NIALL MUTTER’S DEBUT LP, SILVER, OUT NOVEMBER 7
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Following the release of his 2022 debut EP Pass Me By, Niall 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.”
The result is the debut album from Mutter, Silver, a collection of songs “mostly written and recorded over two months while at the cabin”, says Mutter. “I didn’t set out to make a record—I was in a bit of a creative rut, and felt the need to get away from the city without interruption. These songs came out of that stillness. Out of silence. Out of letting go of polish and pressure, and tuning into the strange, fragile shimmer of what was beneath the surface. The album moves through themes of memory, grief, desire, and change—often sitting in the in-between spaces where clarity and confusion overlap. The title SILVER felt right because it holds all of that: it’s reflective, a little haunted—beautiful but bruised. Silver is what’s left after the shine wears off—tarnishable, tender, but still strong.”
Having already shared the new single “Black Water”, today Mutter returns with “Beau Bassin”, the first song he wrote after moving to the cabin. “I hadn’t been writing much at all in Montreal, but once I settled in, this one came out pretty quickly — playful, a little rough around the edges, almost like a Boy Scout anthem for dropping everything and disappearing for a while,” explain Mutter. “Think Moonrise Kingdom by Wes Anderson. It came from that urge to leave the city, to get away from all the noise. Looking back, it feels like the first spark — the beginning of what would eventually become Silver.”
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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.
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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.
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SILVER TRACKLIST
01 Beau Bassin
02 Black Water
03 Dixie Diamond
04 I Don’t Wanna Give You Up
05 Stink Bug
06 Wanderer
07 Poem #6
08 Jenny Said
