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REVIEWS

🇧🇪 Belgium

“you can hardly say what makes the biggest impression: is it the fantastic singing together? Is it the ease that the melodies is played with? Is it the great arrangements or the magnificent instrument control?”
Dani Heyvaert – rootstime.be

🇨🇦 Canada

“Fränder is a unique band with a style all their own. If you are a fan of acoustic music and traditional sounds with a modern twist, you owe it to yourself to catch Fränder in action.”
Bryan Williston – spillmagazine.com

“To miss out on hearing Fränder II would be to do yourself a grave disservice. No matter your preferred genre, it is the kind of music that feeds the senses and helps to complete the soul.”
Bryan Williston – spillmagazine.com

🇩🇰 Denmark

“Complex arrangements are performed with extensive musical skills, and especially beautiful are the vocal harmonies due to both lovely voices and an exquisite performance.”
Nils Torslund – rootszone.dk

🇬🇧 UK

“I would normally be tempted to rate a first recording from a band such as Fränder that’s new to me as “promising”, but the maturity and intelligence displayed here goes way beyond that.”
David Kidman – FATEA

“FRÄNDER, formed in 2015, is a promising – no, not promising, delivering – new name on the scene, fully formed in this debut album.”
Andrew Cronshaw – fRootsmag.com

“The catchy tune constantly plays in my head and it is a grand signature for a productive musical career to come.”
folkworld.eu

“An exceptional musical ability is always present, with each musician, drawing from both folk and classical backgrounds”
Derek Copely – irishmusicmagazine.com

“Is prog folk a genre? Then Swedish band Fränder may be a fit, with their mix of bombastic vocals, heavy clashing arrangements and operatic aesthetics.”
Devon Léger – Songlines.co.uk

🇪🇪 Estonia

“They convey their music with a tremendous joy of playing, a powerful energy and, of course, enviable instrumental skills. They captivate their audience.”
Ando Kiviberg – founder of Viljandi Folk Festival

“Kohati on laulude ülesehitus nagu sümfoonial – järelemõtlikkus ja akadeemilisus vaheldub ülevoolava impulsiivse energiaga.”
Epp Jaansoo – eestipaevaleht.se

“Through their music traditions Fränder are creating a solid bridge between the present and the past.”
Margus Haav – ajakirimuusika.ee

🇫🇷 France

“These four musicians compose with happiness and shares their joy of life with a bouquet full of harmonies and beautiful voices.”
Marc Bauduin – Le Canard Folk

🇩🇪 Germany

“Language barriers fade into the background on the album in view of the energetic arrangements and the powerful, harmoniously coordinated solo and choral vocals.”
Nordis.de

“What really excites me is the multitude of melodies, in which all instruments are perfectly matched, and then this feel of time without drums – simply ingenious.”
Sophia Brandt – silence-magazin.de

“This can truly be described as a steep start of their career.”
global-music.de

“Fränder’s second album from Sweden and Estonia evokes a distinct feeling right from the first listen.”
Wolfgang Weitzdörfer – folker.world

🇭🇺 Hungary

“These songs and melodies are really so good that if they get a chance and someone listens to them carefully, they will become anyone’s favorite.”
Tamás Galgóczi – Ekultura.hu

🇳🇱 Netherlands

“Their creativity is so thriving that we’re not confronted with a blank wall, but one that leaves plenty of fascinating perspective.”
Bart Vanoutrive – newfolksounds.nl

🇸🇪 Sweden

“I like their innovating sound of folk music, played with a rock attitude within their mature compositions”
Jonas Linge – LIRA.se

“Inspired by Estonian and Swedish folk music, this quartet makes their own statement.”
Anders Sandlund – pt.se

“A constantly present melancholic touch alongside with an euphoric intensity gives a dynamic range few band can compete with.”
Andreas Jakobsson – ergo.nu