The Goth-Folk of Mourning Coffee
Mourning Coffee by Jaime Sharpe
Morristown singer-songwriter Christian Diana—who used to be in The Foxfires—is now Mourning Coffee. His acoustic loveliness is offset by an air of mystery in the grooves and, in the video for “Amor Fati,” humor. He sings in a whisper. It makes the listener lean forward to properly digest the sound of his own guitar, keyboards, synthesizer and vocals (with help from drummer Tommy Riley, violinist Julia Akito and mix-master Sam Staufi).
He told Garid Garcia in https://www.themicmg.com/ that “the only way to transform our situation is to first accept the reality of it, even if things haven’t fully unfolded yet. ‘Amor Fati’ means ‘love of fate,’ which is kind of like saying you’re good either way - and that’s a conclusion most of us only reach after the fact with hindsight. This stoic saying challenges us to meet each moment with that mindset."