School of Music Visiting Artist
Molly Nilsson is a Berlin-based songwriter and performer originally from Stockholm. She releases music on her own Dark Skies Association imprint in partnership with Night School Records. Molly Nilsson's version of synth pop clings tightly to a D.I.Y. approach: she records her albums by herself, runs her own record label, and has released an album almost every year since 2008's These Things Take Time. Her insular, stately approach to synth pop is balanced by the swooping synth melodies and detached grace of her vocals. In 2011, she recorded a version a version of "Hey Moon" from These Things Take Time for CalArts alum John Maus' 2011 album We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves.