MorMor

Seth Nyquist, better known as MorMor, used to work in isolation. This self-contained process led to his 2018 breakout song “Heaven’s Only Wishful,” a stunningly singular ballad that stopped the world in its tracks and brought him personal praise from both Max Martin’s MXM Music and Steven Malkmus. His debut album Semblance, written and recorded during the pandemic lockdowns, followed in 2022. Nyquist was keen to embrace that sense of freedom as he worked on the follow-up to Semblance. “There’s an element of spontaneity and rawness,” he explains. “I love melody and I have never run away from that but I have always had big visions, too.” “It’s less about hiding behind metaphor and more about being open about what I’m actually feeling,” he adds. “I want to reveal parts of myself that others might not feel comfortable sharing.” The shift that came with loosening his grip on the wheel also makes the future look like an exciting place to be. “I used to think about how things would be received so much,” he says. “It started to shape decisions without me even realizing. I made music from the heart but there was always this pressure in the background. I’m not trying to control the narrative anymore.” The music’s only going to get more unfiltered, more instinctive, and more extreme in places, Nyquist says, “and I’m fine with that.”