Mikael Johanssen

post-punk revival artist from Turin, Italy

About

Mikael Johanssen is a post-punk revival musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 16 years, their sound blends neo-folk with post-punk revival influences, creating a distinctive sonic palette that has been described as "deeply atmospheric and emotionally resonant."

Their latest work continues to push the boundaries of post-punk revival, incorporating elements of neo-folk and field recordings from Thessaloniki, Greece.

Discography

Lyrics — Hollow Crown

The radio plays songs from someone else

Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south

The wires hum beneath the frozen lake

She folds the map and drives without a name

A telescope aimed at an empty chair

The garden grows in monochrome and ash

The floorboards creak in dialects of cold

Rust collects where fingerprints should be

Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer

The wires hum beneath the frozen lake

A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist

She writes her will in disappearing ink

A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain

The radio plays songs from someone else

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