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Smerz makes music that slips between forms—pop, composition, club, and something stranger. Their work feels both diaristic and sculptural, shaped by instinct but honed with precision.RIYL: Jenny Hval, Lolina, Amnesia Scanner, Lyra Pramuk, Eartheater, ML Buch, Astrid Sonne, Jessy Lanza, Kelela, James K, Arca, Fever Ray, ANOHNI, The Knife, Holly Herndon, Björk, Aaliyah, FKA Twigs.
The Norwegian duo of Henriette Motzfeldt and Catharina Stoltenberg, now based between Oslo and Copenhagen, return this spring with Big city life—a new album out May 23 on Escho. Built from fragments of dreams, conversations, and passing thoughts, their music functions like collage: voices loop, break, and multiply; synths shimmer and splinter; rhythms emerge and dissolve. What binds it all is their uniquely tactile sense of storytelling—personal yet abstract, naïve and knowing all at once.
Their 2021 debut Believer (XL Recordings) introduced a sonic world where classical composition techniques mingled with glitch, trap, and art pop. Since then, they’ve moved freely between formats: from the surreal hyperpop fantasia ALLINA, to the choral minimalism of Tidligere den dagen, performed with vocal ensemble GAEA and released on their own imprint, Shopping. Whether soundtracking a fashion show or composing for contemporary dance, Smerz move fluidly across contexts, maintaining a voice that’s unmistakably theirs.
https://smerz.no
https://smerzforyou.bandcamp.com
Support: TBA
Included in the AW25 season pass (not yet released)
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Inkonst, Bergsgatan 29, SE-214 22 Malmö, Sverige, Malmö, Sweden
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