Following the rapturous response to her brilliant single ‘I AM CANCER’, Swedish alt-pop innovator RIVER returns once again with her evocative new single ‘Infected mind’, a richly textured offering that confronts the artist’s past self with unflinching honesty.

Carrying the ghostly echoes of dream-pop and avant-garde soul, ’Infected mind’ finds RIVER engaging in a dialogue between who she was and who she’s becoming. The track’s swirling guitars and shadowy synths envelop her distinctive vocal, creating an intimate world in which reflection becomes release.

“‘Infected mind’ is my attempt to recognize and engage in a dialogue with my younger, deceived self,” RIVER explains. “It’s a passage between past and present, where forgiveness and separation can finally take place, simply by bearing witness to and understanding the harm I inflicted on myself out of ignorance. It reflects not only on the trauma of the past but also on the painful process of admitting how I’ve been deceiving myself – and ultimately surrendering to that deception in order to heal.”