Berlin-based artist Albertine Sarges today shares the new track ‘Motherless Universe’, the latest to be taken from the upcoming album Girl Missing, set for release on January 31 via Moshi Moshi.

‘Motherless Universe’ sees Albertine lean into her more experimental side. Programmed vocals layer and intertwine around the stately beat as guitars gently twang and strum, creating a rich and intriguing musical piece.

Albertine talks through the meaning of the track: “‘Motherless Universe’ is about the realization that this universe has made us but doesn’t care for us. We are, ultimately, alone with our decisions. And there seems to be a natural force that makes us drift apart, like celestial bodies, into a void where even sadness can’t exist.

“What I love about the song is also the emotional state: it’s not happy, not sad, somewhere entirely different. It is very sincere but the next minute it’s goofy and easygoing with the pitched vocals and fake bongos. It makes me vibe with where I come from: A messy and fun youth in Berlin Kreuzberg; sitting on the sidewalk drinking beer; wearing funny flowered jackets and eyeing people you fancy, smoking cigarettes, and discussing the vastness of the universe. It’s been super fun to stagger the different vocal samples with the loop station and use my voice rather like an instrument than like a singer (where is the line?).”