Melodies Never Lie is the solo project of Isaac Rivera. The musician/songwriter grew up in Denver and in the 2000s Rivera was part of the more left field end of the Denver indie scene as a member of chamber pop group Mehko and The Ocean Birds. He went on to more experimental musical projects before attending graduate school for Geography in Seattle, Washington for a handful of years. Shortly after the early COVID-19 pandemic Rivera returned to Colorado to take up a teaching position and reconnected with the musical community that has welcomed him in the 2000s and 2010s in the underground and DIY circles he had most been a part previously. In 2023 he started writing music for what would be his next project Melodies Never Lie. In November 2024 the debut album from the project When We Fall & Rise Together released digitally and on cassette and revealed Rivera having fused his more experimental leanings with his instinct for crafting melodies for a style that was both ambient and the kind of experimental indiepop and rock that had inspired him earlier in life. Less than a year later in June 2025 Rivera issued There’s Not Such Thing As Too Many Flowers. The new album built upon his experiments in synth, guitar, loops, percussion, electronic production and vocals for an album that delves deep into grief and the subversive and revolutionary possibilities of finding hope within oneself and one’s genuine connections with others and encouraging and cultivating the inherent dignity and unique gifts of each other. It’s an album that draws on more conventional and traditional melodic structures while stretching those beyond the usual boundaries and challenges the scarcity and conformist ideology of capitalism in the title of the album and the organic sprawl and informal structure of the songs.
Listen to our interview with Isaac Rivera on Bandcamp and follow Melodies Never Lie at the links below.
Melodies Never Lie on Bandcamp
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