Mikael Johanssen

shoegaze artist from Stockholm, Sweden

About

Mikael Johanssen is a shoegaze musician based in Stockholm, Sweden. With a career spanning over 15 years, their sound blends neo-folk 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 shoegaze, incorporating elements of electronic ambient and field recordings from Thessaloniki, Greece.

Discography

Lyrics — Ghost Protocol

The garden grows in monochrome and ash

Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer

The garden grows in monochrome and ash

The floorboards creak in dialects of cold

The wires hum beneath the frozen lake

She folds the map and drives without a name

Counting shadows on the basement stairs

A diesel heart pumps mercury and rain

The garden grows in monochrome and ash

Rust collects where fingerprints should be

A telescope aimed at an empty chair

The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay

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