Swedish artist Murex is still at the beginning of her journey, but her music already feels like the work of someone building an entire universe from scratch. One of Young’s latest signings, the Stockholm based artist brings her classical training into forward thinking productions where intricate orchestral arrangements melt into glitchy electronica and ethereal avant pop. There are traces of Eartheater in the way her ethereal voice floats through these strange, constantly shifting compositions, while the Baroque spirit running through her music may recall Oklou. What makes her sound truly singular, though, is its distinctly Scandinavian atmosphere, shaped by Nordic folklore and the Swedish landscape.
Her debut album, Inventio, arrives September 25 via Young. Created over three years, the 10 track record began with a period of private, introspective writing before gradually taking shape in her Stockholm studio, across mornings spent swimming and afternoons devoted to production. Named after Bach’s Inventions, which Murex played on the piano growing up, the album unfolds through layered polyphonic melodies that drift seamlessly from one track into the next. Deeply informed by storytelling, it finds her confronting body dysmorphia, control and a fractured sense of identity as she moves towards emotional and creative liberation. “Making this album felt like a return to my physical body,” she explains, “while simultaneously realising that it will never encompass the totality of who I am. Each moment of finding is getting lost, and while my body stores the marks, the different versions of myself continue to evade and dissolve.”
Following the hypnotic “Massacre” and the soaring “Hardness of a Silverspoon”, Murex now shares the beautiful “Flock Of Swans Fly In V’s”, on which celestial soprano harmonies gather around delicate koto and intricate production. The influence of Björk’s Vespertine, which Murex describes as “a companion” during one of her most difficult periods, feels also particularly vivid here. The track seems to hover between a childhood memory and a half remembered dream, taking its title from the winters of her Swedish childhood, when the departure of a nearby flock of swans announced the changing season. “They knew when to leave and escape the cold that they would never survive, and when to come back and embrace spring,” she recalls. “I wish that I would understand that better.” Like her previous visuals, the accompanying video was directed by Murex herself, with camera assistance from DJ Suzy, another great artist worth checking out. Watch it below and stream the single via our Forecast Tape playlist on Spotify.
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