APACALDA is the project of Montreal-based singer and composer Cassandra Angheluta, whose emotionally immersive music blends goth-tinged indie pop, dark psychedelia, and electronic textures into a distinctive alternative sound. Her debut full-length album, There’s A Shadow In My Room and It Isn’t Mine (June 13, 2025), features collaborations with Mishka Stein (Patrick Watson), JUNO Award–winning engineer Samuel Woywitka (Half Moon Run), Dayhills (Skiifall), and Christophe Lamarche-L (Charlotte Cardin). The record received coverage from The Line of Best Fit, Billboard Canada, RANGE Magazine and was featured on editorial playlists including Fresh Finds, New Music Friday Canada, Café Montréalais, ALT QC, and Montréal Chill. Visually, her work has gained international attention; Find Me in the Morning and She’s Not Coming were recognized by the 1.4 Brilliant Filmmaking Awards (2023–2024), with She’s Not Coming also screening at the SeeYouSound International Music Film Festival in Turin, Italy (2025). The name APACALDA, meaning “warm water” in Romanian, symbolizes Angheluta’s cultural roots and the sense of healing and refuge she finds through music. With a growing reputation for striking honesty, atmosphere and sharp artistic direction, APACALDA is fast becoming one of Montreal’s most compelling new voices.
