EMMA LUCIA
Djuphjärtad is a collaborative EP from Swedish singer Emma Lucia and ambient project Ship Says Om (Jenny Gillespie Mason). Friends in the Berkeley, California music community, the two artists began working together after Lucia invited Mason to help shape several of her songs into a more atmospheric, exploratory form.
The EP moves between two currents: intimate songs of romantic anticipation (“Keep Me” and “Feel Your Eyes”) and elemental sound meditations such as the Swedish-language “Ditt Hjärta” and the wordless “Water Prayer.” Mason’s production draws heavily from found sound—birdsong, wind, thunder, rustling trees, owls, and the steady rhythm of oars moving through water—woven with ambient synths, acoustic guitar, piano, and percussion.
The result blends Lucia’s luminous voice with Ship Says Om’s immersive sonic textures, evoking the quiet expanses of lakes and forests while tracing the emotional thresholds of new love. The music carries echoes of experimental ambient and modern composition, creating what The Slow Music Movement calls “a warm, woozy, welcoming, new age-infused folktronica and positive vibe.”