Mynolia – “Take The Mountain By Surprise”

Last month, Mynolia announced her debut album Salt Around My Bed, arriving next year. So far the Nashville-based singer-songwriter has shared "Needle," "Run Like Hell," and "Holy Line," and now she's back with the exquisite "Take The Mountain By Surprise," which was written and recorded in a single sitting."This song had an unconventional birth, inspired by a weird guitar tuning with which I wrote a for-fun song called 'Sweatpants And Straitjackets' some years ago," the musician explains, continuing:That B part became the guitar foundation for this track, which then came out, lyrics, parts and instrumentation all at once. I remember writing and then recording this song in one sitting after a severe rainstorm had washed out part of the mountain road to my house. An act-of-God natural boundary formed between my home and the outside world and it was exactly what I needed. I took it to Florian Holoubek for drums and then to Rich Ruth for final production, mix, and synth flourishes. "I wish the creek would rise, take the mountain by surprise / As the landslide pulls away there's space for me too, today." Making yourself small for others to find you more digestible usually has an expirat...