Moyka releases new EP ‘Spaces’ and video for ‘Kanazawa’
12 June 2020
Newsdesk
At 23 years Monika Engeseth (aka Moyka) releases her second EP ‘Spaces’ on June 12. By now word has spread that Moyka is a crafty songwriter and an astute producer. "Otherwise I don’t feel like the songs are mine. When it's just my voice there it's like I'm just a piece of the song; when I’m in the production as well that’s when I feel: 'This song is mine.'" The Norwegian spins her tracks out of the voids of the universe into elysian pop bangers to cry-dance to - which she makes sure you can by putting them to the acid test in her own bedroom until she's satisfied.
‘Spaces’ consists of four songs that deal with a break up Moyka went through last year. "The theme of this EP is mostly about the loss of a longterm love. It’s about losing both someone’s closeness and friendship, and how I’ve tried to fill in the spaces of what’s left of them. It's about trying to both look forward and move on from the heartbreak." The release of the EP is celebrated with lead track ‘Kanazawa (Maybe We Don’t Have To Go There)’. The sweet but melancholic song is named after a city in Japan, and is a symbolic exploration of hopes and dreams lost when you lose the person you planned your future with. “When you’re together with someone you create all these wishes and dreams to go and see places together,” she says, “and when you break up, all those things just fall away. Kanazawa is a symbol of all these places and dreams that fell away.” The song’s muted synth drums and low vocal reflect its sweetly sad lyrics.
The video that goes with ‘Kanazawa (Maybe We Don’t Have To Go There)’ is a collage of memories from a journey that never happened. Thank god this EP is actually very real and happening. It's happening now and we hope you enjoy it.
