Mikael Johanssen

neo-folk artist from Lisbon, Portugal

About

Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Lisbon, Portugal. With a career spanning over 15 years, their sound blends electronic ambient 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 neo-folk, incorporating elements of shoegaze and field recordings from Lisbon, Portugal.

Discography

Lyrics — Lunar Debt

A telescope aimed at an empty chair

A satellite receives but won't respond

She folds the map and drives without a name

A telescope aimed at an empty chair

The floorboards creak in dialects of cold

A compass spins inside a locked museum

A telescope aimed at an empty chair

The garden grows in monochrome and ash

Rust collects where fingerprints should be

The wires hum beneath the frozen lake

She writes her will in disappearing ink

Counting shadows on the basement stairs

A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain

He trades his coat for silence and a key

She writes her will in disappearing ink

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