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Hav

by Vargkvint

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Drivved 06:24
3.
Fyr 03:56
4.
Dösjö 04:00
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Till Havs 05:31
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7.
Håll mig 04:47

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Grown up in a small coastal city in Sweden, the sea has always been a core element in the life and inspiration of now Stockholm-based multi-artist Sofia Nystrand, also knows as Vargkvint, and therefore a natural theme for her first full-length album, Hav.

”The sea has played such a huge part for us, in how societies have formed and grown, it has connected us with each other and given us life, and is the base behind much of our mythology. But at the same time, it has been a really cruel mistress – its storms, tsunamis and rising sea levels have been devastating to both individual lives, whole societies and now humanity as a whole. It’s in that conflict – its beauty and its menace, its life-giving and its life-taking, this concept-album was created”, Nystrand says.

Echoing its theme, the music on Hav is equal parts sweet and menacing, where piano and vocals are accompanied by musical saw, harmonium, zither, bowed glockenspiel, a male choir, synthesizers, and field recordings, landing somewhere between the definitions of folk, modern-classical, pop and experimental music. Old and new narratives connected to the sea – folklore, migration and the way of nature – are tied together both musically and lyrically.

Written, recorded and engineered by Sofia Nystrand.
Co-produced by Jakob Lindhagen.
Mastered by Jonathan Dakers.
Vocals, piano, harmonium, musical saw, glockenspiel, zither, accordion, and field recordings by Sofia Nystrand.
Synthesizers and musical saw on Drivved by Jakob Lindhagen. Floor tom by Henrik Öhberg. Choir by Petter Lindhagen, Jakob Lindhagen, and Henrik Öhberg.
Art and design by Jordan Amy Lee.

Thank you, Sergio, for finding me and releasing this; Jakob, for helping me making this record come true; and Jordan, for making this beautiful art for my music to live in.

℗ 2019 Sofia Nystrand
© 2019 piano and coffee records

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released April 5, 2019

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Vargkvint Stockholm, Sweden

Drawing inspiration from oceans, forests and folklore, Vargkvint is the musical project of Stockholm-based multi-artist Sofia Nystrand. Her first fullength effort, the concept-album ”Hav” (”The Sea”), was released in April 2019 through Piano And Coffee Records.

Photos by Fabian Rosenberg
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