The Storm In My Head
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She has gained wordwide attention and rave reviews. Many has stated her as "The next girl" and that it's only a matter of time before she'll be one of the brightest shining stars . Praising her voice, karisma and innovation to the genre.
She reigns the territories of modern rock, punk and electrifying blues with her very own attitude and style. Her voice is one of the strongest female voices around.
The Storm In My Head is a journey inwards through the darker realms of the mind but also outwards with an ass-kicking punkish attitude.
She collaborates with musicians like Kenny Håkansson (The Hellacopters) John Essing (bob hund) and Sebastian Öberg (The Flesh Quartet). A must have!
The Demotapes Album ,Sparse, raw, emotional pieces, written and cut during three week of isolation in a small cottage. What was meant to be demos for the band to rehearse to, became an album. Accompanied only by herself on guitar, synth and som simple percussion she reveals her work in progress. Si
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Damn good record!
author: sam
a stellar debut
author: Anna Maria Stjärnell
Sofia Härdig is a strong singer and her backing band includes members from Hellacopters and bob hund. Her music bears a distinct resemblance to Patti Smith and a little bit to PJ Harvey.
Her darkly alluring tones on "Backwards into the Night" makes the song special. "Bring It Home" is what the Yeah Yeah Yeahs might be up to now, all choppy rhythms and charismatic singing. Härdig really connects with "Water Surrounds us", a deliciously emotional song underpinned by a Bad Seeds-y organ and a passionate vocal performance. Here she seems to go from sadness to unholy joy in a heartbeat.
"For a man/for a week" displays punkish attitude to spare and the snotty singing is brilliant. This is a truly stellar debut.
Following the full band effort Härdig has released a solo effort called "The Demotapes Album". Recorded in three weeks, it's a pared-down but still important record.
Härdig's voice can carry her songs even here. The calm "Shy Away" is a fine moment, carried by some nice g
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It's awesome!
author: Kevin Renick
Sofia Härdig: The Storm In My Head (Filthy Records)
Although she tours and records as Sofia Hardig and the Needles, I'm including Hardig here because she's an amazing songwriter and because she released TWO CDs this year-The Storm In My Head, and a raw but potent collection of home-made demos called, naturally, The Demotapes Album. That one IS billed as just Sofia, so she's in! Ms. Hardig is one of the true "rocker chicks" of Sweden, and bears definite stylistic similarities to PJ Harvey, Chrissie Hynde and Patti Smith. Her electric guitar, which she seems to enjoy playing ragged, fuzzed-up chords on, is never far from her side. She has a propensity for starting songs with sparse electric guitar alone (or maybe with a bit of percussion) and then kicking things into full-tilt rock when you're not fully expecting it.Pretty cool. On "Backwards Into The Night," she repeats a synth bit that sounds like a xylophone and parallels the main melody, while Hardig shows her affection for early P
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pure and raw rock'n roll, not only in the mind but also in reality. Nothing but
author: Marcus Wiludda
Sometimes the intenseness of an instrument is deciding on good and bad, love it or hate it, flying high or crashing down.
This voice! Rough and clattering in the beginning, loud hammering in cold condition. Then a raspy wince, bellowing aggressive and before dying off, once again gently whispering and floating lightly in the air.
With constant stubbornness is Sofia brushing her songs with her uncomfortable voice against the stroke. Beauty or even sonority is not her cup of tea.
But this distinctive feature is attracting attention - in Sweden as well as internationally. Besides many concerts and collaborations in her home country, Sofia is focusing now on the rest of the world. And her nerve-racking, melodic lo-fi version of blues punk is not possible to miss.
Countenance keep at most only the few piano sequences on her debut album - guitars and drums rumble into the darkest corners. Especially hauntingly when the menacing stranglehold of her minimalistic, reduced songs grab you
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