We’ve heard Sandra Vilppala before standing in the front of the band Fröken Underbar. Now she’s heading for a solo adventure on an upcoming album she describes as uncensored. She writes: “The album I’ve recorded is telling about my lesbian awakening but is also involving my upbringing in Köping, the journey from inferiority complexes to anti-jante. It’s about banging your head in every wall but refusing to give up. It’s a battle album.” (transl. from Swedish)

To judge from the first two singles, taken from the album, she’s fighting the battle with love and positive energy. We meet a stirring, uplifting and catchy pop in a sound that gives me a sense of a large indoor concert arena, which makes the music feel even more alive and for real. The songs have been produced by Sandra and Christoffer Roth.

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