About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Turin, Italy. With a career spanning over 5 years, their sound blends shoegaze 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 electronic ambient and field recordings from Lisbon, Portugal.
Discography
- Static Bloom (2021) — industrial techno
- Signal Decay (2020) — industrial techno
- Lunar Debt (2021) — synthwave
- Crimson Theorem (2026) — shoegaze
Lyrics — Neon Cathedral
She writes her will in disappearing ink
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
She writes her will in disappearing ink
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
The garden grows in monochrome and ash
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
The voltage drops when memory persists
The radio plays songs from someone else
A satellite receives but won't respond
The harbour lights dissolve in kerosene
The radio plays songs from someone else
He trades his coat for silence and a key