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Sofia Talvik was
born on an island just off the west coast of Sweden. At
the tender age of eighteen she left behind the comfort of
home for the bright lights and lonely nights of Stockholm
where every experience, good and bad, would soon take the
form of a beautiful, funny or heartbreaking story destined
to capture the hearts and minds of all who would hear the
words when set to Sofia’s gentle, melodic acoustic guitar
and minimalist back up of cellos, double bass and soft percussion.
After releasing a low key but critically acclaimed EP, Sofia
set to work fine tuning twelve of her songs for the recording
of the debut album Blue Moon. As a writer, artist and producer
she oversaw every step of the process and the resultis an
album where the lyrics take centre stage and the melodies
provide the essence.
Blue Moon took forty intense hours to record and the end
result is a collection of songs presented virtually intact
from the original live studio sessions. The reasoning behind
this was to make the record sound as if Sofia Talvik and
her band The Tallboys are right there in your room as you
let the gentle music and unfaltering, softly sung lyrics
wash over you like waves of pure soft velvet. Having earnt
a reputation as a great live performer, frequently playing
at clubs in and around Stockholm and throughout Sweden,
this is naturally the only way of bringing Sofias gentle,
almost fragile voice to you and gives the album a unique
sound, making it almost timeless in the sense that it could
have been recorded twenty years ago as well as twenty years
from now. Blue Moon was released in May 2005, and got rave
reviews from press all over Sweden.
In January 2007 Sofia Talvik released the second album “Street
of Dreams”. Written and produced entirely by Sofia herself,
this time she took it one step further, releasing it on
her own label, Makaki Music.
First single from the album is a duet with one of the UKs
top indie icons of the last 15 years - Bernard Butler.
“It’s Just Love” evokes memories of the last great “triumph
over adversity” duet; “Don’t Give Up” by Peter Gabriel and
Kate Bush. Sofia’s soft, delicate, almost fragile vocals
soar over a powerful piano melody punctuated by soft percussion,
gentle strings and the rarely heard resonance of an acoustic
double bass.
For
more information about Sofia Talvik, please visit her official
website at: http://www.sofiatalvik.com |
