SOFIA HÄRDIG AND THE NEEDLES

Born To Win

Accompanied by members of The hellacopters and Bob Hund, Sofia Härdig And The Needles is on the verge of bursting in like one of new jewels of the inexhaustible Scandinavia mine. It is only a time question. Soon you can't say that we didn't Know.

Everything in Sofia Härdig recalls New York: her attitud, her style, her voice and her music. Appart from that she is Swedish and she lives in . Sofia is the East Village. On the scene she is a suburbial, carismatic and overflowing antiheroin of sensuality, that both whispers to the ear of pretty things and next cries of breaking free. There is black everywhere , with pants of leather and a fit t-shirt; the ray of her eyes, intimidated black, and the long hair, color closed night. But beyond urban facades and models, it is her voice, and all its shades, that marks the difference. If you have to look for a reference for her voice and her sound, La Härdig would be a inclasificable and equidistant hybrid between PJ Harvey and Patti Smith. It does not seem either that to her:"Its turns out it not simple to explain with words my sound. Someone once said that it would be something as electic-twist-punk. I think that it is rock, in its dark slope, an intermediate point between the happiness and the sadness. And there is trenght, like a force that you cant resist. I like melancholic music, but I'm drawn to more forcefull." She grew up listening to punk-Jam, Sex Pistols, Blondie-, in addition to bands like The Smiths, Einstürsende Neubauten, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop and PJ Harvey. And of that portion of influences ended up arising the most personal music, sometimes punk, to somtimes industrial, sometimes orcestral melancholic. "'It deals with rock but not necessarily of something conform, it does not follow the classic structure of a pop song, it's totally open to other influences. There is a greater freedom to leave the classic structures that belongs other bands, like mine" The one who tries to give guidance is one of the Needles, the bass player of The Hellacopters, Kenny Håkanson. The other luxury support is another local legend, the member of Bob Hund Johnny Essing.

Two parallel projects, In which she also is the brain and the voice, The Happiest Girl In The World and Trio Switzerland, serves Sofia Härdig to experiment with new sounds and to invoke the demons whom she next exorcises with the Needles. Demons who shape themselves in texts. "the frustratíon, of the emotions, the longing of belonging, and, of course, of love. In each song there is usually a couple of different subjects that intervien"

With two simple of six songs in the street and a prudent mentality, the Needles is on the verge of choosing a label for their awaited launching. "When doing music that is difficult to classify,It's complicated to choose a label that adapts to what we do. If we want to do it well, we need a record label that truely likes music and is open to different sounds. We fitted neither in commercial music nor in the Scandinavia scene, and for that reason I believe that it would not be good signing to a multinational, We rather need a label that does a passionate work". Kenny Håkansson reflects.

I am sure that within two months or a year, she will no longer be a minoritycult. There is no doubt that you will end up hearing and speaking of the extraordinary voice and the charisma of Sofia Härdig and her Needles" Rock Sound

YOU HAVE TO KNOW...

FORMATION: Sofia Härdig (voice, guitar, keyboards, percussion), Kenny Håkanson (bass),Bobo Ölander (drums) Fredrik Åberg (guitar) Mikael Nilzén (keyboards) Johnn Essing (computers) ORIGIN: Stockholm, COMPATIBLE TO: PJ harvey, Boss Hog, Yeah Yeah Yeahs LAST REFERENCE: 'Sofia Härdig And The Needles' ..... (ep.,Skrikhult) WEBSITE:www.sofiahardigandtheneedles.com The needles? Of the record player? to put injections? Of feminine coser?Miembros of the club of fans of the Agujitas, the famous flamenco singer? Táchese which does not come: everything. It is the band that supports Sofia; 'la-la-la' Härdig, 'Chanteuse' punk to which some, for want of better referring, have compared her with Patti Smith. Sofia is younger and wilder