Raised on a houseboat, Mar Omin has been surrounded by music all his life. His unique and signature sound pays homage to his varying musical influences and genres. Omin’s music is immersive and heartwarming, giving his listeners a safe space to find solace within. With support from the likes of Complex, i-D, Acid Stag, Earmilk, Majestic Casual, Vice, Notion, Clash and BBC Radio 1xtra, his music has made quite the impact.
Mar Omin is back with a new single entitled “When I’m Gone.” Featuring ever changing textures and intertwining rhythms, the track will be sure to pick you up and pull you in. Soulful vocals land softly on top, working hand in glove with well-penned lyrics. Accompanying is an equally immersive music video.
Speaking about the single, he says: “When I’m Gone’ is about releasing my fear of being alone. I often write about leaving the past or people behind and going somewhere new. I guess I really have felt stuck most of my life. I often felt I couldn’t be “me” or explore what being “me” would feel, sound, and look like. That there was no time for it. I had to know who I was. What I wanted etc. (Maybe this says more about our society as a whole). Therefore I’ve made many decisions I didn’t feel comfortable with. As I express in the song: “I have sold myself a thousand times, to a cause that I didn’t believe”. The song starts with the realisation of my fear. I rather felt miserable doing what other people said than not knowing what to do and being alone. I break from that feeling in the prehook saying “Maybe someday I’ll have answers. All I know is: Don’t look for me When I’m Gone”. Trusting myself. Giving myself the power to not know. And to figure it out along the way as I leave everything behind. Alone but free.”
His latest single “When I’m Gone” has been released in anticipation of album “Extricate.” “Extricate”, is nothing but therapeutic. Sensitive, emotionally, intelligent, progressive, and ambitious, each track the composer and singer pen expresses a complex universe of feelings and thoughts, delivered with a low-key, simple kind of clarity. Reaching soul-deep, communicating fragility and vulnerability, channelled through love and honesty, he is a true timeless vocalist and poet.
