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Myopia is singer-songwriter Rachael Sage's thirteenth studio album, released on 4 May 2018.

Production
Myopia was titled after the eye condition of the same name. Sage is legally blind. Thematically and lyrically, the album explores the concept of vision in many manifestations, including narrow-mindedness in people. Musically, the album was a departure for Sage, with more emphasis on her guitar playing rather than piano. .

Sage has described the album as "hopeful" and a "warm-weather record." She also explained the songs as being "about getting out there, thawing things out, and unearthing the truth."

The last song on the album is an updated 2018 version of the opening track from Sage's second album, Smashing the Serene, which was released in 1998.

Release
Myopia has been released on CD, vinyl and digital platforms such as Spotify.

The physical version of the album contains the CD in a hard cover book, which also includes photographs of Sage posing with optometry equipment.

A companion album called PseudoMyopia was released in 2019. This contains reworked acoustic versions of eleven of the fourteen songs from Myopia, with the exceptions being "Sympathy Seed", "Haunted By Objects" and "Umru Mayne", which do not appear.

Awards
The album won twice in the 2019 Independent Music Awards. Sage and co-producer John Shyloski won in the category of Best Producer [on a] Pop Album, and Sage won the award for Best Music Promo Poster in the design category.

Track listing
All songs written by Rachael Sage unless otherwise indicated.
 * 1) "Alive" – 3:29
 * 2) "Spark" - 3:06
 * 3) "No One Is To Blame" - 3:47 (written by Howard Jones)
 * 4) "Olivia" - 2:47
 * 5) "Myopia" - 4:41
 * 6) "Sympathy Seed" - 3:01
 * 7) "Daylight" - 3:35
 * 8) "Maybe She'll Have Cats" - 3:56
 * 9) "Haunted By Objects" - 2:04
 * 10) "This Darkness" - 4:36
 * 11) "Umru Mayne" - 2:40 (written by Moshe Leib Halpern, Rachael Sage and Ben Yoman)
 * 12) "Snowed In" - 3:26
 * 13) "Tomorrow" - 3:59
 * 14) "Sistersong 2018" - 4:06

Personnel
Rachael Sage - producer, composer, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, Wurlitzer, Moog synthesizer, percussion, hand claps, art direction

John Shyloski - engineer, mastering, mixing, producer

Ryan Hommel - electric guitar, pedal steel

Andy Mac - beatboxing, drums, percussion, backing vocals

Mikhail Pivovarov - bass, backing vocals

Rob Curto - accordion, Hammond B3

Kelly Halloran - violin, backing vocals

Rachel Golub - violin

Dave Eggar - cello

Ward Williams - cello

Doug Yowell - drums, percussion

Mike Visceglia - bass, backing vocals

Russ Johnson - trumpet

Gabrielle Louise - backing vocals

James Mastro - composer, Dobro, electric guitar

Nalani & Sarina - backing vocals

Ian Callahan - engineer

Johnny Montagnese - engineer

Moshe Leib Halpern - composer

Howard Jones - composer

Erin Baiano - photography

Christopher Kornmann - art direction, graphic design

Andy Zulla - mixing