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Máni Orrason – Coffin
February 25, 2022
Single Release
Artist
Máni Orrason
Title
Coffin
Genre
Pop/Rock
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Details
Landing in the wake of last year’s stellar releases ‘Change The World’, ‘D&G’ and ‘Seven’, Máni Orrason yields his first outing of 2022 with new single ‘Coffin,’ released on February 25th, 2022.
The latest in a string of tracks that traverse defiantly fuzzy guitar rock, bouncy indie pop, glitchy electronica and everything in between, ‘Coffin’ is another ruminatory offering that captures his vulnerabilities through a frivolous lens.
“I love the romance of the rockstar,” Orrason explains. “When I was getting into music, I was obsessed with these larger than life, untouchable figures; they showed me that you can do whatever and be whoever.” He recounts the fascination of molding a new identity and the idea of erasing yourself to create something better: an untouchable Romeo wrapped in leather or a ghostly fabrication of effervescent cool.
Enamoured by the “arrogant motherfucker energy” of Lou Reed and the idea of “it’s better to burn out than fade away”, Orrason related more to the man underneath the superficial personality. “You listen to his music and understand that he’s just this really conflicted, desperate, emotional person.”
Finding himself internally suspended between fantasy and reality, ‘Coffin’ was written at a point in Orrason’s life where new opportunities were on the horizon meaning he had to make important decisions about which avenue to pursue next. More importantly, it left him pondering whether he should believe his own hype or lean into his more grounded existence.
Inspired by the paranoia of The Truman Show and his own duality, Orrason captures himself as a showbusiness vessel sprinting to escape his doom to the tune of Neon Indian, Toro y Moi and The 1975, spotlighted in the bright artificiality of 80s production. “That’s where ‘thinking you could stop him, running out the coffin’ comes from,” he continues. “I felt like I was starting to live this realised fantasy version of myself and people were really reacting to this person I was portraying. I wasn’t sure I wanted to be that person”.