Wynd - “The Shores”
Photo by Kasper Leegaard
Copenhagen-based singer-songwriter Wynd (Morten Larsen) has released the charmingly lo-fi indie-folk single “The Shores.”
Perhaps it’s the fact that “The Shores” was captured on an old, weathered 4-track cassette recorder, but the level of intimacy here is unmatched. From the quick, warbled intro to the dark, melancholic strums of acoustic guitar, the song instantly builds a little home beneath your chest, as a ghostly harmonica drifts to the far edges of the soundscape.
Wynd’s vocal performance emerges with a tone that closely mirrors the dark and gritty production. Built on a barebones arrangement, the track still feels expansive, carried by an echoing wash of reverb. Across the refrain, he reaches into an emotional falsetto, with a subtle harmony adding a welcome sense of width.
About his new single, “The Shores,” Wynd adds: “Love is memory, nostalgia and reflection - especially when it’s gone. ‘The Shores’ captures the urge to reach out, the hope that you might find your way back to each other. But within that hope lies the realization that it can be just as painful and destructive as the longing itself. There’s a bittersweet sense of optimism in watching the waves reshape the shore - how things fade, and how time eventually heals.”
Wrapped in a heavy cloak of vulnerability, Wynd’s new single “The Shores” will draw you inward and keep you there long enough to become yourself again. The song is now available everywhere via AWAL. More new music is on the way, with anEP set for release this year. Connect with Wynd here: Spotify | TikTok | Instagram