Sveriges bäst bevarade rockhemlighet? Inte längre. Sofia Härdig, hyllad som ’ a rock goddess’ (The Revue, US) sitt nya Album Lighthouse of Glass har både P1 Kultur, Lokko i P2 och Germund Stenhag i P3 och DN Kultur utropat till något av det starkaste just nu.
Med rötter i både postpunkens kompromisslöshet och soniskt episka ljudvärdar har Härdig skapat sitt mest drabbande verk hittills. En egenproducerad ljudvärld som krossar genregränserna och där sårbarhet slår hårt och repetition blir till transcendens.
Eller som det Tyska OX Magazine skriver ’A mixture of Patti Smith and Nick Cave, as if she were to ’dance barefoot’ with Cave as backing vocals. Her songs echo Alan Vega and PJ Harvey with goth drama and proto‑punk urgency.’
’Härdig’s soaring vocals – channeling the spirit of Patti Smith and theatrical, otherworldly sweep of Bowie – are the centrepiece, delivering both vulnerability and force.’
– Louder Than War (UK) ★★★★★ – Single of the Month
’Det stora, episka och repetitiva – Sofia Härdigs nya gör Nick Cave avundsjuk.’
– P1 Kultur
’April’, the string-infused album opener suggests a PJ Harvey influence, with a smidge of Nick Cave too… the defining factor, though, is Härdig’s sense of what constitutes a song.’
– Kieron Tyler, Mojo / The Guardian
’Her new stuff is just fabulous’
– The Crack Magazine (UK)
Live är Härdig rå, närvarande, och oförutsägbar. En kraftfull solo performance med elgitarr, loops, elektronik där det lyriska och det soniska vävs samman till en musikalisk urladdning som inte liknar något annat.
Hon har samarbetat med Bebe Risenfors (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello), Yoshimi (Boredoms), samt medlemmar ur, The Hellacopters, Bob Hund, The Boredoms, och Belle & Sebastian. Bland producenter och mixare finns Jari Haapalainen och Grammisvinnaren Nille Perned – men det är Härdig själv som står bakom produktionen av Lighthouse of Glass.
Missa inte denna unika kväll på Medley– där postpunkens nerv, gothrockens svärta och poetisk urkraft kolliderar.
“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
“There is no other way to describe Swedish artist Sofia Härdig than as a future rock goddess.” – The Revue US The Swedish artist Sofia Härdig is recieving tributes and being hailed by critics and music blogs, playlisted and on radio rotation all over Europe, USA and Canada. The legendary English DJ and journalist Steve Lemacq, famous for championing new artists and bands to success, has played Sofia Härdig in his radio show Steve Lemacq Recommends at BBC 6 Music. In Germany Radio Eins dedicated a full hour to her last album release. She has toured sold out shows in Europe. In her home country Sweden, she has been nominated to composer of the year for her album and “The Street Light Leads to The Sea.” She has also been personally approved by Belle and Sebastian’s Stevie Jackson, who’s been loving and championing her Albums. And has hanged out with Patti Smith and SonicYouth backstage. The world looks promising for Sofia Härdig. The Swedish born multi-instrumentalist is the latest example of another world class Scandinavian export. Sofia has worked with household Swedish names like the Grammy Award winners The Hellacopters and Bob Hund. Additionally, she has worked with Yoshimi from Boredoms. After performing alongside a number of impressive names, including Lydia Lynch. This is the first single COLLISION from sofias upcoming album LIGHTHOUSE OF GLASS. The single is produced by Sofia Härdig and Mixed by Nille Perned. In addition to Sofias vocals, guitar and trumpet she’s brought with her musicians like Bebe Risenfors (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello etc) Viktor Brobacke (Club Killers etc), and Sara Edin and Daniel Druiz.
” Sofia Härdig is heading for a higher status amongst rock’s elite” Skopemag ” The Swedish-born polymath has never been on more rumbustious form.”, The Crack Magazine UK ” She fathoms and conjures up the dark sides of the soul, love, sex. Exciting!" 9/10 VISIONS