Artist to Watch: Mushy Loft’s Soul-Stirring “Dorm” Is a Golden Hymn of Perseverance, Hope, & Humanity

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Mushy Loft’s “Dorm” is one in every of 2025’s most stunning songs – a dreamy, tender, soul-stirring reminder to step outdoors, persevere, and discover magnificence within the storm. Chatting with Atwood Journal, the Swiss indie collective – an simple artist-to-watch – opened up about their journey, their ethos, and the center on the middle of their fascinating new single.
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I feel if our music makes individuals really feel much less alone on this world, that’s the one factor I wanna do… the world goes loopy, and I do hope individuals discover some consolation and possibly even a sense of sanity in music.

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I see mountains, I see forests, I see birds in search of shelter,” Mushy Loft’s Jorina Stamm sings in a second of pure grace.

Her phrases echo like a mantra for resilience, carrying heat, marvel, and quiet power in each breath. Light acoustic strums ripple like raindrops on a windowpane, and Stamm’s voice – aching but assured, fragile but robust – rises to satisfy them with breathtaking readability.

Dorm,” the Swiss indie band’s newest single, is as tender and soothing as it’s heat and welcoming – a soul-stirring lullaby for resilience and launch, a second of uncooked humanity that’s come to us after we wanted it most. Probably the most stunning releases of 2025, “Dorm” is dreamy, golden, heartfelt, and profoundly human: A two-and-a-half minute reminder that occasions can, will, and do get powerful, however we’re nonetheless right here, nonetheless stepping outdoors, nonetheless transferring ahead.

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Dorm – Mushy Loft
I stroll alone
on rocky stone
slippery methods
every now and then
every now and then
some rays
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds in search of shelter
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds in search of shelter
oh it’s raining however I nonetheless
oh I nonetheless step outdoors

Launched September 19, 2025 through [PIAS] Recordings Germany, “Dorm” is Mushy Loft at their most intimate and impressed. The Brugg, Switzerland-born collective – comprised of Jorina Stamm (vocals/guitar), Lukas Kuprecht (drums), Marius Meier (bass), Sarina Schmid (keyboards), and Simon Boss (guitar) – have lengthy sought to make music that looks like a secure area. Their Trendy Roses EP, launched earlier this yr, was hailed by Atwood Journal as “a heartfelt, handmade assortment that invitations us to sit down with our emotions… and discover magnificence within the in-between.”

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The place that file bloomed with sweeping indie pop and radiant balladry, “Dorm” arrives softer and subtler, a single beam of sunshine piercing by means of the storm.

Its allure lies in each its simplicity and its sincerity. As frontwoman Jorina Stamm explains, the tune was born within the rain:

“‘Dorm’ is about life and pulling by means of,” Stamm tells Atwood Journal. “I bear in mind very nicely sitting in Ticino writing new songs and in some way it felt like I didn’t have a lot left to say, and requested Luk what I ought to write about. It was raining outdoors, however nonetheless so stunning… He talked about one thing about it being wet outdoors however desirous to nonetheless step outdoors and that kinda hit one thing and the phrases got here pouring out.”

She continues, “It’s a easy story and in some way a easy tune, however I feel that’s precisely what it’s about – it’s about wanting up and appreciating the wonder round us and about pulling by means of when occasions really feel just a little powerful. It’s at all times good to step outdoors, even when it’s raining.”

nobody to name
the cellphone’s left alone
I’m getting my footwear
on and go
go and take a stroll

That unadorned honesty – as candy and mawkish as it’s actual and true – is Mushy Loft’s superpower. It’s additionally what makes “Dorm” so completely irresistible. Constructed from Stamm’s delicate fingerpicking and blossoming into wealthy harmonies, the monitor captures the intimacy and intentionality of stepping ahead regardless of the load of the rain. “I see mountains, I see forests, I see birds in search of shelter,” Stamm sings, her voice glowing like a lantern. The refrain lifts the tune right into a communal second – one to chant collectively, to carry onto, to imagine in. Particularly in October 2025, because the world teeters in uncertainty, “Dorm” arrives like a balm: A harbinger of perseverance, of hope, of tender resilience.

Soft Loft "Dorm" © Sam Aebi
Mushy Loft “Dorm” © Sam Aebi

For those who’ve been looking for music that looks like a hand in your shoulder and a breath of recent air, look no additional.

With songs which might be without delay intimate and expansive, light but fearless, dreamy but grounded, Mushy Loft are an simple artist to look at – not as a result of they’re chasing perfection, however as a result of they’re dedicated to capturing what it feels wish to be alive in all its magnificence, fragility, and mess. And in a yr outlined by uncertainty, concern, and eager for connection, “Dorm” bottles that have in 4 minutes of hushed radiance – shining as proof of what this band does greatest, and reminding us all of what actually issues on this world.

I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds in search of shelter
I see mountains
I see forests
I see birds in search of shelter
oh it’s raining however I nonetheless
oh I nonetheless step outdoors
oh it’s raining however I nonetheless
oh I nonetheless step outdoors

With that in thoughts, we caught up with Mushy Loft’s Jorina Stamm to speak about their music, their journey, and the center behind “Dorm.” Because the band proceed to develop into themselves, their music solely turns into extra very important, extra human. Learn our intimate interview beneath, and let this tune’s phrases be a reminder to step outdoors – even when it’s raining – and discover the wonder that’s at all times ready for us.

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Soft Loft "Dorm" © Flavio Leone
Mushy Loft “Dorm” © Flavio Leone

A CONVERSATION WITH SOFT LOFT

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Atwood Journal: Mushy Loft, for many who are simply discovering you in the present day by means of this writeup, what would you like them to learn about you and your music?

Jorina Stamm: Mushy Loft is a band, we’re shut associates simply attempting to do music as actually and with as a lot enjoyable as doable. Music at all times helped me so I hope our music finds the appropriate individuals in order that it might probably assist too.

I really like that you have lately began calling yourselves an “indie-something-something collective” – method to keep away from any bins, whereas holding it mild! What do you hope to encourage by means of the music you are placing out into the world as Mushy Loft?

Jorina Stamm: Thanks! I feel describing our music in bins is the toughest factor ever, trigger in any case we’re those simply creating one thing and never notably those placing it into genres. I bear in mind getting requested about what style our music is for our press textual content, and as I didn’t have a great reply, I answered “indie-something-something,” and we saved it because it’s as correct as doable! [laughs]

Who’re we even to encourage? I feel all we would like is for us to have the ability to do music and to do it with as a lot devotion as doable. The factor I really like most about music is that it brings collectively and it lets individuals really feel, so I simply hope that individuals will join. Our first EP was known as ‘In Case You Nonetheless Get Lonely,’ as music at all times helped me once I was feeling very alone, and I feel if our music makes individuals really feel much less alone on this world, that’s the one factor I wanna do. Particularly prior to now few months the world goes loopy, and I do hope individuals discover some consolation and possibly even a sense of sanity in music.

Earlier this spring we mentioned your EP, Trendy Roses. What’s your relationship with that file and its songs now, about half a yr out from its launch?

Jorina Stamm: It does really feel like a very very long time in the past already trigger a lot has occurred since then, but it surely nonetheless feels good and it nonetheless looks like we created one thing that was actually only for us and now individuals get to get pleasure from part of us.

Soft Loft © Sam Aebi
Mushy Loft © Sam Aebi

What is the story behind your new single, “Dorm”?

Jorina Stamm: It “Dorm” is about life and pulling by means of. I bear in mind sitting in Ticino writing new songs and in some way it felt like I didn’t have a lot left to say and requested Luk our drummer what I ought to write about. It was raining outdoors, however wanting outdoors the window watching bushes and mountains and the rain in some way felt very comforting… He then talked about one thing about it being wet outdoors however desirous to nonetheless step outdoors and that kinda hit one thing and the phrases got here pouring out. It’s a easy story and in some way a easy tune, however I suppose that’s precisely what it’s about, it’s about wanting up and appreciating the wonder round us and about pulling by means of when occasions really feel just a little powerful. It’s at all times good to step outdoors, even when it’s raining.

I see forests, I see mountains, I see birds in search of shelter” – Are you able to share just a little bit about what these lyrics, about what these phrases imply to you?

Jorina Stamm: The road is just about about describing what I noticed in that second whereas writing the tune but additionally attempting to get individuals to go searching them just a little bit extra and respect the wonder we’ve obtained throughout us if we’d simply step outdoors.

What instantly struck me about this tune is how gentle and tender, how completely aching it’s. Was {that a} acutely aware alternative for the manufacturing, or did it come naturally with the lyrics?

Jorina Stamm: With this tune, every little thing sort of occurred very quick and felt very pure, there wasn’t numerous interested by it. It simply sort of got here as it’s now, and we’re very pleased with the convenience and urge it’s obtained.

You’ve got beforehand shared how “Dorm” is about pulling by means of – stepping outdoors, even when it’s powerful, and looking out as much as respect the wonder throughout us. What about these concepts and feelings impressed this tune – what’s it about, for you?

Jorina Stamm: I feel precisely this, to not let your self sink too deep into your blankets and nonetheless stand up and do one thing, get impressed, go outdoors, do every little thing to have the life that you really want for your self. And do that even when it’s onerous typically and also you don’t really feel like stepping outdoors within the rain.

As a result of I understand how a lot vitality you set into the songwriting portion, what are your individual private favourite lyrics on this tune?

Jorina Stamm: Hmm, powerful query ‘trigger it wouldn’t actually be a tune that I’d be particularly happy with any of the lyrics, however extra the vibe it transports. However let me say: “I see mountains, I see forests, I see birds in search of shelter. Oh it’s raining however I nonetheless, oh I nonetheless step outdoors.”

I like these bits most ‘trigger they’re sort of observing however nonetheless they stand for a complete lot extra, they stand for a power to not keep in your little shell on a regular basis and so they stand for being courageous and outgoing and sort of stepping outdoors and doing hopefully all the appropriate issues.

Soft Loft © Sam Aebi
Mushy Loft © Sam Aebi

Hope is such an intoxicating feeling, and it appears to trickle by means of “Dorm” in each easy and surprising methods. I discover myself feeling lighter after listening, regardless of or maybe because of the tune’s rawness. What’s your relationship like with hope, as an emotion and an concept?

Jorina Stamm: Ah I really like this! ‘Trigger when the tune obtained launched, I wrote one thing about this tune in some way being such a simple and easy tune and that it hopefully would make individuals really feel extra comfy. And being comfy is in some way linked to being hopeful, I suppose. My relationship with hope, I suppose I’m at all times searching for hope in each scenario and particularly in songs, I are likely to attempt to flip the saddest tune right into a hopeful situation ultimately. Can’t depart individuals hanging within the unhappiness. And particularly in the present day, what would we do with out hope. Let’s be hopeful and step outdoors and switch stuff round.

What do you hope listeners take away from “Dorm,” and what have you ever taken away from creating it and now placing it out?

Jorina Stamm: I hope listeners take away this ease and urge whereas listening to the tune, I hope it makes individuals go outdoors within the rain and I hope it makes individuals be all cuddled up in a blanket at residence afterwards. Additionally it’s a great tune to sing alongside and do harmonies, I hope individuals sing with it haha!

It’s humorous the way it was written so quick and now additionally launched so quick and I’ve to remind myself that releasing a tune or placing music out there’s not at all times very significant as I might find it irresistible to be, however we’re so happy with what we’ve accomplished and the tune sounds so good we’re simply completely satisfied to share that with the world and every little thing else will come as soon as we’ve stepped outdoors a few extra occasions.

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