Ambience pop with a tinge of electronic folk. Scottish musician SELKIE returns with Gold, her final single before her debut EP. A deeply emotional meditation on renewal and resilience rooted in the Japanese philosophy of kintsugi: the art of repairing the broken with gold. Having spent time in Kyoto, the artist channels that practice into a dreamy and considered piece: the sentiment of picking up the pieces and growing into something, or someone, bigger than they once were.
Gold unfolds as a slow burn, unravelling a sonic world and building an atmospheric scene around the listener. SELKIE‘s vocals are the undeniable force at the centre of it all: soft-spoken, intimate and close, they wrap you in and draw you into her universe, making you feel her feelings as your own. The electric guitar sits alongside as a quiet, controlled companion, a gentle layered rhythm that gives her voice the space it needs to carry the full emotional weight of the song. Vocal loops and a chorus that blooms gradually add texture and depth, mixing the two branches that make up the totality of her unique sound.
a breathless wind is whispering / i’m gathering all my broken thoughts / like petals scattering / i am chasing dreams i thought that i had lost.
The music video, filmed in the dry mountains of Chile by Ter Nam, situates the track in a landscape that feels as vast and open as the music itself, grounding the theme of renewal in nature and taking the listener into this journey within. A quietly divine listen.
SELKIE‘s debut EP inWaves is out August 28th.