Lost In Space by Mortal Prophets: EP Review

by admin December 19, 2025

December 19, 2025

Lost In Space by Mortal Prophets: EP Review

The Mortal Prophets return with Lost In Space, released November 28, 2025, like a clean transmission beamed in from a parallel timeline. The New York–based project of John Beckmann teams up with Irish producer William Declan Lucey to deliver a seven-track retro-futurist synthpop EP that completes the arc hinted at on 2024’s ICNCLST/.

Built between New York and Ireland, the record leans into analog warmth, minimalist drum machines, and glowing electronic architecture, pulling from classic synthpop DNA while keeping its emotional core front and center.

The journey opens with “Taste Of Honey,” which immediately sets the mood with a soft, melodic, nostalgic line floating over a harder-hitting beat. Beckmann’s hazy vocal delivery comes in light and gentle, savoring memory rather than chasing it. When he sings about her “taste of honey,” there’s a relish in the tone, like something sweet lingering long after it’s gone.

Then “Another Time” deepens the haze. Shimmering, glimmering rhythms churn underneath steady, confident beats, with a sense of forward drift. Beckmann’s thick and heavy voice drops lower, intoxicated in the numbness instigated while fully engulfed in feeling. When he sings, “This kind of love is like a symphony,” it’s as if the words themselves are echoing through a vast, empty room.

The title track “Lost In Space” feels like the emotional gravity well of the EP. Cinematic strings swell as beats hit from behind, building a pondering, suspended atmosphere. Beckmann sings longingly about being adrift and waiting, his voice heavy with distance. When the chorus arrives, a haunting, echoing female vocal rises alongside his, the two soaring together over shimmering, weightless, and intimate strings in a moment.

All told, Lost In Space is sleek, nocturnal, and emotionally charged. The Mortal Prophets don’t just revisit synthpop here; they rewire it, turning classic textures into something personal, cinematic, and quietly magnetic.