Here at the antipodean outpost of Backseat Mafia, we are truly honoured to be able to bring you an exclusive listen to the new single ‘Luister’ from the legendary dream pop duo Fabels. Fabels are Hiske Weijers from Berlin and Ben Aylward from Sydney and together they produce dreamy, hazy vignettes, heightened by an air of mystery and a chemically-induced fugue in their music: transformative and ambulant. The duo has an uncanny knack of producing the most ethereal and at times psychedelic music, the sort that creates those feelings you get after waking from a particularly lucid dream, when you try and relive it endlessly to recapture that beautiful essence.
‘Luister’ enters with mystery and enigma; distant vocal loops and Weijers’s yearning soft vocals delivered along with spoken words in a foreign language, over brooding synths that swirl like the fog in a snow-clad mountain. It’s ethereal and moving music, with a pagan air. Fittingly, the production comes from Icelandic music producer Geir S Brillian which adds an unique Arctic frisson: a sensuous chill to the spine. The circling vocal loops remain as a force throughout and the result is something quite magnificent: statuesque, spiritual and enchanting.
The track comes with a mesmerising video: a simple shot of a figure floating and moving in a vast body of water: as immersive and transfixing as the music.
Just magnificent. ‘Luister’ is out tomorrow (Friday, 23 January 2026) and will be available to download and stream here. It comes from the forthcoming album ‘Ophera’ out Friday, 6 March 2026 thru Qusp/MGM.
Fabels will be doing shows in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane in March/April to launch the album before heading to Europe for a tour later in 2026 (see details below).
