You might know a bit about love in a hopeless place, but HandS (Hakon and Sofie) deliver a searing dose of electronic pop so raw and emotionally charged it could singe the strongest heartstring. With piercing vocals and sizzling synths over pulsing bass lines, the Norwegian duo's sound is prime, club-rocking gold. Scandinavia know's what's up, so acquaint yourselves and get ready for the HandS action that's only just getting started.
Tell us your story - when did you start making music, when did you meet and how did that bring you to HandS?
Well, our story is quite complicated and also quite weird! We met the day I (Sofie) turned 18. We saw each other, shared a kiss and then it all started. We hung around for a while and made the band Micropops. We toured Norway, and had some radio success, but after a while we decided to do something bigger. We wanted to challenge ourselves and began writing more complicated and bigger pop melodies. That led us from Bergen to the neon lights of London.
What led you to your namesake, HandS?
The name came along when we were on our way from a writing session at Hakons cabin - beautiful food, the sea, nature, silence and LOTS of wine. We made No Romance that day. The silence was quickly evolved to heavy electro beats. On our way back to Bergen, Mikal, our manager, sent us a text and Hakon wrote back and ended the text with H and S...and we were like.. woaaaaaah, it's us! It's the name of our band!
What are the elements of and how would you describe your sound? Are there any musical influences that have inspired it?
I (Hakon) usually arrange melodies on my guitar and Sofie gets involved with ideas. The lyrics mostly come from Sofie's broken heart. Sometimes it works completely differently. It just happens. Then I visit producers we like and work hard on the sound to make it sound HANDS. Our sound is dark, down to earth, quite original and advanced, but at the same time a million miles a way on some other planet in the pop universe. This planet is big, anthem and hot. if that makes sense. The thing is.. On the one hand we love The XX, Weekend, Grimes. On the other Rihanna, Robyn and such. We see, feel and make music from a broad genre of pop artists and want to connect an underground pop sound with something bigger.
What are your plans and what do you hope to accomplish in the short and longer term?
The most inportant thing for us now is to get to show the world what we've been working with, and make people understand that we're born to do this. We have grown over many years. We release on a sub label of Telle Records who discovered Royksopp and Annie and want to be as influencing as they've been. We want people to feel, to dance, to love what we do even if lyrics sometimes are dark. Wake Up is just the beginning of HANDS.
Tell us your story - when did you start making music, when did you meet and how did that bring you to HandS?
Well, our story is quite complicated and also quite weird! We met the day I (Sofie) turned 18. We saw each other, shared a kiss and then it all started. We hung around for a while and made the band Micropops. We toured Norway, and had some radio success, but after a while we decided to do something bigger. We wanted to challenge ourselves and began writing more complicated and bigger pop melodies. That led us from Bergen to the neon lights of London.
What led you to your namesake, HandS?
The name came along when we were on our way from a writing session at Hakons cabin - beautiful food, the sea, nature, silence and LOTS of wine. We made No Romance that day. The silence was quickly evolved to heavy electro beats. On our way back to Bergen, Mikal, our manager, sent us a text and Hakon wrote back and ended the text with H and S...and we were like.. woaaaaaah, it's us! It's the name of our band!
What are the elements of and how would you describe your sound? Are there any musical influences that have inspired it?
I (Hakon) usually arrange melodies on my guitar and Sofie gets involved with ideas. The lyrics mostly come from Sofie's broken heart. Sometimes it works completely differently. It just happens. Then I visit producers we like and work hard on the sound to make it sound HANDS. Our sound is dark, down to earth, quite original and advanced, but at the same time a million miles a way on some other planet in the pop universe. This planet is big, anthem and hot. if that makes sense. The thing is.. On the one hand we love The XX, Weekend, Grimes. On the other Rihanna, Robyn and such. We see, feel and make music from a broad genre of pop artists and want to connect an underground pop sound with something bigger.
What are your plans and what do you hope to accomplish in the short and longer term?
The most inportant thing for us now is to get to show the world what we've been working with, and make people understand that we're born to do this. We have grown over many years. We release on a sub label of Telle Records who discovered Royksopp and Annie and want to be as influencing as they've been. We want people to feel, to dance, to love what we do even if lyrics sometimes are dark. Wake Up is just the beginning of HANDS.
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