Press for "The Lucky Novak Syndrome" (2014):
«a playful and feisty album" Harald Are Lund, NRK
"eclectic and unpredictable" Derek Merrell, Cosmic Jazz, UK radio station
"an essential album" Jazz n Tazz magazine, Greece
"playful and innovative" Frode Hermanrud, Oppland arbeiderblad, Norwegian newspaper
"a band named after Kim Novak deserves to be listened to" Roald Helgheim, Dagsavisen, Norwegian daily newspaper
Press for "Villspor"(2012)
" ... a joyful recording that is thoroughly recommended!" (Australian Jazz Scene).
"Exciting songs with excellent musicians, a sure-fire winner… Throughout the album it’s thrilling to see what waits around the next corner and could there be a better recommendation for any album than that? (Dagsavisen, Norwegian daily).
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Press for "The Lucky Novak Syndrome" (2014):
«a playful and feisty album" Harald Are Lund, NRK
"eclectic and unpredictable" Derek Merrell, Cosmic Jazz, UK radio station
"an essential album" Jazz n Tazz magazine, Greece
"playful and innovative" Frode Hermanrud, Oppland arbeiderblad, Norwegian newspaper
"a band named after Kim Novak deserves to be listened to" Roald Helgheim, Dagsavisen, Norwegian daily newspaper
Press for "Villspor"(2012)
" ... a joyful recording that is thoroughly recommended!" (Australian Jazz Scene).
"Exciting songs with excellent musicians, a sure-fire winner… Throughout the album it’s thrilling to see what waits around the next corner and could there be a better recommendation for any album than that? (Dagsavisen, Norwegian daily).
"SOTU have found something that is theirs alone. I get the impression that the band can be musical fireworks live. SOTU are a fresh new bloom in the Norwegian jazz garden." (Jazznytt, Norwegian jazz publication)
"intense and wild" (Romerikets Blad, Norwegian newspaper)
"a pulsating jazz album, filled with crafty arrangements and imaginative thematic shifts… SOTU provide for a very positive listening experience" (Hamar Arbeiderblad, Norwegian newspaper)
Press for "Sounds of the Unexpected" (2009):
“..interesting, deep & almost haunting at times.” (Cosmic Jazz, UK radio station)
"a vital and colourful sound" (Romerikets Blad, Norwegian newspaper)
"the most important thing is the originality of the songs... with it's dymanic arrangements this album is definitely worth listening to" (Dagsavisen, Norwegian daily)
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