“Young and Dumb,” the new single coming from Swiss musician and artist Mary Middlefield, is an intrepid new delve into the soundscape of indie folk music with a luscious pop twist. Her lyrics, woven through colorful riffs of instrumentation, delves into a subtle sweet champagne catharsis that will be sure to entrance and delight.
According to the 22 year-old, Middlefield wields high drama, desire, and vulnerability as keys to making meaning in a complicated universe, where love and abuse coincide. Her roomy, stream-of-consciousness songs veer between a keening pop-punk fueled intensity and a lovely folk-inspired softness, inspired by the likes of Elliott Smith, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, as well as more recent artists like Claud, Jockstrap and The Japanese House.
Mary Middlefield’s upcoming EP Poetry (for the scorned and lonely) is a purging of emotion, one that’s allowing her to move forward with a clear mind and a clean palette. But for now, this is music for the people who are stuck, scorned and lonely. Middlefield invites you to suffer and yearn and scream alongside her.
In Lausanne, Switzerland, wildflower-trails blaze with ultraviolet color, mountains of myth surround a lake of sapphire. It’s a beauty so intense that it pacifies itself, turns still, and silent. Musician Mary Middlefield—who, for all her life, has called Lausanne home—splits the landscape apart, turning it into a wild scream. Her music is like a howl in the beautiful wilderness.
Support Mary Middlefield and her latest release, “Young and Dumb,” on Spotify today!
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