A hyperpop mini-masterpiece, with manipulated and mutated vocals set against a more beat-driven background, ‘The Longest Day’ represents the feelings of apathy, loneliness and stagnation felt by many during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I think many artists have their ‘pandemic songs’ that they wrote during Covid, and “The Longest Day” is mine,” she says. “Every day can look the same and I often felt like I wasn’t moving forward. Plus I found the uncertainty of when the situation would change to be both distressing and numbing at the same time.

“Obviously this state of mind can also set in outside of a global pandemic, so I’m hoping that this song can be a sort of comfort for those who are feeling this way at any point in life.”

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The six-minute single is unashamedly maximal, with synthesizers and sequencers whirring forwards and rhythms intertwining. Probing live electronics and sampling, field recordings and vocal process to manipulate her sound is something that’s within Mörmaid’s both spirit and practice. ‘We Love We Dive’ encapsulates that perfectly, with Sollid’s vocal sometimes pushed right up close to the speaker, or opened up so that it feels like it’s trying to fill a cavernous space without breaking the emotional thread.

Mörmaid says: “‘We Love We Dive’ is probably the first love song I’ve ever written. It’s primarily hopeful and positive, but it also addresses that a romantic relationship isn’t always easy and wonderful. People and relationships are flawed, but surely we want what’s real – including the struggles that come with it – because that’s the most fulfilling kind of love, I think.”

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