NIALL MUTTER SHARES FIRST NEW SINGLE SINCE 2022 EP, PASS ME BY
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DEBUT LP DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR
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Niall Mutter’s “Black Water” is the first new single since 2023. Following the release of his 2022 debut EP Pass Me By, Mutter decamped to a cabin in rural Quebec where he set up a home studio on the lake. With the help of his trusty TASCAM 8-track cassette recorder and a laid-back no force environment, he developed a bold new sound shaped by a deep attention to his surroundings which Mutter describes as “a place of routine and quiet isolation, where nature felt both comforting and haunting.”
A feel-good indie track that blends warm guitar lines, driving rhythm, and catchy vocals, “Black Water” is the kind of song that feels like sun on your face and wind through the window — nostalgic yet full of momentum. “The song is about surrender — to grief, to change, to the parts of yourself you have to let go of in order to grow,” says Mutter. “It’s about the strange yet beautiful feeling of being pulled under by something bigger than you. In the water, there is darkness, but also openness and a chance to cleanse the body — to let it take you somewhere new.”
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MORE ABOUT NIALL MUTTER
Montreal-based Niall Mutter continues to sculpt the in-between as a comfortable resting place for himself, often wearing uncertainty like a trusted pair of boots. Lightweight, roll-off-the-shoulder riffs pair with sun-bleached vocals, disguising dissonant emotions in a groove-infused suspension.
His lucid approach to songwriting and minimalist production style weaves in threads of traditional roots pop, creating music that continues to fathom what a marriage of country and indie alternative might sound like.
Watch for more new music from Niall Mutter in the near future.