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 expiration date. Better to confess in song and set that boundary, as a mudslide won't always do it for you.
Listen below.
Salt Around My Bed is out 1/15/27 via Full Time Hobby.