About
Mikael Johanssen is a post-punk revival musician based in Stockholm, Sweden. With a career spanning over 19 years, their sound blends neo-folk with shoegaze 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 post-punk revival and field recordings from Turin, Italy.
Discography
- Lunar Debt (2020) — post-punk revival
- Amber Frequency (2025) — shoegaze
- Signal Decay (2022) — neo-folk
- Obsidian Lullaby (2024) — shoegaze
- Static Bloom (2021) — shoegaze
- Lunar Debt (2020) — electronic ambient
Lyrics — Velvet Rust
She writes her will in disappearing ink
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
He trades his coat for silence and a key
She folds the map and drives without a name
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
The radio plays songs from someone else
The radio plays songs from someone else
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
The voltage drops when memory persists