Karen Juhl has quickly made a name for herself in Danish music with just a few releases, standing out as a distinctive voice. Juhl's work often blurs the boundaries between art forms, driven by a love for both experimental composition and art pop songwriting.
Her most recent release is the debut album and book Mother Tongue. The album is a sonic hybrid taking listeners on a poetic, dissonant journey. The book, created in collaboration with graphic designer Paw Poulsen, combines the album's lyrics with digital collages made of internet images and handwritten notes. Through sound, text, and imagery, childhood scenes and internet spaces are linked, creating a fragmented but meditative reflection on vulnerability in a hyper-globalized world.
Mother Tongue has received widespread acclaim both nationally and internationally. BBC6 and Resident Advisor call it “Cutting-edge electronic music!” Groove Magazine writes: “...extremely impressive and extremely physical in its starkness.” Seismograf praises it for offering “songs from the internet age,” where “emotions find new heartbreaking expressions.”
Across both avant-garde and pop culture media, the original expression is emphasized. “Her creative universe is completely different from everybody else’s,” says METAL Magazine, as does Danish P6 host Louise Lolle, who describes it as "a completely unique universe."