Heart and Mouth (Flynn Mulcahy) has today released his new video and single titled ‘Heart In Mouth Mouth’. This track arrives without ceremony, unfolding quietly as if it were never meant to be spotlighted, only felt. Its opening textures drift in with a sense of emotional restraint, favoring atmosphere over immediacy, and that patience defines the experience that follows. Nothing here feels rushed or ornamental; each sound is placed with deliberation, allowing space to function as an active element rather than a void. The result is immersive without being overwhelming — a slow pull inward that rewards close listening.
At its core, the production thrives on subtle tension. Soft, pulsing undercurrents provide a steady emotional gravity while lighter melodic fragments hover above, never quite resolving, never demanding closure. This careful balance between movement and stillness gives the track its quiet power. There’s an intimacy in how the layers interact, as if the music is less concerned with performance and more interested in presence. It avoids the obvious peaks and drops of modern electronic composition, choosing instead to let mood do the heavy lifting.
What ultimately elevates the track is its understanding of purpose. This isn’t music designed to compete for attention — it’s music designed to accompany experience. It slips seamlessly into moments of reflection, existing somewhere between background and centerpiece, and that ambiguity is its strength. In a landscape crowded with maximalist production and instant hooks, this piece stands apart by trusting the listener to meet it halfway. It’s a reminder that emotional resonance doesn’t always come from volume or complexity — sometimes it emerges from restraint, intention, and the courage to let silence speak.
About Heart and Mouth
Rooted in the earthbound musings of folk, but clawing against a cold-blooded urban industry, Heart and Mouth is the emergent project of London-via-Devon artist Flynn Mulcahy (pronounced ‘Mul-Cah-hee)’, flush with intimate textures and brittle sounds that seem ripped, fractured, reshaped or regrown.
Recorded during an impromptu week-long session at Devon’s Middlefarm studios with Tummyache’s Soren Bryce, debut single ‘Heart in Mouth’ – out today (27th January), is the music that’s made after the music’s been made. The result of various studio outtakes and offcuts being tossed together and stewed into one dynamic sprawl, the track rolls across an experimental-rock hinterland pitched somewhere fleetingly between TAGABOW and Tom Waits. Strange, punchy, and brief, it’s also the track that gave the project its name.
Already winning early radio plays from BBC Radio 6Music’s Riley & Coe and BBC Introducing, Flynn says more about the single: “When we were at Middlefarm studios, we recorded a bunch of songs that didn’t make the cut, tracked drums, and bass takes that didn’t feel right, so we scrapped them. One day chilling with Soren in her flat, we went back through these offcuts, found a sample from the US Library of Congress, and upcycled them into ‘Heart In Mouth’”
Featured image by Adeeb Haidari.
LINKS:
https://ditto.fm/heart-in-mouth
https://www.instagram.com/heartandmouthishere/