Jouska releases ‘Season of Dread’ from upcoming album How Did I Wind Up Here?
Norway-based songwriter Marit Othilie Thorvik, known as Jouska, has unveiled her new single ‘Season of Dread,’ a deeply introspective track from her forthcoming album How Did I Wind Up Here?, out October 17 via Koke Plate.
‘Season of Dread’ showcases Jouska’s shift toward a more fragile, dreamlike sound. The delicate and dusky track unfolds slowly, pairing candid lyricism with an atmospheric build that mirrors the unrelenting heaviness of depression. Moving away from the polished electronic textures of her past work, Jouska leans into fragile dream pop and trip-hop elements inspired by The Radio Dept., Beach House, and Slowdive. The result is a hazy, melancholic soundscape that balances grief and guilt with fleeting clarity and acceptance.
Thorvik reflects:
“I wrote this song when everything felt heavy. It was like being stuck inside a winter that wouldn’t end, a season of dread, both emotionally and physically. I was moving through the days with a constant sense of unease, trying to hold it together but always on the edge of unraveling… This song came out of that place, a time when I felt completely out of sync with the world, like winter had stretched on endlessly and no one else seemed to notice.”
‘Season of Dread’ is available now, with How Did I Wind Up Here? arriving October 17 via Koke Plate.
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