"The Swede oscillates between Post-punk, goth-rock, Placebo and
Nick Cave.
Her singing has the same kind of absolute urgency that
Patti
Smith and
Tom
Verlaine once has."
://ROLLING STONE
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://SOM [Swedish Indiependent Music producers and SKAP
[Swedish Composers Of Popular Music]
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"There is no other way to describe Swedish artist Sofia Härdig than
as a future rock goddess."
://The Revue [USA]
"the ethereal, rock wonders of her new album And The Street Light
Leads To The Sea ...full-length effort that looks set to make her
the ‘new queen of alt- rock.’ ...a rule compelling rock album that
sounds like much that has gone before but totally fresh.
Experimental, angst-driven and the sound of an artist letting go
this is a must listen for all fans of alt-rock."
://The
National Student"UK
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"She is "Sweden's best kept secret" "If I did not know better, I'd
guess at a new New York artist that has taken shape in Brooklyn
hipsterkvarter. But Sofia Härdig is based in Malmö and is already
star on the international rock scene. ...called"an electronic
queen"and"Sweden's best-kept secret". She hailed for her headstrong
style. It is sprawling but with a clear line. Imagine Patti Smith
backed by Sonic Youth. Or a young Polly Harvey with a heavy
artillery of guitars. Beautiful and annoying ... The voice found its
expression and Sofia proved to be a heavily equipped guitarist of
American grunge and the late 90's indie rock. perhaps not surprising
that she has had time to play with members of Sonic Youth,
Hellacopters, Belle and Sebastian, The Cardigans, Fläskkvartetten,
Lydia Lunch and, of course, Bob Hund, whose guitarist, John Essing,
has been co producing Sofia's new album. In addition, she has played
in most of Europe and in the USA - and received glowing reviews
...."A masterpiece of deconstruction and reconstruction ...". Sound
of Music has written about her. In Denmark, writes the press that
Sofia"gives new hope to the Swedish rock scene"and in Berlin devotes
the largest radio station two hours at her album release ... With
this album, Sofia of course her constant partner, bob hunds John
Essing. In the center stands Sofia songs, voice and rumbling, dark
guitar mangle"
://Olle
Berggren Expressen [SWE] Main National Swedish paper
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"rage and desire creates and splits the emotional cosmos created by
the multiinstrumentalist Sofia Härdig… impressive…self confined"
://INTRO
[DE]
"Sofia Hardig doing exciting things ... beneath the surface bubbles
Sonic Youth .. combine the blue-bottomed vocal rock temperament
Johanna PÂlsson
://DN
Swedish National Press
"Multitalented Sofia Härdig...a tempered postpunkheavyweight
manifesting Sofia's strength and expressive roughness....energetic
... a bomb ... powerful ... masterful ... majestically. In summary,
a high quality production that leaves an intense and powerful
imprint"
://Nöjesguiden
[SWE] National Swedish paper
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"overwhelmingly great…So radiant!… So incredibly good… brilliant.
This is rock full of emotions. Rock at it's best. Sofia Härdig
manages her influences from the best of the brittish 80ies indie
scene, together with jerky sprawls like B-52:s and growling hardcore
like from Sonic Youth. Tight, impelling, raw, naked, minimalistic,
willful and overwhelmingly great." HHHH+://Mats Lundgren HIFI & Musik [SWE] [National Music Magazine]
"In the crossroad where electronic, rock, noise, art and darkness
meet we find Sofia Härdig. Allways interesting and challenging"
://SONIC MAGAZINE [full spread in national Swedish music
magazine]
"Sofia Härdig is almost definitely the best thing to come out of
Sweden since the country’s sporting hero, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. One
for the future…" ://The
Pentatonic UK
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" Candidate
for one of the best albums! …Sofia Härdig manages like no
one else to connect the restless 80ies Pop á la Joy Division or Nick
Cave with modern structures. The result is so tight, so hypnotic,
that everything can be packed in from Peaches to PJ Harvey. To
Sofias declared fans belongs for example Belle And Sebstian… Now
many more will be added."
://stadtblatt
osnabrück [DE]
all the songs of this album take takes a firm grip of you … Sofia
Härdig wants you, and she wants all of you, you will sweat and dance
or melt with despair, just as the mistress commands... So, cut the
Smith and Harvey comparisons and give a big proper celebration to
Sofia Härdig. "
://Christina Mohr, Kaput Magazin [DE]
"No offense Mando Diao or The Hives, but the opener leaves the usual
rock suspects from Sweden looking pretty pale…Sofia Härdig manages
to keep you hooked with excitement the whole album. With her
hypnotizing voice..."
://Kreuzer
[DE]
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"bloody cool. The young Patti Smiths meets Lydia Lunch for Lunch in
CBGB, the girls from B-52 happens to be in the same place, on the
stage are at the moment Television playing a song by Suicide and
everyone starts to jam. Fuzz, Twang, Echo, staccato-drums,
bouncing-bass, a barking voice. Yes these songs hurt, goes deep
under the skin, disturb, touches, provokes, Damn cool, but we
already said that."
://Der Neue Tag [DE]
"From Sweden comes a portion of edgy romanticism, mixed with the
feeling: What really excites me"..."already on her solo debut she impressed with a balancing act between Electronic, Dancebeats,
Inde and Industrial. Today, she has carved a band with whom she
would make Siouxie and the Bandshees and Pj Harvey proud. The songs
vary between 80:s-cool and strong story telling, are brittle and
edgy, always with indie rocky guitars, up to the feedback storm. And
they have a lot of dance appeal…"
four stars
://Westzeit
[DE]
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"Sofia Härdig creates tremendous guitar rock reminiscent of Sonic
Youth and PJ Harvey in their most dissolute moments. Incredibly
strong!"
://SIMBA
[SWE] [swedish music industries paper]
"Swedish Rock Sensation Sofia Härdig returns with Anthemic, Power
Chord based, new Single"The Joy Of Violent Movement US
"Noisy, desert, furious and catchy at the same time. Terrible Good."
://HYMN
[SWE]
"the rocktronica queen … Hardig has proved herself to be an
innovative artist worthy of her royal title…"
://Gig Slutz
"BORN TO WIN ... La-La-La Härdig is on the verge of bursting in like
one of new jewels of the inexhaustible Scandinavian mine There is no
doubt that you will end up hearing and speaking of the extraordinary
voice and the charisma&"
://Rock
Sound [Spain]
"Swedish firebrand of a musician;..electrifying power of modern
electronic rock and roll, and marvel at the way that mysterious
thing called EDGE still exists, at least in whatever studio this
woman works in… She’s a truly important, powerful sonic auteur who
is slowly building a peerless recording catalogue that deserves the
full attention of rock fans around the world." ://Zachary
Mule [USA]
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"Swedish ear candy...after the more then promising THE NORM OF THE
LOCKED ROOM. Her newest work has the titel AND THE STREET LIGHT
LEADS TO THE SEA... Sofia has stripped her songs bare of all
clothing that just left them pure skinned and hard rocking"
://Orkus
Magazin [DE]
"Sofia Härdig is definitely one of our fave rockers whose music
reflects everything absolutely great about rock…period."
://Colorising
[UK]
"The band plays more dense, the songs are better, the sound has more
room - and the guitars [Sofia Härdig and John Essing]: now with more
pressure, more energy, more power. It roars and whispers, thunders
and hisses: Sofia Härdig and her band no longer sounds like PJ
Harvey, but stretching more like Sonic Youth… these Guitars! [Sofia
Härdig and John Essing]And when the blues really crashes in, Mark
Lanegan's masterpiece"BUBBLEGUM"comes to mind... a fantastic half
hour"
://Nordische-musik
[DE]
"One of this years most exiting releases "Mattias
Grenholm CITY [SWE]
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" I
am prepared to join in the chorus of praise. The album is both good,
evocative and challenging ... I will not hesitate to proclaim Sofia
Härdig to one of the year's most interesting, Swedish artists.
Anyone with the slightest interest in Swedish alternative music
should definitely check out this album!
://Johan
Arenbo ZERO [SWE]
"I am very happy to be able to recommend a really good album... All
the way through it sounds most fantastic and overwhelming. I can't
recommend tracks, the entire album is so strong."
://Platten
Vor Gericht [DE]
"formidabel!"
://Human
Cannonball [DE]
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"Sofia Hardig stuns with latest experimental rock single"
://The
Concert In Concert [Spain]
"If you only
listen to one song tonight, make it"Low and Slow"by Sofia Härdig"
://This
Is That Song [UK]
"All friends of talented, swedish electronic/Indie got something to
look forward too "
://Zero
Magazine [SWE]
"Sweden’s best-kept secret"
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://Songwriting
Magazine [UK]
"Uncompromised by Sofia Härdig ... intense and dissolute rock ...
the album explodes right in your ears right. It's about expressive
but still controlled Rock… Not at least of course it is about a
singer who can let her self go with a big expressive range. Sofia
knows how to get her voice to tell restrained drama and simply get
it to claim its rightful place. Which is grand. Uncompromised!"four
jackdaws in
://UNT
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"the new Sofia Härdig album and it is wonderful, alt-rock
brilliance." James
Thornhill, The National Student [UK]
"a masterpiece"
://Sound
Of Music [SWE]
Sofia Härdigs time as a secret is over! All signs are here on a
gigantic leap forwards …it makes an impressive whole. … so
completely succeeded with this impulsive natural force in the
studio.
Plattentest [DE] rated 10 out of 10 by the readers
"Swedens best kept secret ,,
Now we want to see more of her!_"Plaza [SWE] National Swedish
magazine
"absolutely superb. world class actually ..."
://Gaffa
[SWE]
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"Great soundcape, monotonus staggering while guitars are swaying in
different directions to fantastic vocals in fast song on a high
level."
://Freak
Magnet [SWE]
"Her voice casts a bewildering spell as the music crashes down
around you. Luxuriating in post-punk's roiling waters, she treads
out further than many of her astringent peers and finds an entirely
new noise out there in the deep… underneath the noise is a melody
that just won't leave your head— her ability to pair the ragged
sounds of her music with an unforgettable melodic precision is
exactly what keeps her two steps ahead of anybody else who happens
to be treading these waters….. You'll be covered in sweat and grime
by the time the song ends, and you'll absolutely be anxious to do it
all again immediately." ://Nooga
"she has the ability to do what ever she want with her voice…she has
created an album by alternating between high intensity and
tranquility that makes you catch your breath over and over and makes
you yearn for more. Nothing else then that her already relatively
large international fanbase should grow significantly in
unthinkable."
://ERGO
[SWE]
"Also on And The Street Ligt Leads To The Sea, Härdig impresses with
her big electrifying voice that stretches from the cellar to the
roof tops"
://VISIONS
[DE]
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"Sofia Härdig was already among others on the road with musicians
from among other bands like The Hellacopters and The Cardingans.
This wild mixture illustrates well the versatility of a female
artist, which is also reflected in the uncompromising album between
Indie and Electronica."
://Münchner
Merkur! [DE] 4 stars
"Singer, musician and composer Sofia Härdig is considered to be one
of the leading acts coming out of Sweden with a sound organic and
raw, explosively bursting out the seams with energy. …In a sense the
Swedish artist reflects the very ideal of what the a true rock star
looks, feels and sounds like. Whilst her native country has
maintained a tradition of pumping out pop acts, Härdig’s music is
experimental, racing, unafraid and unapologetic. Her visuals are
performance art, something that was a staple in New York’s East
Village punk and new wave scene or West Berlin in the 70s and 80s.
With a two-part EP series landing titled The Street Light Leads To
The Sea, Sofia Härdig’s power-blazing single ‘Sitting Still’ is a
window of what’s to come, and it’s about to come with an impacting
force." ://Colorising
[UK]
"Actually, it not allowed to be the editorial favorite two weeks in
a row, but just when we published last week's list of awesome"Low
and Slow"which had a few weeks on it's neck Sofia released another
gem that are at least as good. Direct, unstoppable and
uncompromising . The expectations on the album And the Streetlight
Leads to the Sea to be released October 28 is not exactly small
after these brilliant appetizers.
://HYMN
[SWE]
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"Swedish native Sofia Härdig delivers a spiky piece of perfect
slacker pop with new track "Streets"…These days it can seem as
though everything we do is being controlled in some way. This is why
it’s so refreshing when someone comes along and truly embraces the
concept of freedom, especially when this approach results in
subversive alt-pop gems… The track delivers a confident Pavement
swagger with plenty of attitude…"Streets"is as accomplished as it is
invigorating… Embracing freedom can lead to some amazing things."
://Killer Ponytail
"great video - superb song!...It's one powerful, emotive and intense
piece, instant play again for me."
://Beehive Candy
Sofia Härdig is yet another brilliant export from the flock of
Scandinavian gems… "An electronic Queen... She has claimed to "find
beauty in flaws and that which is not perfect", and she does that
perfectly, ironically... It’s a powerful electro-rock tonic, but
damn addictive. I love it, and if Sonic Youth, the Pixies are your
cup of tea, then join me in reveling in it too."
://Rambling Pony
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"magically attracts … Beautiful...Härdig's deep singing and spoken
word voice is concise and has that unique certain something"
://Melodiva [DE]
"Streets"and"Swim"are reminiscent of The Kills. Jamie Hince and
Alison Mosshart in a unified person, so to speak, but with real bass
and real drums. The rhythm group ensures good pressure and fits with
the warm sound to the cool voice and the distorted guitar, which
also could be next too Iggy Pop…. imprinted, claustrophobic, but
consistently rocky…the pieces leave a strong impression" ://Laut
[DE]
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"With everything at 11 from the opening second, Sitting Still is a
punchy offering of post punk, no wave influenced energy that will
make it’s mark wherever it’s heard. Sofia’s commanding vocal backed
by an angular, frenetic guitar sounds and a tight as f*&# rhythm
section will hopefully be getting her some serious attention in the
blogisphere pretty soon."
://The Wandering Lamb
"‘Sitting Still’ by Sofiahardig is energetic and all-out
magnificent!" ://Colorising
"Damn good. ... She will become a"household name"among rock people...
It is not a question of whether or not she make it on a big front,
but WHEN. Remember where you read it first."
://Lars Thulin, Ystad Allehanda [SWE]
"the star of this track is Härdig's vocal performance. There are
moments when she submits herself to subdued, intimate phrases;
gentle confessions like"To the day, we are..."And then in others she
hollows out long pained notes that reach deep into her gut to pull
out honest emotion. And the opening riffs of the guitar are like the
garnish to this plate she serves scorching hot…Sofia Härdig is yet
another brilliant export from the flock of Scandinavian gems."
://ROUGH GLOBAL
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"Stylishly delivered with controlled fury and a sense of purpose,
"Sitting Still" is breakneck, Punk Rock noir and the new single from
Swedish experimental artist Sofia Härdig."
://The
Autumn Roses
There's a sense of reckless creativity that infuses her songs with a
grit and density often lacking in the work of other musicians who
experiment with these sounds… Härdig reveals a ragged and noisy
devastation that perfectly suits her fiery punk fluorescence. Imbued
with a serrated late '70s New York attitude, she wanders through
these bruised landscapes, taking stock of the world around her and
the possibilities it affords her. Opener"Streets"is all feral beauty
and angular guitar work, while subsequent songs like"Swim"and"Closed
Eyes"are more subtle and draw out your emotional reserves with a mix
of incisive lyricism and unexpected rhythmic swells. Riding the
crest from one track to the next, Härdig never relents, and explores
these warped rock wavelengths with all the nuance and ferocity that
fans have come to expect."
://Nooga
[USA]
"Sofia has stripped her songs bare of all clothing that just left
them pure skinned and hard rocking... Härdigs velvety dark singing
together with the humming bass with stand by you, like a skin of
overall good feeling"Orcus
Magazine
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"A dim, dynamic and hypnotically intensifying tonal vortex"
://RKC - Radio Kaos Caribou [FR]
"the rocktronica queens finds freedom in experimenting and releases
aggression with wonderful freedom."
://The National Student
"Sofia Härdig conquering the world with her voice..."
://Sydsvenskan
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"Wow… amazing… Have a listen to the power and fury of Sofia Härdig,
from Sweden. :// The
Boston Survival Guide
[USA]
"She's an amazing songwriter. It is awesome...! What's especially
striking about Sofia Härdig is how she employs interesting little
twists within the often predicable realm of gritty guitar rock, and
commandeers the genre like she's got it all to herself. Nervy,
sensual, and self-assured. Härdig deserves to be widely _heard, as
she's far more interesting than many others mining this same
stylistic territory." :// Kevin
Renick, Playback St. Louis, [USA]
"inescapable presence"
://Emerging indibands [UK]
"Good Stuff"
STREETS
listed in Fascinating things
://Aural Delight [UK]
"That fascinating rawness that you got thrown in the face, the
primal voice and the crystal clear fact that there was a very
strong, willful woman music presented - exactly the feeling does
Härdig pin down. The fact that there is rock guitars among the
machines also make Hardig pin down the cold electronic version of
bleeding blues. A paradox yes but. perhaps it is the one that makes
her hailed by the U.S. the press." :// Eric
Suss, Arbetarbladet
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One could try to make associations to orther artist, but let this
stand as a product of Sofia Härdig. This is so perfect!
[4 stars]
://Westzeit [DE]
"Sofia's voice burns holes in the speakers. The most promising in
its genre that comes up in Sweden."
://popöga [SWE]
"A fantastic voice!"
://Sundsvalls Tidning [SWE]
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"The voice is one of the industries strongest". : //Thomas
Millroth, [SWE]
"she sings with a voice that burns hot and touches, sparkling songs
that vibrates and glows with intensity. The voice alone reaches
far." :// Östran
[SWE]
"A sharp knife inflicts no pain. A properly-honed edge enters and
exits before one knows the damage is done. Like said metallic
instrument, Sweden’s Sofia Härdig cuts deep on "Sitting Still." ://Bucket
full of nails
"Starting as if you were at the edge of the eye of a hurricane, your
immediate reaction is blind and severe panic, unlike Sofia Härdig.
Instead, she wails with a full sense of control of the situation
surrounding, her voice full of power as the kind of surf tinged
cyclone continues onwards. It’s obvious that the Scandinavian
songwriter finds joy in the bleaker things in music, such as Nick
Cave or 1994 Nine Inch Nails, but it takes true skill to translate
these influences while simultaneously making them your own." ://Whats
on Melbourne [AU]
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"'Sitting Still" is a blistering, wall of sound, rock'n'roll, two
and a half minute, blow out. Guaranteed to remove the most stubborn
cobwebs, if you need a wake up call that works, this is it." ://Beehive
Candy
"Girls with guitars making lots of noise, more of if say I…." Sitting
Still Listed in Fascinating things" ://Aural Delights UK
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"Sitting Still" - Sofia Härdig: Swedish multi-instrumentalist Sofia
Härdig recalls early ‘80s post-punk with this slightly frenetic,
edgy rocker, but you can hear a Sonic Youth-influenced guitar haze
deepening the sound. Härdig has worked with Kim Gordon and is
upfront about the debt the song owes to SY, as well as The Pixies
and Le Tigre." ://My
Split Milk [USA]
"a fascinating record... breathtaking exciting to listen "
://Joyzine
"How Sofia Hardy has managed to avoid more attention at home than
she has gotten so far is a complete mystery." :// Stina
Linde, Helsingborgs Dagblad
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"FANTASTIC!"
://Ikon, Joakim Wikström
"The wild wolfwomanstyle she has done well. It is wonderful grinding
and darkness and thunder..Sofia sings with aggression and drags her
hair in the dirt and is a chick with raw potential._
Expressen Swedish
National press [SWE]"
it's downright delicious. It resembles one of the archaic ancient
powerfull goddess that lure the ear canals with electrified
energy... This Singer-Songwriter blows around a powerfull aura of
secrets that can equal butterflies flutters... The resaults are as
spellbinding as disturbubing.. Those who are looking for something
exiting and different can't be served by anyone better then Sofia
Härdig"
://Lie
in The Sound [DE]
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Dark and hypnotic ...unusual and great!"
://Albumcheck [DE]
I am so taken by this album. How can she be so unknowed in germany.
Have she been hiding in disguise in Sweden.?
:// Radio
Eins [DE]
"hypnotizing" :// Märkische
Oderzeitung
"The next girl in experimental music"
://Mats Gustafsson Perpectives [SWE]
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"Sweden_s next Electronica Queen ...you get stuck, You listen and
forget time and place"
://Emma West, muzic.se
T"he result is as dark as hypnotic and emotionally it belongs in the
Berlin of the 80s. Einst¸rzende Neubauten and Birthday Party,
Krautrock reverberation, malaria and Anne Clark are in the air. A
particular love for the dark and a big lust for experimenting and
still very good and enjoyable!" :// Titel
magazine [DE]
"album of Sofia Härdig is definitely a bold one: electronic with
cold surfaces and looming psychedelic guitar samples...
post-apocalyptic soundscapes... where not even spacepopsynths seems
familiar, an overall picture of fatalistic rise. "
://Kulturnews [DE]
"What a voice!& pure and raw rock'n roll"
://Markus
Wiludda [DE]
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"Sweden has been lacking a strong female rock-voice. Sofia Härdig
has a great voice and strong lyrics which provides new hope for the
Swedish rock-scene... splendid.." Musikkanmedelse,
[DK]
"Sofia Härdig makes music that bites hard. She does an evocative,
raw and intense rock ... Rock music that tears and rips. Above all,
she sings with a voice that burns hot and touching ... crackling
songs that vibrate and glow with intensity .
://Östran [SWE]
"I Great sounding, euphonius on noise, intoxicating beauty on raw
disturbing. The relation of free use of sound material and soulful
vocals remind the music of Sofia Härdig the works of Annette
Peacock, , their albums had from the start, something timeless, yes,
time-independent, Possibly, but that's only a vague speculation is
H‰rdig now the unique way the Peacock had proceeded?
://Michel Freerix Jazzdimension [DE]
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"Sofia Hardig delivers a Michelin starred recipe here on the basis
that 'less is more' and if this starter dish is anything to go
by,her forthcoming album is going to be one of this year's great
banquet of contemporary European music... Low and slow is shockingly
good."
://Steve
Racket, Baltic Briefing
"from the beginning to end an excellent contemporary, and what
more:: timeless edgy rock album! ..The boring days are yesterday!"
:// Nordische
Musik
"sounds like if if Patti Smith, Nick Cave and the Violent Femme would
have met sometimes in the early 1980s in a log cabin to record these
songs... Sofia's dark, powerful voice does the rest... to make it an
impressive listening experience."
://Christina
Mohr Melodiva [DE]
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All hail the new electronica queen! Hardig takes a commandeering
approach to the genre, sculpting coolly dramatic synthesizer parts,
edgy mechanized rhythms and her own gripping, vulnerable vocals into
an unsettling aural experience that's like nothing else out there&
The results are unsettling, hypnotic and brilliant."
://Kevin
Renick, Playback, St. Louis, [USA]
"Your sucked into the music that seems to grow by 100% for each
listening... modern rock electronica to be imitated and copied by
wannabes. Themselves, they put themselves in the driver's seat for
good! :// Gary Landström /
Groove [SWE] National Swedish music magazine
"her unique powerful voice And with this uncompromising mix she is
in league with Sonic Youth. Her dark demanding voice gives the songs
a dark sexy mood." Peterfrau
[DE]
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"Sofia Härdig has made beautiful albums with a focus on electronic
melodies… this is a fierce rocking post punk creation that are
powerful ,energetic raw and dirty a rocking dirtiness and dignity.
Unexpected but also really good" ://ung tro
" beautiful
listening." ://Tobias Petterson, Zero [SWE]
"An impressive and strong & a very exiting, interesting artist _and
songwriter who you definitely will hear more about in the future..."
://Thomas
Fridholm, Musikindustrin† [SWE]
"truly stellar"
://Anna Maria Stjärnell, Luna Kafe [SWE]
© June 2011–April 2023 Sofia Härdig & Martin Thörnquist.
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