About
Mikael Johanssen is a shoegaze musician based in Lisbon, Portugal. With a career spanning over 19 years, their sound blends shoegaze with neo-folk 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 shoegaze, incorporating elements of electronic ambient and field recordings from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Discography
- Phantom Meridian (2022) — post-punk revival
- Obsidian Lullaby (2020) — neo-folk
- Velvet Rust (2020) — neo-folk
- Lunar Debt (2025) — industrial techno
Lyrics — Iron Petals
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
A satellite receives but won't respond
Counting shadows on the basement stairs
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
The voltage drops when memory persists
Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
She folds the map and drives without a name