About
Mikael Johanssen is a post-punk revival musician based in Lisbon, Portugal. With a career spanning over 6 years, their sound blends synthwave 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 shoegaze and field recordings from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Discography
- Signal Decay (2021) — neo-folk
- Crimson Theorem (2022) — industrial techno
- Static Bloom (2026) — industrial techno
- Velvet Rust (2023) — neo-folk
- Signal Decay (2024) — shoegaze
- Crimson Theorem (2023) — post-punk revival
Lyrics — Hollow Crown
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
She folds the map and drives without a name
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The radio plays songs from someone else
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
A payphone rings in rooms that don't exist
A satellite receives but won't respond