Label: Lojinx
Released 2/6/14
Known primarily as the lead singer of the early-'90s-formed Swedish indie act the CARDIGANS, NINA PERSSON also went on to front A Camp in the new century before recording her first solo material in 2013. Born in southern Sweden, ERSSON was a relative latecomer to pop music, only beginning to show interest in it when she was well into her teens. After meeting Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson while at art college, PERSSON was asked to front the CARDIGANS even before she'd performed live on-stage. In the mid-'90s they issued four albums -- from 1994's twee, soft-released Emmerdale to 1998's three million-selling Gran Turismo -- while steadily finding further worldwide commercial success with each concurrent release; the band managed to achieve this while gradually pursuing darker themes and sounds along the way.