Sofia Talvik – Americana / Folk with Swedish Roots
Unmistakably Nordic in flavor, Sofia Talvik somehow still conforms to American interpretations of her own original music, a North Sea siren blending sparkle and melancholy, creating a special niche of folk music.
News, videos and music from Swedish Singer/Songwriter Sofia Talvik.
I just found this video of an interview with me on Roxwel TV after my gig at the Lollapalooza. Those clips of the festival really takes me back. That was such a wonderful weekend!
Sofia Talvik – Lollapalooza Music Festival
Music Videos at www.roxwel.com
I just got this lovely review from Ninthspace! Thank you so much! đ
“I guess, by the time a musician gets to their third album they know whether it’s going to work out for them. Not writing, recording and touring as a hobby, but embracing their talents and working with something that’s turned out to be innate to their existence. There are perhaps a handful of musicians that I could categorise in such a way.
With the release of Jonestown, Sofia Talvik easily gets over the idea of the difficult third album (younger sibling of the difficult second album) and turns out a collection that eclipses her first two. Opening track and lead single As Summers Pass recalls the past with its acoustic progressions, but the subsequent song My James Dean is astonishing.
Because it’s not what you’re expecting. Sure it has these synth pads that appear to hang over from its predecessor, but the guitar loops lower, more geared towards grooving. The best way I can describe it is the merging of the droning synth-rock of Stereolab and the sub-Spektor inclinations of El Perro del Mar with piano too.
Over the top of this comes Sofia’s outstanding vocals and a plaintiff declaration that I’m not that special. But she is.
Jag skulle egentligen bara blogga under min USA-turnĂ© men eftersom det var sĂ„ förfĂ€rligt kul att hĂ€nga hĂ€r har jag liksom bara fortsatt och fortsatt, jag blev en bloggrumpa helt enkelt. Men nu kĂ€ra vĂ€nner kĂ€nner jag att alla goda ting mĂ„ste komma till ett slut och sĂ„ Ă€ven denna blogg. Men eftersom det Ă€r “better to burn out than to fade away” sĂ„ tĂ€nkte jag avsluta denna bloggen med en grymt bra video, den sista i raden gĂ€stspel, nĂ€mligen Maia Hirasawa.
Tack alla som lÀst, kommenterat och engagerat er. I fortsÀttningen ses vi pÄ www.sofiatalvik.com
*kramar*
Sofia
Jag fick just en vĂ€nförfrĂ„gan frĂ„n Jesus pĂ„ Facebook och han har ocksĂ„ blivit mitt fan pĂ„ facebook. MĂ„ste bero pĂ„ att jag döpt min skiva efter en kristen sekt…
Med andra ord Àr Jesus my homeboy. Om du ocksÄ vil bli min homeboy can du adda dig hÀr:
http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Sofia-Talvik/6245812170
Fast det visste ni ju redan. Jag spelade ju som första kvinnliga svenska artist pĂ„ deras största festival Lollapalooza i början av Augusti. Nu har CDBaby som Ă€r USAs största indiedistributör lagt upp mig som deras editor’s pick pĂ„ sin hemsida. Eller som de sjĂ€lva skriver: “We’re *really* picky about what we feature. We get about 200-250 new albums a DAY coming in here now, (about 200,000 total), and yours is one of the best we’ve ever heard.“
DÄ blir man ju jÀkligt glad! HÀr Àr deras recension pÄ skivan:
SOFIA TALVIK: Jonestown
Fresh from a powerful performance at 2008âs Lollapalooza festival, Swedenâs Sofia Talvik is now poised to conquer the States with the release of her devastatingly beautiful third album. Itâs a record of staggering elegance, with the faintest trace of Scandinavian twee and youthful exuberance. (Timpani, crisp castanets, tambourine, all the toys and tricks to put some bounce in your step.) But those forces are tempered by a subtle melancholy that slowly drips down the lonely walls while you listen until, by the last song, youâre drowning in a warm, welcome bath of sad sounds, syrupy string sections, and round, resonant horns. She combines modal chord changes and beautiful 60âs euro-pop production with the gentle singing of a 70âs folk songstress. Her voice shines through the dark tones of dramatic, lush orchestrations and the haze of reverb like a ray of liquid luminescence. âJonestownâ will remind you of Goldfrapp, Pulp, Nico, Joni Mitchell, Nick Drake, Belle & Sebastian, Aimee Mann, Tori Amos, Burt Bacharach (I could go on and on!), and yet it sounds entirely original and, more importantly, rings true.