Korus by Majken

Finally the new album "Korus" from Malmö-based Majken is here!
A delicate album full of twists and turns, both musically and spiritually.
It's an album ,full of details to disover and cherish. And songs that keeps on giving, musically and lyrically. Both Fiona Apple and Cate Le Bon comes to mind. But most of all this is a very unique and personal sounding album with multifaceted lyrics, stellar songs and exciting arrangements.
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Majken is a Malmö-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose work straddles the sacred and the distorted.
Playing guitar, piano, and harp, she crafts emotionally layered songs that blend lo-fi textures with high-fidelity ambition.
She calls her sound gospel-grunge—a term that reflects the contradictions at the heart of her music: the raw and the holy, fuzz and clarity, doubt and devotion.

The album Korus marks her first full-length release in six years and is the culmination of a period of immense personal and creative change. Recorded at home, in her practice space, and in the basement studio of longtime collaborator Damon Tutunjian (Swirlies, Mew), Korus blends harp and electric guitar with analog synths, sampled vocals, drum machines, and wood-bodied acoustic instruments. Some sessions even took place in Malmö’s concert hall, where Majken was given access to record harp.

While the process preserved the warmth and immediacy of DIY music-making, the album embraces a broader sonic ambition through its mixing. Some tracks were mixed by Tutunjian himself, maintaining a close connection to the original recordings, while others were shaped by acclaimed producers Peter Katis (Interpol, the national) and Jeff Zeigler (Kurt Vile,Mary Lattimore).

And while her 2018 debut Young Believer grappled with destructive relationships and guilt,
Korus mirrors the long arc of personal growth and return and leans toward change, reconciliation, and starting over on your own terms.
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Since her debut, Majken has contributed to recordings by the beloved Swedish cult band bob hund and the amazing Frida Hyvönen,
and toured with the latter from 2020–2022, playing harp and guitar in her live band.

Musically, Korus is shaped by a wide range of influences: the tempo and quirkiness of Sparklehorse, the lyrical honesty of Fiona Apple, Stereolab’s clattering percussion, Beth Gibbons’ sense of emotional range, the ambient grace of Mary Lattimore, and the choral synth worlds of Beach House. Guitars nod toward the flanged wash of Swirlies, and traces of Damon Albarn’s melodic universe—through Blur, Gorillaz, and beyond—run through the heart of her songwriting.

But Majken’s musical roots go even further back. She grew up in a Pentecostal home—a rare thing in Sweden, one of the world’s most secular countries. Her parents were active in the church, and music was ever-present. Her father, an avid record collector, shaped her early taste more through Q Magazine and Mojo than through the Bible. But it was church that first introduced her to collective singing, and harmony-making – a constant in her songwriting.

She no longer identifies as religious and speaks openly about the weight of doubt and guilt she carried for years. “I believe politicized religion is the most dangerous thing in the world,” she says. “But growing up in church also meant growing up around music—gospel, hymns, harmonies. It shaped me.
That tension—between reverence and resistance—lives in her music. The idea of belief, whether spiritual or personal, is a recurring theme in her lyrics. Korus, in particular, explores self-trust, hope, and the possibility of starting again.

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