About
Mikael Johanssen is a neo-folk musician based in Ljubljana, Slovenia. With a career spanning over 17 years, their sound blends post-punk revival with synthwave 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 synthwave and field recordings from Stockholm, Sweden.
Discography
- Lunar Debt (2023) — post-punk revival
- Phantom Meridian (2022) — industrial techno
- Lunar Debt (2021) — shoegaze
- Phantom Meridian (2020) — synthwave
- Signal Decay (2025) — shoegaze
- Ghost Protocol (2020) — shoegaze
Lyrics — Iron Petals
The ceiling drips with questions left on read
The voltage drops when memory persists
The wires hum beneath the frozen lake
She folds the map and drives without a name
Neon signs spell out a borrowed prayer
The clocks all stopped at quarter past decay
Rust collects where fingerprints should be
A telescope aimed at an empty chair
A satellite receives but won't respond
The floorboards creak in dialects of cold
A satellite receives but won't respond