Norwegian duo Lost Girls have released their new single “Ruins,” the group’s first music since their acclaimed 2021 LP Menneskekollektivet. The hypnotic experimental rock track feels both ceremonial and new-age, a dazzling combination of pulsing instrumentals and supernatural vocals. Horns and guitars swirl and spike in turn, creating a track at once melodic and syncopated.
“It felt too difficult to try to learn or tame [‘Ruins’]…After improvising for a bit I realized that I was singing about this kind of pattern of movement, but as a band practice in the 90s, back when I first started playing with other people. If “Ruins” is ‘about’ anything, it’s about a practice of discovery, being young and lost and feeling as if you are close to something ancient and magical,” Vocalist Jenny Hval explains.
Listen to “Ruins” here.