Name: Mint Julep - Broken Devotion by Keith Kenniff in Mint Julep - Broken Devotion
Duration: 4 min 51 s
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From our album "Broken Devotion" out February 12th 2016. Mint Julep is Hollie Kenniff & Keith Kenniff (aka Helios, Goldmund).

Music videos: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Y4yw6WaL8&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUDATUFP4g0 

www.mintjulepmusic.com 
www.unseen-music.com 

On their second album Broken Devotion, Portland-based duo Mint Julep instill their lush and gauzy, synth-centric brand of pop music with a raw and powerful emotionalism. The follow-up to their 2011 debut Save Your Season (praised as “melodically sophisticated and dreamy” by the NME), Broken Devotion came to life over the course of four years, with Mint Julep reaching a new level of lyrical precision while easing into more lavishly textured, intricately layered arrangements. Throughout Broken Devotion, multi-instrumentalist/producer Keith Kenniff (also known for his work as ambient indie-electronic act Helios) and his wife Hollie Kenniff (Mint Julep’s vocalist and lyricist) explore the many bright and dark dimensions of love, a tension that’s masterfully embodied on the album’s title track. Urgent yet ethereal, “Broken Devotion” merges driving rhythms and hazy guitar tones as Hollie’s hypnotic vocal work achingly captures the unraveling of a romance (“There’s a ghost inside us/There are hands on your eyes/Spaces in between us/There are places we can’t hide”). Despite the moody atmosphere of the album, much of Broken Devotion was born from a certain lighthearted spirit within Mint Julep’s creative partnership. Lead single “White Hot Heart,” for instance, began as a playful experiment in retro electro-pop but eventually mutated into an airy and shimmering, synth-laced number that’s timeless in melody. Also featuring a gorgeously sprawling cover of When In Rome’s late-‘80s new-wave hit “The Promise,” Broken Devotion shifts from the frenetic energy of beat-driven tracks like “Incinerate” to the downtempo drama of songs like “Slow Spiral” with delicate grace. Forming Mint Julep in 2007, the Kenniffs originally had modest intentions for the band. “The project really just started out as a way to get my wife to sing, because I knew that she could but was kind of shy about it,” says Keith. Though the duo initially mined much influence from early-‘90s shoegaze, Mint Julep gradually shaped their sound by drawing inspiration from electronic music and from their shared affection for rough-edged music of varying genres (industrial for Hollie, punk rock for Keith). “It took us a while to suss out whether this was something we were just going to have fun with, or if we’d actually release our music,” Keith says. “But we ended up keeping at it, and now we’re at the point where we’ve created something with its own sound that’s very unique to us.” Noting that “it’s been great for Hollie and me to bond over making music, and to have that music feed into our relationship,” Keith points out that Mint Julep have found an even more enduring purpose in creating both Broken Devotion and its predecessor. “Writing music can be stressful, but there’s that joy that comes from creating something that you know you’ll have for a really long time,” he says. “We can finish an album and move on, and then go back years later and let the songs tell us what was happening then, what we were feeling. It’s a cool way to mark all these very specific moments in our lives together.”

Mint Julep - Broken Devotion

'For Forever' rework EP: https://holliekenniff.bandcamp.com/album/for-forever-the-reworks 
'For Forever' on Bandcamp: https://holliekenniff.bandcamp.com/album/for-forever
holliekenniff.ffm.to/forforever_album
Limited cassette:
imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/album/for-forever

Way Of The Wind (Anna Phoebe Rework)

'For Forever' rework EP: holliekenniff.bandcamp.com/album/for-f…the-reworks
'For Forever' on Bandcamp: holliekenniff.bandcamp.com/album/for-forever
holliekenniff.ffm.to/forforever_album
Limited cassette:
imaginarynorth.bandcamp.com/album/for-forever

Over Ocean Waves (Anita Tatlow Rework)

https://heliosmusic.bandcamp.com/album/for-la-vol-1

“For LA Vol.1" features 34 tracks of previously unreleased material from composers in the ambient, electronic, and modern classical communities. All proceeds from this release will support “We Are Moving The Needle” and "Give Directly", empowering frontline organizations dedicated to relief and recovery for affected families.

For LA Vol. 1

Soft As Breath

We’re thrilled to introduce our new project, Harbors—a meeting point between our two ambient sensibilities, with a touch of piano. We’ve teamed up with the amazing folks at Nettwerk to bring you our debut album, When We Are Free, coming August 1st. The first single, A Portrait of Time, is out now.

https://holliekenniff.bandcamp.com/track/a-portrait-of-time-feat-harbors

A Portrait of Time

A Portrait Of Time

"Immaru" is the first track from Traces, a new album by Rhian Sheehan & Arli Liberman which was written and recorded over eight days. This instrumental piece immerses you in a cinematic landscape, blending organic ambient textures with emotionally charged post-rock soundscapes.

Painstakingly crafted organic oil-and-water visuals by Sam Caldwell. The full-length album is coming soon, both digitally and on vinyl.

Listen here - https://ffm.to/immaru

Release Date: April 4, 2025
Artist: Rhian Sheehan, Arli Liberman
Title: Immaru
Catalogue Number: LPD256
Label: Loop Electronic
Format: Digital Single
Genre: Electronic, Ambient, Post-Rock

Created with support from Loop & NZ On Air Music and contributions from Simon Gooding, Paddy Hill, Roundhead Studios New Zealand, Lee Prebble, Ed Zuccollo / Zuke, Riki Gooch, TIKI TAANE, and Rafael Anton Irisarri. #newmusic #electronicmusic #ambientmusic #postrock

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Immaru

Drowned In Dreams drifts like moonlight on water, a quiet descent into the half-light of memory and sleep. Echoes of piano float through a haze of reverb, each note a ripple fading into stillness. Time dissolves. Boundaries blur. These songs do not speak, they breathe, they sigh, they wait. 

Stream/Buy

Whispers in the Water

(New track out today! ✨)

there’s a wild grace in running through the rain
just you and the sky in full conversation
no masks, no mirrors,
only the rhythm of surrender
not escape,
but the beauty of letting it all fall

your clothes cling like second skin,
your hair forgets its place,
but for once, none of it matters

here, you feel without defense
break open without apology
and surrender completely
to the rhythm
of a fleeting,
fevered now

not all wounds close,
but something opens,
a gentleness
a grace not given,
but discovered

and in that unguarded place,
something shifts
you find a truer rhythm

Running Through Rain

✨ Immersive Conversations.
🌆 Spotify Ambient Playlist: http://bit.ly/AmbientSpotify

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🧡 Gelka
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https://soundcloud.com/gelka
https://www.instagram.com/gelkamusic/
https://www.facebook.com/gelkahu

💿 Suggested track: https://youtu.be/FpDVZMTff78

📷 Photo by Harrison Steen
https://unsplash.com/@pics_by_harry

🎶 YouTube Mixes Playlist: https://amg.fanlink.to/Mixes
 
🎵 Submit your music:
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💰 For Curators & Influencers
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#ambient #classical #vocal

Watch on YouTube 🧡

Gelka - Immersive Conversations

🌿 Growth.
🌆 Spotify Ambient Playlist: http://bit.ly/AmbientSpotify

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🧡 halfworld
open.spotify.com/artist/3WtDiuVRqhG6rqVkqHJCLH

💿 Suggested track: https://youtu.be/nNlRccRmPv4

📷 Photo by Antoine Rault
https://unsplash.com/@antoinerault

🎶 YouTube Mixes Playlist: https://amg.fanlink.to/Mixes
 
🎵 Submit your music:
https://submithub.com/to/ambient
💰 For Curators & Influencers
https://submithub.com/by/earnwithambient

#ambient #classical #relaxing

halfworld - Growth

💜 Entanglement.
🌆 Spotify Ambient Playlist: http://bit.ly/AmbientSpotify

🎊 Subscribe to Ambient and click on the bell for more wonderful music!

🧡 Runaway Horses
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https://www.instagram.com/runawayhorsesmusic19

🧡 Dear Gravity
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open.spotify.com/artist/28MEj0HGdwvJYdbMAVpXU6
https://facebook.com/deargravitymusic
https://instagram.com/deargravitymusic
https://youtube.com/channel/UCrnoE7U4SbEoRyFlssE--Cg 

💿 Suggested track: https://youtu.be/lKKms8dQMCY

📷 Photo by Linhao Zhang
https://unsplash.com/@lintaho

🎶 YouTube Mixes Playlist: https://amg.fanlink.to/Mixes
 
🎵 Submit your music:
https://submithub.com/to/ambient
💰 For Curators & Influencers
https://submithub.com/by/earnwithambient

#ambient #drone #atmospheric

Runaway Horses & Dear Gravity - Entanglement

From our album "Broken Devotion" out February 12th 2016. Mint Julep is Hollie Kenniff & Keith Kenniff (aka Helios, Goldmund). 

http://www.mintjulepmusic.com
http://www.unseen-music.com

On their second album Broken Devotion, Portland-based duo Mint Julep instill their lush and gauzy, synth-centric brand of pop music with a raw and powerful emotionalism. The follow-up to their 2011 debut Save Your Season (praised as “melodically sophisticated and dreamy” by the NME), Broken Devotion came to life over the course of four years, with Mint Julep reaching a new level of lyrical precision while easing into more lavishly textured, intricately layered arrangements. Throughout Broken Devotion, multi-instrumentalist/producer Keith Kenniff (also known for his work as ambient indie-electronic act Helios) and his wife Hollie Kenniff (Mint Julep’s vocalist and lyricist) explore the many bright and dark dimensions of love, a tension that’s masterfully embodied on the album’s title track. Urgent yet ethereal, “Broken Devotion” merges driving rhythms and hazy guitar tones as Hollie’s hypnotic vocal work achingly captures the unraveling of a romance (“There’s a ghost inside us/There are hands on your eyes/Spaces in between us/There are places we can’t hide”). Despite the moody atmosphere of the album, much of Broken Devotion was born from a certain lighthearted spirit within Mint Julep’s creative partnership. Lead single “White Hot Heart,” for instance, began as a playful experiment in retro electro-pop but eventually mutated into an airy and shimmering, synth-laced number that’s timeless in melody. Also featuring a gorgeously sprawling cover of When In Rome’s late-‘80s new-wave hit “The Promise,” Broken Devotion shifts from the frenetic energy of beat-driven tracks like “Incinerate” to the downtempo drama of songs like “Slow Spiral” with delicate grace. Forming Mint Julep in 2007, the Kenniffs originally had modest intentions for the band. “The project really just started out as a way to get my wife to sing, because I knew that she could but was kind of shy about it,” says Keith. Though the duo initially mined much influence from early-‘90s shoegaze, Mint Julep gradually shaped their sound by drawing inspiration from electronic music and from their shared affection for rough-edged music of varying genres (industrial for Hollie, punk rock for Keith). “It took us a while to suss out whether this was something we were just going to have fun with, or if we’d actually release our music,” Keith says. “But we ended up keeping at it, and now we’re at the point where we’ve created something with its own sound that’s very unique to us.” Noting that “it’s been great for Hollie and me to bond over making music, and to have that music feed into our relationship,” Keith points out that Mint Julep have found an even more enduring purpose in creating both Broken Devotion and its predecessor. “Writing music can be stressful, but there’s that joy that comes from creating something that you know you’ll have for a really long time,” he says. “We can finish an album and move on, and then go back years later and let the songs tell us what was happening then, what we were feeling. It’s a cool way to mark all these very specific moments in our lives together.”




Mint Julep - White Hot Heart

Official video: https://goo.gl/P4RqfW

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Mint Julep - Slow Spiral

Purchase "Broken Devotion here: https://heliosmusic.bandcamp.com/album/broken-devotion
LYRICS
Catch glimpses in the dim light
See your eyes in the twilight spaces
The dawn’s like a fading dream
Slowly going higher
Finding things that remind me of you

Will you say it like you mean it
Or will you hide behind your silence
Will you say that you feel fine
When you seem so closed off
When you seem so closed off all the time

Cold winds make me shiver
I hear you whisper
Stay near to me
Cold eyes in the mirror
Flush with fever
More than ever before

There’s a purity to your gaze
That makes me fall so deeply
But there’s no landing soft
And my heart keeps bleeding
It keeps on bleeding out

Winter’s near and it’s beating in my heart now
There’s a velocity to your love
It moves the stars above
It feels like I’m losing you
It feels so much like I’m losing you

Cold winds make me shiver
I hear you whisper Stay near to me
Cold eyes in the mirror 
Flush with fever
More than ever before

Mint Julep - Twilight Still

Mint Julep - Small Memory

Latest:
Helios - Espera: https://ghostly.ffm.to/helios-espera
Hollie Kenniff - The Quiet Drift: https://ampl.ink/5Y9Rw
Mint Julep - In a Deep and Dreamless Sleep: https://ampl.ink/omKoq
Goldmund - The Time it Takes: smarturl.it/ibfvzw

I write music for film and record as Helios, Mint Julep, Goldmund.

For licensing inquiries please visit: http://www.unseen-music.com/licensing

Mint Julep - Broken Devotion

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