Cinder Well is the musical project of Los Angeles–based songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Amelia Baker.

Cinder Well’s latest album, A Blooming Body, released July 2026, was recorded at Hen House Studios in Venice Beach, California by Harlan Steinberger. Cinder Well extracts dark, rich and tender compositions which nod to, whilst also stray from, traditional musical languages. By comparison to the more diaristic tones of previous releases (2015’s self-titled EP, 2018’s The Unconscious Echo, 2020’s No Summer, 2023’s Cadence), A Blooming Body feels like glimpsing scattered vignettes of a whole world rather than a sequential narrative from beginning to end. Through richly textured arrangements, A Blooming Body expands the sonic world of Cinder Well, resulting in a more immersive, visceral and unconventional collection of songs. The songs shimmer with clarity, Cinder Well’s annunciation crystal clear, evocative lyrics and heady depths to the stories told that plunge fathoms beneath the ethereal, acoustic surface. Through endless shifts in perspective, and a sound which knows when to bolster the lyrics and when to let them speak for themselves, on A Blooming Body Cinder Well’s music becomes universal, laying bare a weight that exists not in guitar tracks or distortion, but the kind we carry with us day to day.

Cinder Well’s experimentation and expansive, cinematic sound, led to her composing the original theme song and original score for the hit BBC series Small Prophets (written, directed by, and starring Mackenzie Crook alongside Sir Michael Palin). To follow the single release of the theme, The Wise Man’s Song, the soundtrack album is released 2nd October. The series continues to be a success on the iPlayer and will be available in the rest of the world on Apple TV from 7th October.

Cinder Well has toured extensively throughout the US and Europe, sharing the stage with artists including Lankum, Pallbearer, Reverend Kristen Michael Hayter, and 40 Watt Sun. Recent festival appearances include Roadburn, Amplifest, Prepare the Ground, and End of the Road. In 2024, Cinder Well performed at NPR’s Tiny Desk, of which Lars Gotrich wrote: “a crimson glow surrounds the dark undercurrent of Cinder Well that only grows brighter as the music goes deeper into the unknown.”