Lichen
is the recording project of South London-based songwriter Michael Clark. Languid on the surface yet masterfully structured beneath, Lichen’s music balances delicate textures with emotional weight. There’s a heady marriage between this cultivated formal control and the intensity of Clark’s lyrical world — one that has evolved quietly but deliberately over the past decade.
Clark’s earliest recordings began appearing online in 2014: self-recorded, self-released songs that caught the ears of his peers and slowly built a following. The Line of Best Fit described his early work as “a veritable treasure trove of undiscovered sad bastard alternative.” His debut EP, Something To Be Won (2019), marked a formal arrival: four sparse, poetic songs full of lyrical candour and ghostly precision, praised by God Is In The TV as “a swirling and atmospherically tender set… poignant and heavy in content, but shimmering.”
Clark’s earliest recordings began appearing online in 2014: self-recorded, self-released songs that caught the ears of his peers and slowly built a following. The Line of Best Fit described his early work as “a veritable treasure trove of undiscovered sad bastard alternative.” His debut EP, Something To Be Won (2019), marked a formal arrival: four sparse, poetic songs full of lyrical candour and ghostly precision, praised by God Is In The TV as “a swirling and atmospherically tender set… poignant and heavy in content, but shimmering.”
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