With her seems-to-be-fated genuine last name, Larysa Musick’s songwriting combines the introspective, poetic whimsy of 60s psych-folk with modern indie-pop, drawing inspiration from retro influences Linda Perhacs and Margo Guryan, and modern influences Cate Le Bon, Feist, Laura Marling and Jessica Pratt. She is currently recording her first full-length album in collaboration with producer and guitarist Champagne James Robertson (MOONRIIVR, C&C Surf Factory, Lindi Ortega, Dwayne Gretzky), split-tracking in Winnipeg and Toronto with sound engineers Mae McKillop (Paintbox Recording), Ian Docherty (July Talk), and Gavin Gardnier (All Day Coconut - Georgia Harmer, Fiver, Dan Mangan, Jason Collet). Introducing dreamy analog synths, textural percussion, subtone saxophone and flutes, this album is an evolution from her eclectic folk, trad-country-leaning debut EP 'Tomorrow Is Bound to Come' (released in 2023, produced by Sierra Noble and Madeleine Roger).
Larysa holds her own with her timeless voice and as an accomplished guitarist with a flair for alternate fingerpicking, open tunings, and bossa nova-influenced techniques. When she’s not performing solo, she is accompanied by her backing band, ‘The Muses’: Mae McKillop (synths/keys), Erika Einarson (drums), and Sierra Noble (bass), who bring a cinematic atmosphere to her live performances.
“Opens your ears to a cornucopia of vintage-tinged sound, including the confident strums of an acoustic guitar… lyrics – they read as if poetry and would easily stand on their own, without any music at all.” — UPTOHEAR
“... a seductive aura to her presence, one full of mystery and curious emotion. It lifts her talent beyond the realm of academia and into the realm of the chosen. Singers like Larysa feel touched by a spiritual musical legacy.” — THE WILD IS CALLING
"[Her] poetic sensibility and her observations of the world remain vivid in her music." — WINNIPEG FREE PRESS