Artist focus: Winter Took His Life
Susanna Brandin, alias Winter Took His Life, is Gothenburgs latest big promise in the singer/songwriter genre. Susanna’s trademark is her light and soaring voice along with her fingerpicking guitar. The music is enhanced by her ingenious and heartfelt lyrics.
Susanna, born 1984 in Alingsås, Sweden, spent her first 18 years in a blue house surrounded by guitars and Evert Taube. After graduating from the music program at Alströmergymnasiet in 2003, she left her hometown for Boston. She spent a year in this fantastic city and was lucky enough to meet friends there that introduced her to Open Mics. Encouraged by and with a little help from these new-found friends she also recorded her first demo in Boston.
With the demo in hand and some of her stage fright conquered she started playing more and more gigs both in Sweden as well as abroad, including two US tours. In 2005 she recorded and released the EP The Cold Took His Life. She sent the EP to music producer Julius Andersson at Dunkers Culture center in Helsingborg, Sweden, who loved what he heard and signed her to his new label Bless The Press Records. During 2006 Susanna recorded her debut album you know...
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"When I spoke of love, then I spoke of you" (CD)
A romantic and stripped down record, the special effects are minimized so as to put the focus on the vocals and the melody. Both Julius and Maja have voices that by themselves are interesting but it’s in the meeting between the two, when the voices weave together, that you understand why this band separates from other singer/songwriter acts out there. The record is the perfect soundtrack on a rainy Tuesday afternoon when you’re home skipping work.
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