H. Self
Thursday August 7
“I’m a genius and you’re not.” Sometimes you just don’t want to write a longer press release than that. Otherwise, just this to add: listen for yourselves. It’s H. Self (known in everyday life as Henric Hammarbäck) who wrote the line, from the song “Hade Jag Bara Sluppit Skador”. Sweden’s country music Muhammad Ali is already earning glowing reviews before the first bell has even rung. Cocky is cool. But he delivers on his promises. Total knockout. After two critically acclaimed albums in English, he released his debut in Swedish, “Skälva”, last year. The follow-up entitled ’Efterskalv’ was released earlier this year. Somehow his music just felt more urgent and relevant in his native language, and he’s been making waves ever since. Don’t miss Sweden’s outlaw country extraordinarie at Stay Out West!
