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'''Seth Nyquist''' (born 1992), better known as '''MorMor''', is a Canadian [[indie pop]] musician.<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/mormor-interview/ "Interview: MorMor's next chapter"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708005947/https://nowtoronto.com/music/features/mormor-interview/ |date=July 8, 2019 }}. ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now]]'', April 17, 2019.</ref>
==Biography==
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==Discography==
'''Albums'''
* ''Semblance'' (2022)
'''EPs'''
* ''Live for Nothing'' (2015)
* ''Heaven's Only Wishful'' (2018)
* ''Some Place Else'' (2019)
* "Heaven's Only Wishful" (2018)
* "Whatever Comes to Mind" (2018)
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* "Won't Let You" (2019)
* "Don't Cry" (2020)
* "Far Apart" (2022)
* "Seasons Change" (2022)
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|mormormusic.com}}
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MorMor | |
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Birth name | Seth Nyquist |
Born | 1992 (age 31–32) Toronto, Canada |
Genres | Indie pop |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instrument | Multiple |
Labels | Don't Guess |
Website | mormormusic |
Seth Nyquist (born 1992), better known as MorMor, is a Canadian indie pop musician.[1]
Biography
[edit]Seth Nyquist was born in Toronto, where he grew up with his adoptive mother, English professor Mary Nyquist, and his sister.[2][3][4] He was in a foster home initially and then got adopted by a Swedish family. "Mormor" is a reference to his grandmother, the word meaning "grandmother" in Swedish.[5] Nyquist sang in his school's choir and played trumpet in a band.[3] After he finished school, Nyquist started to study sociology at Toronto's Ryerson University.[3] He dropped out after one semester at Ryerson, and decided to focus on his musical career instead. He took piano and vocal training.[3]
In 2015, he released his debut EP, Live for Nothing, under the moniker MorMor.[6] In 2018, MorMor released the EP Heaven's Only Wishful through his own label, Don't Guess.[3]
In 2019, he received a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination for the song "Whatever Comes to Mind".[7]
Discography
[edit]Albums
- Semblance (2022)
EPs
- Live for Nothing (2015)
- Heaven's Only Wishful (2018)
- Some Place Else (2019)
Singles
- "Heaven's Only Wishful" (2018)
- "Whatever Comes to Mind" (2018)
- "Waiting on the Warmth" (2018)
- "Pass the Hours" (2018)
- "Outside" (2019)
- "Won't Let You" (2019)
- "Don't Cry" (2020)
- "Far Apart" (2022)
- "Seasons Change" (2022)
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview: MorMor's next chapter" Archived July 8, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Now, April 17, 2019.
- ^ Katie Thomas: "MorMor writes hazy indie-pop songs kissed by sunlight and sadness". Dazed, April 4, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e Jamieson Cox: "MorMor Is Wary of Becoming an Indie-Pop Star, But It's Happening Anyway". Pitchfork, May 24, 2018.
- ^ Tshepo Mokoena: "MorMor's Psychedelic Indie-Pop Deserves Your Attention". vice.com, April 5, 2019.
- ^ Sarah Osei: "MorMor Interview Magazin". Interview.de, April 5, 2019.
- ^ Sydney Gore: "MorMor Is the Next Bright Star out of Toronto". highsnobiety.com, June 27, 2018.
- ^ "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Unveils 2019 Finalists". Exclaim!, June 3, 2019.