RamTatTa - SOFIA – SEARCH & DESTROY

A record featuring a confident, seductive female face on the cover. Songs that are sung solely by a woman, namely Sofia Allard. The instruments and everything else surrounding it were played by producer Carl – Michael Herlöfsson. Mr. Herlöfsson is no stranger in Sweden. He has produced many well-known bands and received a Grammy. Did this give him the upper hand for this project, namely to bring classics of punk rock into a new guise? It's hard to imagine how, for example, “London Calling” would sound re-recorded in the style of lounge music and poppy electro.
My ears actually heard strange sounds while listening. The first listen was a big shock. The second listen shows that singer Sofia can at least sing quite decently. However, one must say that a voice can be made to sound like anything in the studio today. The splashing electro beats are quite similar, and after a few songs, boredom sets in. Singer Sofia tries hard to give the songs a personal touch, a life of their own. This only works to a limited extent.
Why was this project even undertaken? I can't answer that question. Perhaps an old childhood dream? Perhaps education for the electro poppers of this world? In any case, it is quite obscure to drape punk rock classics in a new guise of electropop. That is the only plus point of the record; it is indeed an obscure story. Unfortunately, nothing more.
Label: Wild Kingdom
Distribution: Rough Trade
Release Date: 27.06.2008

SOFIA

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