Sofia Härdig spelar på Vår Lokal Gnesta den 27 September tillsammans Med John Essing bob hund
Sveriges bäst bevarade rockhemlighet, Sofia Härdig, intar scenen på Gnesta Folkets hus den 27 september. Med en karriär som sträcker sig över nio soloalbum och samarbeten med medlemmar från Bob Hund, The Hellacopters och Lydia Lunch, har Härdig etablerat sig som en kraft att räkna med på den internationella rockscenen.
Med sig har hon John Essing gitarrist i bob hund.
Aktuell med albumet Lighthouse of Glass – en egenproducerad mix av alternativ rock, postpunk och gotisk skönhet – bjuder hon på rå känsla, poetiska texter och total närvaro. Albumet LIGHTHOUSE OF GLASS släpptes den 11 april och har redan fått fantastiska recensioner världen runt. Två singlar valda till bäst just nu av DN kultur, musiken hyllas i P1 och P2 Lisa Wall och Andres Lokko, av MOJO magazine journalist och i Italiensk nationell radio och tidning. UK magazines, och så långt bort som Nya Zealand har hennes platta valts till nummer ett. LIGHTHOUSE OF GLASS har fått strålande recensioner i bloggar, radio och press världen runt. Jämförelserna till Nick Cave, Patti Smith, PJ Harvey och Alan Vega har fullkomligen haglat.
”April,” the chugging, string-infused album opener suggests a PJ Harvey influence, with a smidge of Nick Cave too. This soon dissipates in favour of broader nods to Patti Smith: “Kingdom Come” has a “Dancing Barefoot” vibe; intense album closer “Some Strange Place” is structurally similar to “25th Floor”; on “In Silence,” Härdig fuses Smith’s fondness for a poetic-style stream-of-consciousness delivery with a Hunky Dory David Bowie ambiance. The defining factor, though, is Härdig’s sense of what constitutes a song, an innate feel for ascending to a crescendo and then, duly winded, scaling back to emphasise the drama which has just taken place.” Kieron Tyler music journalist of MOJO magazine, The Independent and The Guardian
”Kingdom Come´ och In Silence” bäst just nu DN KULTUR
”Om du gillar Nick Cave ja då kanske du också gillar Sofia Härdig. Ett stort episkt postrockigt sound” P1 kultur Lisa Wall
“There is no other way to describe Swedish artist Sofia Härdig than as a future rock goddess.” The Revue US
“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
”The Swedish-born polymath has never been on more rumbustious form.”, The Crack Magazine UK
“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
