I said ‘fuck it’ and started writing without pressure, with no creative criteria.” That’s how Oslo-based artist Kispah describes the moment everything shifted.
After three years of near-total silence, he returns with Nosebleed: a sharp indie-rock meets drum-and-bass single that signals the start of a new EP arriving next year. The road back, however, was far from linear.
Norwegian-Welsh and based in Oslo, Kispah began the project in lockdown in 2020. “During that time I wrote and released my first EP, A Quiet Moment After the Fact. Once it was out, I got an incredible reaction – national radio play in Norway, festival invitations, shows.”
Then everything stalled. “Nothing happened. I was crippled by the pressure of following it up. I felt like I had nothing left.” Music became something he used to do. “Fast forward three years, and I hadn’t made anything worth mentioning.”
A spark finally hit. He revisited an old demo – only to realize he’d deleted all his music files. “Huge blow,” he admits. But instead of giving up, he started again from scratch. The outcome: fifteen new songs in three months and a renewed sense of direction.
“With Norway’s indie-rock scene being fairly homogenous, I wanted to make something that felt genuinely interesting,” he says. That meant leaning into his British influences, weaving drum and bass into his songwriting, and pushing the tempo. “Trying to make music that works for both the quiet moments alone, and together.”
Nosebleed strikes a nerve. “It’s about a period where people around me were very into drugs and even more into getting me to take them, despite me not wanting to. Happy times.”
Kispah returns fully charged, making it clear he’s here for the long run.
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