EMMA LUCIA

Djuphjärtad (deep-hearted) is a collaborative EP from Swedish singer Emma Lucia and Bay Area 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 Orchid synth, Arturia MiniFreak, and Omnisphere.

The result blends Lucia’s luminous voice with Ship Says Om’s immersive ambient 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, recalling the sensibilities of Stina Nordenstam, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Philip Glass, and The Books.

Out Spring 2026