Lev Snowe

Through dream-tinted glasses and with eyes wide open, Lev Snowe looks sideways, forward and back again for life as it happens, translating daily idiosyncrasy into macroscopic, psychedelic astro-pop poetry.

With a surname well-suited to his hometown of Winnipeg, Snowe, 25, began crafting his brand of fluid, fluorescent indie music as a 17-year-old, experimenting with tape machines and time-travelling through his father’s record collection. A proud oddball who fits in by standing out like a neon sign on the fritz, Snowe is inspired as much by the folkloric traditions of roving storytellers like Bob Dylan and Nick Drake as he is ensnared by the swirling, mesmeric beats of Stereolab, Cocteau Twins, and Madlib.

Over the past decade, and across three self-produced EPs — 2016’s Drifting Off, 2018’s Faded Blue, and 2020’s Someday Soon — Snowe has grown into himself, hazily swooning about low blows dealt, lost dreams recalled, and potent memories unlocked by the unpredictable twists of time. Snowe approaches songwriting as a form of self-documentary, eternally carrying in his pocket a notepad and pen to preserve the matters of his heart in the jagged script of his own hand.

Orbits of Our Own, Snowe’s forthcoming EP, finds the writer exploring the galactic void of the pandemic, the precarity of individualism, and the unparalleled power of company. Snowe’s first release in over three years, Orbits of Our Own shimmers, representing the most lyrically direct and refined work he’s released so far in his career.