Photo by Hans Olav Settem // "dreaming of a past life / in my blue head / sleeping through the winter / season of dread..."
The heavy melancholia, glacial emotional intimacies of "Season of Dread", by Molde - Norway artists Jouska (aka producer / singer-songwriter Marit Othilie Thorvik), draws you inside and scratches at your skin. Crafted out of sort of Yorke-ian chords counter positioned against more contemporary bedroom pop vocal melodies (though much more mournful) of artists like The Army, The Navy or Lunar Vacation is captivating. It is like the sadness holds sway like an embracing slow dance, the vocal melody has a groove, maybe that fluidity feels like the ghost of hope or survivorship.
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
Words about "Season of Dread" shared by Marit Othilie Thorvik aka Jouska:
"I wrote this song when everything felt heavy. It was like being stuck inside a winter that wouldn’t end, a season of dread, both emotionally and physically. I was moving through the days with a constant sense of unease, trying to hold it together but always on the edge of unraveling.
There was a constant pit in my stomach. I felt uncomfortable in my own body, in my surroundings, and in the choices I was making. My mind was loud and flooded, and I couldn’t find a way out of it. Things were shifting in my life. Something I’d always trusted without question suddenly felt unfamiliar, and that made it hard to feel steady or safe in anything.
This song came out of that place, a time when I felt completely out of sync with the world, like winter had stretched on endlessly and no one else seemed to notice."
There was a constant pit in my stomach. I felt uncomfortable in my own body, in my surroundings, and in the choices I was making. My mind was loud and flooded, and I couldn’t find a way out of it. Things were shifting in my life. Something I’d always trusted without question suddenly felt unfamiliar, and that made it hard to feel steady or safe in anything.
This song came out of that place, a time when I felt completely out of sync with the world, like winter had stretched on endlessly and no one else seemed to notice."
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Marit's words about the seeds of the song are so very relatable especially maybe even more so in the States. And while it is horrible of me to say our trauma is worse, America is so broken, so fucked up. And the saddest thing of all is that we place our gun to our own temple.
"Season of Dread" is beautiful in it's expressions, gorgeous in it's sadness. I really love this song. I want to figure it out and sing it to myself, ha.
-Robb Donker Curtius
LYRICS
dreaming of a past life
in my blue head
sleeping through the winter
season of dread
I no longer need the light
when it gutters from the sky
mmm
caught up in the madness
arrogant youth
someone saw you bursting
what did you do?
thinking of the time I choked
swallowing my words like stones
mmm
and I’m sorry I ran but the silence was too loud
and it rattles around in my head when I slow down
dread the conversation
mmm
dreaming of a daughter
someone who grows
winter shed its grief on
all that I know
I’m so tired of my ways
spineless men with sour taste
mmm
and I’m sorry I ran but the silence was too loud
and it rattles around in my head when I slow down
dread the conversation
mmm
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0uz2Ej3tDwFcK0ujnBcYjn
https://www.instagram.com/jouskajouska/
https://www.facebook.com/jouskajouska/
Hailing from Molde, Norway, producer and songwriter Marit Othilie Thorvik AKA Jouska has had an unique take on electronic-tinged pop since her debut album Everything is Good (2020). From being a duo with Hans Olav Settem the project has since evolved into a solo endeavor, delving deeper into the intimacy, and introspection throughout her music.
Jouska's album, Suddenly My Mind Is Blank (2023), garnered a lot of love from across the indie scene. The various moods and genres in Jouska's music encompass everything from R&B to dream pop, electronica to hip-hop, all while maintaining a core sound and essence—exemplified by her distinctive vocal. Jouska's musical journey and artistic exploration has allowed Marit to further hone her musical craft and delve into a diverse sonic palette that resonates with a wide range of music lovers.
LYRICS
dreaming of a past life
in my blue head
sleeping through the winter
season of dread
I no longer need the light
when it gutters from the sky
mmm
caught up in the madness
arrogant youth
someone saw you bursting
what did you do?
thinking of the time I choked
swallowing my words like stones
mmm
and I’m sorry I ran but the silence was too loud
and it rattles around in my head when I slow down
dread the conversation
mmm
dreaming of a daughter
someone who grows
winter shed its grief on
all that I know
I’m so tired of my ways
spineless men with sour taste
mmm
and I’m sorry I ran but the silence was too loud
and it rattles around in my head when I slow down
dread the conversation
mmm
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0uz2Ej3tDwFcK0ujnBcYjn
https://www.instagram.com/jouskajouska/
https://www.facebook.com/jouskajouska/
Hailing from Molde, Norway, producer and songwriter Marit Othilie Thorvik AKA Jouska has had an unique take on electronic-tinged pop since her debut album Everything is Good (2020). From being a duo with Hans Olav Settem the project has since evolved into a solo endeavor, delving deeper into the intimacy, and introspection throughout her music.
Jouska's album, Suddenly My Mind Is Blank (2023), garnered a lot of love from across the indie scene. The various moods and genres in Jouska's music encompass everything from R&B to dream pop, electronica to hip-hop, all while maintaining a core sound and essence—exemplified by her distinctive vocal. Jouska's musical journey and artistic exploration has allowed Marit to further hone her musical craft and delve into a diverse sonic palette that resonates with a wide range of music lovers.
Jouska, singer songwriter / producer Marit Othilie Thorvik, bedroom / lo-fi pop, folk indie, emo, postpunk, balladic music, adult contemporary, melancholy, strong lyric content, "Season of Dread", Molde Norway,
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