Norway’s Tuvaband, the project of Tuva Hellum Marschhäuser, has always thrived at the intersection of vulnerability and experimentation. With her latest single, “I’m Safely Passing in Time,” she once again reshapes expectations of what modern alternative music can be, melding atmospheric R&B textures, cinematic strings, and subtle hip-hop pulses into a sound that feels weightless yet deeply grounded.
The song is both a meditation and a confession. Tuva has described it as a reflection on moving between past, future, and present, caught in the tension of imagination and memory while struggling to fully arrive in the now. That theme resonates universally, but it’s her execution, layering her own haunting production with the soaring viola work of Håkon Brunborg Kjenstad that transforms it into something timeless. The result is hypnotic: a track that feels simultaneously intimate and expansive, like drifting through time while tethered by emotion.
What makes this release even more striking is Tuva’s uncompromising independence. Every element from writing to mixing was handled by her, continuing a career-long dedication to self-sufficiency. It’s the kind of artistic control that explains why she’s been able to carve out such a distinctive path: four albums, two EPs, and collaborations with experimental collectives like New Age Doom, all while earning two Norwegian Grammy nominations and amassing more than 40 million streams worldwide.
Beyond accolades, what Tuvaband offers listeners is a sense of refuge. Her music exists in a liminal space where fragility meets force, where dreamlike soundscapes collide with raw humanity. “I’m Safely Passing in Time” isn’t just another single; it’s a portal into her upcoming album, Seven Ways of Floating (October 24), promising to take audiences even deeper into her singular vision. Tuvaband remains one of Oslo’s most essential voices, an artist unafraid to drift, yet always searching for presence.
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