Josefina Sanner
Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden | SELF
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"Nothing to lose but me" is the saddest, nicest up-tempo song I've heard in a long time. And the entire album are for those who have colourful hearts on the inside, but appears to be painfully grey on the outside" - Swedish Press- Arbetarbladet
"Strongest album so far" - Swedish Press- VF
“Josefina uses her voice in a very special way, almost like she’s talking privatly to a dear friend, and beautifully creates some kind of real like
prescence of emotion and longing. The album is not intended for the newly weds. It’s a divorce album, for people who are not meant to be together.
But that’s the way love goes, and Josefina knows all about that”
NWT
- Swedish Press- NWT
“Both lively upbeat songs and reflective ballads coexist in this diverse entity where the minimum level is high. In the lyrics you find both optimistic nature romantic as well as magical melancholy. From the opening track, child song influenced “Row Your Boat”, to the hit fragrant “Beautiful Day” and “La, La Love Must Be” to the fragile finishing song “Fragments”, the album is like a musical forest path you want to walk many times."? (4/5 UNT) - Swedish Press- UNT
“Both lively upbeat songs and reflective ballads coexist in this diverse entity where the minimum level is high. In the lyrics you find both optimistic nature romantic as well as magical melancholy. From the opening track, child song influenced “Row Your Boat”, to the hit fragrant “Beautiful Day” and “La, La Love Must Be” to the fragile finishing song “Fragments”, the album is like a musical forest path you want to walk many times."? - Swedish Press- UNT
“The delicate mood is kept intact throughout the album with naked vocals and strong melodies that character bubbling up through the imaginative and sensitive arrangements."
- Swedish Press- SVD
"A formidable album from start to the end" - Swedish Press- UNT
"Sanner truly makes likeable pop somewhere in the boundary country between Frida Hyvönen’s theatrical life reflections and Jonna Lee's rainy London romance. If there’s something Josefina Sanner is great at it’s writing songs. Songs that you think you’ve heard before. Row Your Boat, Beautiful Day, Hallelujah, Feel It - the fact is that most of the songs on Love Case Scenario are really strong. Hope that the world finds out."??Christian von Essen - SKIVKOLL.SE - Skivkoll.se
"Swedish singer with the vocal talent that suggests she has what it takes to make it. There are hints of Dusty Springfield and Adele in the vocals but thankfully the music has a little bit more edge to it thanks to the repetitive hard hitting drumming. May be a bit too poppy for most here but don't be surprised if Josefina Sanner becomes a household name." - Roomthirteen(UK)
"Stockholm singer/songwriter/musician Josefina Sanner has just released a new single, 'Do You Remember' from her 2012 album These Beads of Blue. It's an urgent piece of pure pop with affective drum rolls, celestial synths, driving bass and Sanner's laconic voice recorded in nostalgic analog like tones. Download below, enjoy and if you wish get the album, do it here."
- Indie30(AUS)
"The cold land of Sweden has another warm voice for us to listen. Josefina Sanner has relased as a single Do You Remember, a track from her album released in 2012 These Beads of Mine. But it’s not just the voice. It’s the song itself. Try not to smile, try not to hit play again. The whole album is an anthem to pop music. It may be the place where many top artists should have never left, instead of recording so many inane music as we are used to listen lately.
Excellent job by Josefina on keeping the good name of pop alive and in perfect conditions." - insomniaradio(Portugal)
"It’s my pleasure to introduce you to emerging Swedish artist, Josefina Sanner. She has a fantastic and infectious new track for us entitled “Clock Stands Still,” which is off her upcoming album These Beads of Blue, out November 21 on Finaville Music. The track, full of tribal drums and crazy synths, mixes pop and indie with a bit of dance and groove, giving it a bit of a 60's vibe. I’m pretty sure this will be the happiest tune you’ve heard all week. Well, for me it is at least!" - Echoes of mine(AUS)&(US)
"The Stockholm-based Josefina Sanner delivers a “Swedish surprise” with the exceptional pop track, “Do You Remember”. Outfitted chorus to verse with the sharpest hooks and crispest melodies, (and a cool guitar figure throughout much of the track that’ll feel like you’re in the middle of some sort of really cool Nordic sled race scene) “Do You Remember” is built for maximum quality and re-listenability. Already a critical darling in Sweden, Sanner is set to release more English language song this year and it’s not unreasonable to think she’ll conquer that linguistic sphere as well." - Blahblahblahscience(US)
”Unadorned, harmonious, naked, heartfelt. Over-used words, perhaps there is no other way to describe this extaordinarily beautiful and personal debut. Josefina Sanner deserves a place at the top.
- Swedish Press- Rootsy
Discography
"These Beads of Blue" FinaVille music/Netwerks-2012
"Love case scenario" FinaVille music/Border-2010
"Josefina Sanner" Promising records/CDA-2006
Songs airplayed in national Swedish radio & radio in UK, US, Spain, Mexico, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Estonia, Germany, Denmark including a lot of Live performances in radio.
Also participating as a singer/songwriter on other artists album.
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Bio
Josefina Sanner is a Stockholm, Sweden, based singer, songwriter, musician, that is hauling from Värmland, in the woods of Sweden.
Over the last couple of years she’s written hundreds of songs, toured through Europe and released three critical acclaimed solo albums.
In spring 2012 released her first compilation albm, entitled ”Sirens”, from which the single “Don’t Stop” rotated on Swedish National Radio and reached the college radio top ten in Sweden, as well as being mentioned on widely acclaimed blogs all over the world.
This was followed up in November with new studio album “These Beads Of Blue”, produced by Andreas Dahlbäck (Anna Ternheim, TAW), which came out to critical praise in the Swedish press.
Upsala Nya Tidning said the album was a ”exceptionally good album from the beginning to the end” and awarded it with 4 stars.. Just as impressed were Värmlands Folkblad who said the album was ”Josefina’s strongest so far” – another 4 star review!
More fine reviews follow in Gaffa, Joyzine.se, Zero Magazine, Rootstime as well as air play on international stations such as Amazing Radio (UK), Penguin Radio (US) and Radio Compagnie (NL). The single “Clock Stand Still” also found a foot hold on national Swedish Radio P4 during the late days of fall.
This spring we’ll find Josefina working on new material, both sung in Swedish and in English. What it’ll result in time will tell! In the aftermath of the success of last fall we’re releasing on more single from “These Beads Of Blue”.
The sprawling “Do You Remember” was one of the tracks that most frequently were mentioned in the media and on February 10th it was finally out as a single!
“Josefina’s intriguing arrangements and wonderfully crafted melodies has given her mainstay on the Swedish singer/songwriter-scene”
(MIGRATE MUSIC NEWS (US))
“Josefina Sanner is a talented Swedish singer-songwriter who dares to reveal her true feelings in her naked songs”
(ROOTSTIME (BE))
”Hypnotic indie pop from Josefina Sanner” (THE MAD MACKEREL (UK))
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