Single release: Out now
More info: Linn’s Facebook page
Today, Copenhagen-based musician and producer LINN has released her much-anticipated debut EP “Happy Metal”.
To mark the release of her EP, LINN has also shared a new video for the final track on the EP, “I’m Out Of Alcohol, You’re Out Of Your Mind”.
An intriguing and captivating closing track, the new single was written in the first weeks of the spring lockdown in an impromptu studio in her boyfriend’s parent’s basement. The idiosyncratic leftfield art-pop track sees LINN merge manipulated drums (played by her boyfriend) with cyclical alien vocals, and a driving bassline (played by her boyfriend’s brother, Mads).
Speaking about the track, LINN says “The song is about being close to someone, but still feeling the distance. When you don’t know what to do or what to talk about, because you’re suddenly forced into isolation and everything has been cancelled. You’re just left alone with the people close to you and you realize you forgot how to approach each other.”
WATCH / SHARE THE NEW VIDEO HERE
The video follows LINN’s two previous singles “Frozen Pizza” and “Happy Metal”. “Frozen Pizza” was premiered as CLASH’s “Track Of The Day”, who described it as having “a kind of beautiful unfamiliarity.”
“Happy Metal” was premiered on Danish radio station P4, before being added to the playlist at P6. You can check out the videos for both singles here:
Copenhagen native Linn Holm is a former member of Danish alternative rock-duo The Bowdashes and has prieviously supported Garbage (US), shared the stage with Lydia Lunch (US), recorded and toured Europe with Nouvelle Vague (FR) and worked with Gordon Gano of Violent Femmes (US).
Now LINN is stepping out on her own with her debut release “Happy Metal”, which draws inspiration from motorik kraut, future R&B and electronic lo-fi in her playful and experimental pop arrangements, often accompanied by bizarre sound effects, samples and her kid’s toy instruments.
Speaking about releasing her first solo material, LINN goes on to say, “I have played in bands and made collaborations before, but these songs represent just me and what is inside my little weird head. I have been working on the songs for a few years now, recording and producing it at home, so it is both terrifying, but also a huge relief to finally unleash the music and share it with other people.”
The EP has been self-produced by LINN with mixing assitance from Simon Kjær (of Danish band, Chinah) and Mathias Bertelsen (of alternative rock band The Entrepreneurs) on drums.
LINN’s debut EP “Happy Metal” is out now – Listen HERE.
“Happy Metal” EP Tracklist:
1. Frozen Pizza
2. Happy Metal
3. Not That <3 Core
4. I’m Out Of Alcohol, You’re Out Of Your Mind
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