the hands of Carey. She cultivates life with songs such as these. Listen below on Spotify, or wherever you stream your music.

For singer-songwriter Anna Marie Carey, music has been a part of her life since the beginning. Carey had always written as a way to express herself, and the access that she had to recording studios through her dad didn’t hurt her ability to create. However, it wasn’t until the end of college that she took music seriously again. Carey graduated from the University of Northwestern - St. Paul with a degree in film. It was this draw to visuals that influenced her 2015 release Pulse Of My Heart . Carey locked herself in a room while a projector played scenes from films that reflected the themes she drew from to write the album. Today, Anna Marie Carey works as the worship director for Calvary Church in Minnesota. At first, she vowed never to write worship music; however, after a lot tries and support from her friends and family, Carey started putting together what will become the first release from her worship band Astronauts. During the process, she really struggled writing worship ...