{"id":27484,"date":"2019-03-22T10:30:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T14:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=27484"},"modified":"2019-03-22T02:28:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T06:28:24","slug":"band-of-the-month-mogli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/band-of-the-month-mogli\/","title":{"rendered":"BAND OF THE MONTH: Mogli"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There\u2019s a calm awareness woven through singer-songwriter Mogli\u2019s music, an overarching grace that winds its way from the first wordless track of her new EP, Patience<\/em>, through the very end. It is subtle, rising and falling, a pulsing heartbeat driving each track forward at its own pace as her emotive vocals capture every twist and turn of a long, lonely path. Like the Netflix documentary, Expedition Happiness<\/em><\/a> \u2014 in which she made her name as filmmaker and traveler, crossing the United Sates with her then-boyfriend Felix Starck, penning its critically acclaimed soundtrack, Wanderer<\/em>, along the way \u2014 Patience<\/em> is the tale of a journey that didn’t go as planned, yet one that she crafted into a masterpiece, minus the jaw-dropping views and winding roads.<\/p>\n

Blending the ambient, driving sounds of alternative rock with deeply introspective songwriting, Mogli traces her steps through a year of depression, loneliness, healing, and ultimately, growth. Following her split with Starck, Mogli relocated from the idyllic German countryside to a fast-paced lifestyle in Berlin. \u201cIt was the right decision,” she says of the break-up and subsequent move, “but it was a lot to be suddenly on my own for the very first time. I was like, every morning, \u2018What do you do with your time? Where do you go with your life?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n