Mikael Johanssen

neo-folk artist from Stockholm, Sweden

About

Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Stockholm, Sweden. With a career spanning over 11 years, their sound blends shoegaze with electronic ambient 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 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Discography

Lyrics — Phantom Meridian

He trades his coat for silence and a key

She folds the map and drives without a name

Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south

She writes her will in disappearing ink

Counting shadows on the basement stairs

A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain

A compass spins inside a locked museum

The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay

A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain

The floorboards creak in dialects of cold

The radio plays songs from someone else

Between the lines the ink starts bleeding south

A telescope aimed at an empty chair

The floorboards creak in dialects of cold

A compass spins inside a locked museum

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