Malmö duo MAMI UMAMI return with AFTERwork, a new EP shaped by late nights, burnout, restless conversations, and the pressure of adulthood in a world that never really clocks off.
Released via Big Wednesday, the project pulls the volatility of their live shows into sharper recorded form. Electronic textures, hip-hop, punk charge, drum & bass movement, and club rhythm collide without settling into one lane.
Made by Jaquelin Elamiri, also known as Miss Mami, and Leonard Furby, MAMI UMAMI move through Sweden’s underground with a sound caught between control and collapse. Since their 2024 debut Söndagsångest, their shows have blurred concert, club set, jam session, and performance art.
On AFTERwork, that instability becomes structure. The EP looks at burnout, routine, surveillance, capitalist pressure, and small acts of escape, capturing two young adults searching for freedom inside a hyper-connected loop.
Focus track Conor pushes that tension hardest. High-intensity production, absurd one-liners, internet-shaped humour, and club-scene urgency sit against a more reflective core. Moving between English and Swedish, it finds belonging in the temporary community of the dancefloor.
Technically, the EP refuses one mode. Hard rhythms, direct vocals, punk pressure, electronic motion, and hip-hop delivery map a generation caught between productivity, exhaustion, and the need to feel something real.
With AFTERwork, MAMI UMAMI turn post-work collapse into a restless club document. No tidy answers, no lifestyle gloss — just rhythm, burnout, surveillance, and the messy need to keep moving.
LIVE DATES:
June 30th – Roskilde Festival
July 25th – Tullakrok, Ängelholm