Moose Island’s Run comes on soft and gentle before gradually wrapping itself in thick bass-like-molasses. Depicting the feeling of trying to move on from a love the doesn’t break cleanly, you can feel that thick, treacle like substance dragging you down. It’s break-up as zombie flick, trying to get clear and yet the arms and teeth grab you, slow you down, increase your infection level. You stumble, shuffle, beat back the hoard, but it’s so hard to leave it all behind. The only way to get free is to run, and to not look back. Yes, that’s the eyes of your lover, but the mind behind them has gone... Keep going, never stop.
Moose Island is a Swedish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, and in 2020 he is set to release his self-produced EP, due in April. He grew up with music, as well as the culture of his homeland. With an upbringing that took in the diversity of Queen, Radiohead and Stevie Wonder, Moose Island looks to bring together the experimental and the soulful in his music.
Run is taken from Moose Island’s forthcoming EP, and is song depicting revenge, escape and freedom, as the artist describes:
“When I wrote the song I imagined a picture of a dark and desolate trail in the forest as the visual inspiration. I wanted the song to be encased in a mystical dreamworld. I painted the picture focusing on detail and progression.”
The resulting record captures the feeling of dread that comes from grief and emotional loss - often the real terror in our minds. Check out Run below: