Myrkur: forsaking the folk
After abandoning black metal for Nordic folk on 2020’s Folkesange, Mykur made another left turn this year with Spine, embracing grandiose, alt pop sensibilities –with the odd blastbeat, of course.
“Someone said to me it sounded like ‘if Enya caught fire’, and I can’t stop thinking about that,” she says with a chuckle, speaking to Hammer days after debuting her new material live at London’s Rough Trade East.