Skorum Creates an Acoustic Folk Rock Escape with “Innsmouth”

Skorum is an independent singer and songwriter who is known for her soulful musical creations. With enchanting soundscapes that stir the soul, verses that are truly thought-provoking and profound, Skorum easily stands out from the crowd. With profound sonicality that shows Skorum’s ingenuity as an artist, there is something truly mesmerising about her artistic persona.

Recently, Skorum created a song called “Innsmouth,” which features beautiful folk-rock soundscapes. A thoroughly enjoyable song, “Innsmouth” is all about dreamy melodies, stunning progressions, and enchanting lyrics. The song begins with an enchanting tune that unfolds into a beautiful sonic affair. Skorum makes the track truly serendipitous by adding some luscious folk motifs. A dreamy, mystical quality persists throughout the track, adding to the soulful quality of the track. 

Gentle but impactful instrumentality governs the pace of the entire song, adding to the mellifluous quality. If you are someone who enjoys soulful acoustics, then this is the song that will be a sonic treat for you! While the song adds a lot of retro nuances that make it feel quite nostalgic and heartwarming, there are still a lot of contemporary nuances that make it quite appealing. 

The vocals are controlled and nuanced, with a certain softness, adding a further layer of mysticism and goodness to the track. The soulful voice of the artist makes the whole listening experience truly worthwhile and memorable, with lyrics that move you to the core, thought-provoking words, and emotional outpouring that complement the sounds even more!

We interviewed Skorum on the creation process of her recent release “Innsmouth”, and here’s what she said:

1. What’s your inspiration behind creating “Innsmouth”? Do you seek inspiration from the mundane, daily occurrences, or is your creativity more like spur-of-the-moment flow?

“Innsmouth” is taken from the album “Dagon Rise” (out September 2025), and the whole album is inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. Our first two albums were about the old Norse Sagas, and the third was about the Ulster Cycle, and more specifically, the cycle of Maid-Mother-Crone. With “Dagon Rise” we wanted to push the genre. Many of the bands that we look up to have been retreading the same folklore over and over again, and we didn’t want to be producing the same album six or seven times. With “Dagon Rise”, we looked to stories that were still outlandish and fantastical, but had a modern twist on them. The tales of HP Lovecraft, at the time, were genre-defying, fusing horror and science fiction with the nascent astronomy and geology to create something unique, and we wanted to incorporate those ideas into our art.

2. Tell us a little about how your creative process looked while creating the soulful escapism of “Innsmouth”.

“Innsmouth” is about the remote hamlets that still exist on the edges of our society, where the Old Ways still persist. Usually, it takes me about a week to write a song, with the melody and the hook. But “Innsmouth” came together in just a single eight-hour jam session. Skorum is so fortunate to have Jo-Jo Azare on board as our vocalist, and her ethereal folk take really lends to the whole album to create a sense of otherness and wonder. Together, we have created something really special that pushes the boundaries of the genre. Even as we were writing it, we knew that it would be a single.

3. What, according to you, is the purpose of music? Or, do you believe in “art for art’s sake”?

I believe that music is both the messenger and the message. My first musical awakenings were seeing Nirvana at Reading Festival in 1991, and it was like Cobain was singing directly to me. Music is like a superpower. It is a unique magick that transmits to the masses but at the same time speaks to the individual on a deeply personal basis. I remember getting Paradise Lost’s “Draconian Times” in 1995 and spending hours with my headphones on, pouring over lyrics and inlay art. That is what music should be – a wholly immersive experience. That is something we try to do with Skorum – we make the music immersive and the lyrics deeply personal. It is important to have something to say, and that is something that really comes out during our writing process.

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4. How has your musical journey been so far? Have there been any learnings, setbacks, or has it been a smooth sail?

 Music is never a straight line – there are always pitfalls but if you have a good team around you then it is possible to navigate this treacherous journey. I think the setbacks inform the writing. There is only so much pop music that one can listen to about how great everything is, but after a while the listener wants a bit of grit… something from someone who’s a bit banged up and bruised. Someone with real stories to tell. I think that is what Skorum brings – our music is raw honesty and that is why it resonates with fans. We have something in common with our base – we’ve all been broken hearted. We’ve all made a wrong turn, and that is something we try to tell with the stories that we convey.

5. Who do you look up to, as a human and artist?

I am a big fan of truth tellers. People like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Barak O’Bama. These people are raw honesty who have right on their side. In terms of artists, we are deeply influenced by the likes of Heilung, Faun, and Wardruna. But we always want to go further. We don’t keep coming back to the same source material – we want to expand our vision. I’m a big fan of those who push the boundaries to discover something unique and original, like Fields of The Nephilim and the early Linkin Park albums. Even band’s like The Prodigy when they produced “The Fat of The Land” were at the forefront of fusion. That is something that we are very aware of. We play instruments like the lyre, zither, psaltery and drums, but we are not looking to other Neo Folk bands – we look to House and Trance music. We want to play Pagan Rave. These ideas can totally cross over to form something unique.

6. Most artists feel the most creative when they are going through a setback or disappointment. When do you feel the most creative? Do you find joyful times, just as inspiring and creative as the depressing times?

I think that we are the sum of our memories, and there is always a mix of joyful times and times that are less so. But all of these can be mixed together. It is absolutely okay to produce joyful music, and that should be celebrated. But at the end of every day, the sun sets, and it is okay to celebrate the nighttime too. Skorum’s music is a mix of memories, both joyful sometimes, and sometimes less so. We all enjoy the sun when it is out, but sometimes it is nice to move into the shadows for a while.

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