FESTIVAL - Supporting Program: SOPHIE HUNGER
MORE AND MORE POPULAR SOPHIE HUNGER BACK IN PRAGUE
“Like a young Polly Harvey, she’s hard to ignore. This is an obsessive, spooky and beautiful music,” writes the influential Mojo magazine on Sophie Hunger. Her musical life reads like a fairy tale. Totally unknown two years ago, the 27 year old Swiss singer has been on the road ever since, sharing stages with some of the country’s most successful artists, from Erik Truffaz to The Young Gods. Sophie Hunger owes this recognition as much to her incredible talent as to the word of mouth that followed every one of her performances. She recorded her debut album at home in just a few days, released it on her own label and very quickly became the scene and the critic’s darling. The record was a slow burner, slowly evolving from the underground cult hit it was at first to becoming a huge commercial success. Hunger’s performance at the Eurosonic festival in January 2010 was described as “one of the best gigs of the entire festival”. She is one of the fastest rising stars in Europe: in past months, she performed in Paris in Olympia, at the Montreal Jazz Festival and was one of the best surprises at the Colours of Ostrava last summer.
