Indie Rock artist HM Johnsen releases new single & video 'Stay Within Range'

HM Johnsen is an experimental Indie/Rock Artist from Norway- a
singer-songwriter who embraces many styles whilst still managing to stay
true to himself and his musical and lyrical vision. Still in his early
twenties he is already an accomplished guitarist, singer, writer and
composer who has travelled far and wide to record music and has toured
extensively. On September 4th 2020 he released his latest single 'Stay
Within Range' the second track to be taken from his forthcoming E.P.
'Serenity'

HM Johnsen grew up with the guitar as his closest friend: playing music has
been his all-consuming passion. As a kid he delighted in exploring all
genres of music- first falling in love with rock and metal before moving
into a more Blues & Rock style. Fast forward to 2017 - he released his debut
Blues Rock album
https://open.spotify.com/album/3uyh51FTjKwVUTPVmXswcx?si=goh6UWFITcCiDoD82A
Chased - an album entirely funded by his own small local community in
Western Norway and mastered in the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London
UK. It was such a fantastic coup for a young artist, the national
broadcaster of Norway decided to cover his journey and broadcast the story
of this young and talented musician, following his dream. Then things got a
little crazy - Johnsen was very quickly signed up with a Blues/ Rock
management company. In 2018 he won the title "Norwegian Blues Union Artist"
of the year- a title which brought with it over 50 concerts in both Norway,
Germany and America. An enormous opportunity but for this young artist
things were speeding out of control.

At the end of 2018 it had all started to feel very rushed: he (and his band)
were exhausted at the constant rounds of gigging, travelling and working a
day job too. Something had to give. Moreover, Johnsen felt like his musical
direction was still evolving and there were other musical areas he wanted to
experiment in. It was then he made a momentous decision- one that would
change his life once again. Dropping everything, he moved to Berlin for over
a month with his fiancee to pursue this new artistic direction. And Berlin
did not let him down- it provided the perfect incubator for his creativity.
He says "I have never ever been so musically productive and inspired in my
life I wrote the whole EP in 2 weeks! I was so inspired by the city, the
culture, the free-spirit people in Berlin. just everything was inspiring."
Johnsen had found his 'muse': Two singles followed in 2019 -HM Johnsen is an experimental Indie/Rock Artist from Norway- a
singer-songwriter who embraces many styles whilst still managing to stay
true to himself and his musical and lyrical vision. Still in his early
twenties he is already an accomplished guitarist, singer, writer and
composer who has travelled far and wide to record music and has toured
extensively. On September 4th 2020 he released his latest single 'Stay
Within Range' the second track to be taken from his forthcoming E.P.
'Serenity'

HM Johnsen grew up with the guitar as his closest friend: playing music has
been his all-consuming passion. As a kid he delighted in exploring all
genres of music- first falling in love with rock and metal before moving
into a more Blues & Rock style. Fast forward to 2017 - he released his debut
Blues Rock album
https://open.spotify.com/album/3uyh51FTjKwVUTPVmXswcx?si=goh6UWFITcCiDoD82A
Chased - an album entirely funded by his own small local community in
Western Norway and mastered in the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London
UK. It was such a fantastic coup for a young artist, the national
broadcaster of Norway decided to cover his journey and broadcast the story
of this young and talented musician, following his dream. Then things got a
little crazy - Johnsen was very quickly signed up with a Blues/ Rock
management company. In 2018 he won the title "Norwegian Blues Union Artist"
of the year- a title which brought with it over 50 concerts in both Norway,
Germany and America. An enormous opportunity but for this young artist
things were speeding out of control.

At the end of 2018 it had all started to feel very rushed: he (and his band)
were exhausted at the constant rounds of gigging, travelling and working a
day job too. Something had to give. Moreover, Johnsen felt like his musical
direction was still evolving and there were other musical areas he wanted to
experiment in. It was then he made a momentous decision- one that would
change his life once again. Dropping everything, he moved to Berlin for over
a month with his fiancee to pursue this new artistic direction. And Berlin
did not let him down- it provided the perfect incubator for his creativity.
He says "I have never ever been so musically productive and inspired in my
life I wrote the whole EP in 2 weeks! I was so inspired by the city, the
culture, the free-spirit people in Berlin. just everything was inspiring."
Johnsen had found his 'muse': Two singles followed in 2019 -HM Johnsen is an experimental Indie/Rock Artist from Norway- a
singer-songwriter who embraces many styles whilst still managing to stay
true to himself and his musical and lyrical vision. Still in his early
twenties he is already an accomplished guitarist, singer, writer and
composer who has travelled far and wide to record music and has toured
extensively. On September 4th 2020 he released his latest single 'Stay
Within Range' the second track to be taken from his forthcoming E.P.
'Serenity'

HM Johnsen grew up with the guitar as his closest friend: playing music has
been his all-consuming passion. As a kid he delighted in exploring all
genres of music- first falling in love with rock and metal before moving
into a more Blues & Rock style. Fast forward to 2017 - he released his debut
Blues Rock album
https://open.spotify.com/album/3uyh51FTjKwVUTPVmXswcx?si=goh6UWFITcCiDoD82A
Chased - an album entirely funded by his own small local community in
Western Norway and mastered in the legendary Abbey Road Studios in London
UK. It was such a fantastic coup for a young artist, the national
broadcaster of Norway decided to cover his journey and broadcast the story
of this young and talented musician, following his dream. Then things got a
little crazy - Johnsen was very quickly signed up with a Blues/ Rock
management company. In 2018 he won the title "Norwegian Blues Union Artist"
of the year- a title which brought with it over 50 concerts in both Norway,
Germany and America. An enormous opportunity but for this young artist
things were speeding out of control.

At the end of 2018 it had all started to feel very rushed: he (and his band)
were exhausted at the constant rounds of gigging, travelling and working a
day job too. Something had to give. Moreover, Johnsen felt like his musical
direction was still evolving and there were other musical areas he wanted to
experiment in. It was then he made a momentous decision- one that would
change his life once again. Dropping everything, he moved to Berlin for over
a month with his fiancee to pursue this new artistic direction. And Berlin
did not let him down- it provided the perfect incubator for his creativity.
He says "I have never ever been so musically productive and inspired in my
life I wrote the whole EP in 2 weeks! I was so inspired by the city, the
culture, the free-spirit people in Berlin. just everything was inspiring."
Johnsen had found his 'muse': Two singles followed in 2019 -Synergy https://open.spotify.com/album/0CndVnmE4LwG1QbWXanjE7
and -Walk This Road https://open.spotify.com/artist/1tWOKWo2j7kFZfK0Bqp2YE
and one in 2020 Serenity https://open.spotify.com/artist/1tWOKWo2j7kFZfK0Bqp2YE the title track to the forthcoming E.P.



Musically, the latest single 'Stay Within Range' is a mixture between a pop
tune and a more ambient rock arena sound with guitars, bright vocals and
synths with a hint of EDM all coming together. Thematically it is about
fears of suddenly and inexplicably losing someone important. As HM says:
"'Stay Within Range' is a song about a dream I had. I dreamt that someone
who is very close to me vanished away, while I was floating away in my own
world/head. I wrote the song the day after, as a sort of reminder to always
give that person all my attention and that I should never take her for
granted."
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