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Malenka’s debut EP Creature of Devotion is a poetic, bittersweet coming-of-age soundtrack steeped in intimacy and insight.
Malenka’s debut EP Creature of Devotion doesn’t shout, it hums, sighs, and drifts like sunlight through a high-rise window. A stripped-back, folk-blues meditation on yearning, identity, and the dissonance between devotion and freedom, the four-track project positions the Warsaw-born, London-based artist as a quietly spellbinding new voice.
The title track, released alongside a sensual, metaphor-rich video, sits at the heart of the EP. Through gossamer vocals and hushed arrangements, Malenka explores the tension of feminine desire: the ache for connection versus the craving for autonomy. It’s deeply personal and yet feels universal.
For fans raised on Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo, Creature of Devotion offers a similar rawness. Malenka channels the tender mysticism of Hope Sandoval, and even flickers of Joni Mitchell, spun through a modern lens flare. Her voice – bewildered, elvish, quietly confident – floats over fingerpicked guitar and moody melodies, tethered to imagery both urban and folkloric.
Born in Warsaw, raised under the watchful spire of Owl Mountain and the haze of Desperados by the Vistula, Malenka made her way to London at 16. Years of silence gave way to sound, and the result is this: an EP stitched together with longing, insomniac introspection, and a fierce, poetic work ethic.