2012.01.22
Exciting new stuff in the SOPA shop!
First up is the utterly charming old school 7" from Big Daddy Mugglestone And His Cheap Paper Toys. Big Daddy kickstarted the SOPA DELICIOSA-compilation way back when. Read more.
And do you remember the amazing "The Tension Slip" by Per Hoier on the SOPA CURIOSA-compilation? Well, here's the brand-spanking new 12" and CD single from the popmeister himself. We're very proud to stock this gem in the SOPA shop. Individually and unique handmade cover 'n' all. Read more.

2012.01.05
Happy New Year everyone!
Let's start the year of with some great news. First off Girls Love Rallie just got a five-star review of "Son Of Rock'n'Roll" in Denmark's biggest music magazine Gaffa. Read it here!
And Sister Chain & Brother John have finished recording their second album "The Androgyne Show" and it's on the way to the pressing plant. And might we say: The music on this fine piece of vinyl is truly amazing!
We will be celebrating the release on Friday February 24th at HeadQuarters in Aarhus, Denmark. More info on Facebook and our Live Show page.

2011.11.30
Okay, here it is, folks! The brand new album "Son Of Rock'n'Roll" by Girls Love Rallie is released as digital download today! A cd will follow shortly. Buy, pre-order, read more or listen to the whole thing at Bandcamp. We hope you like. We certainly do. In fact we love it! :-)
Here's the deal... we don't what you to feel cheated:
For 8 euro you can buy this album as digital download in various formats.
BUT it's actually a "8 euro or more" donation option. If you choose to pay 10 euro or more AND at the same time include your postal address with your payment, then we will send the limited first pressing of the cd version to you as soon as it's made (we are working on it right now).
Should you experience any problems with this procedure don't hesitate to mail us at sound.of.perpetual.astonishment@gmail.com.

2011.11.18
Here's the line-up for your next SOPA Night! It will be at the Berlin venue Antje Öklesund on December 15th.
On stage: Marzipan Marzipan, Sister Chain & Brother John, 9, Lenny Davies, Big Daddy Mugglestone & Margareth Kammerer and Capt. Daydream (DJ).
Remember that AK Hansn plays at HeadQuarters in Aarhus tonight, that Sister Chain & Brother John play Bristol on November 24th and Marzipan Marzipan play Kugelbahn in Wedding, Berlin, on December 9th. See you out there!

2011.11.17
For your listening pleasure here is an exclusive preview of the brand new Girls Love Rallie album "Son Of Rock'n'Roll" - which will be released by the end of this month.
We also made a website for the album with exclusive content such as acoustic live versions of some of the songs.
Go to www.sopa.dk/sonofrocknroll.

2011.10.26
We are so close (so close it's almost painful) to releasing the new pop masterpiece by Girls Love Rallie. The album is called "Son Of Rock'n'Roll" and features ten brand new songs. The whole shebang was produced by Rune Hedeman (formerly of the band 1234). Dare we say, that SOPA is releasing a record with serious hit potential? In a perfect world, in one word: Yes!
Rallie has recorded a video (filmed in the garden) with a beautiful acoustic version of the song "The Loving Season".
YouTube link here.

2011.10.26
All but one of SOPA's releases are now available for download through Bandcamp. All the compilations are free and the one-artist releases cost money. The last release to be uploaded, "SOPA DELICIOSA", will be with you shortly. Go to Bandcamp here.
Furthermore Bandcamp is now embedded in this website. So when you click on a SOPA-release you can now listen to all the tracks here - as well as download/buy it.

2011.10.25
The SOPA 5 Year Anniversary Show as hoped turned out to be exactly what we hoped for: Good vibes and great music. Most of the acts playing even brought along new material and many took the opportunity to join each other on stage for special duets and arrangements. We've collected some videos and photos from that evening for you. Go here!

2011.10.25
We continue with putting all our SOPA releases on Bandcamp. Two more have found their way. These are compilations so they can be downloaded absolutely free - or you can choose to donate whatever amount you want to support the artists and SOPA.
The first new download is the 8-track EP "SOPA Exclusivo" made for two SOPA Nights in 2009. It features several exclusive tracks (hence the name). Go here to get it!
The second download is the massive 22-track compilation "SOPA Curiosa". A treasure trove of talent, to be quite honest. One fine musical moment after the other. Don't miss out. Go here to get it!

2011.09.04
Sister Chain & Brother John are on their way to Sweden! On September 15th, 16th and 17th they will perform at the Live At Heart Festival in Örebro. Their first performance on the festival (which features around 300 bands) will be at the opening ceremony.
For more info on the festival visit www.liveatheart.se and also check Sister Chain & Brother John's page there!
For even more info, live videos, photos etc. check out our special infopage on the band.

2011.08.08
We made a special website for the 5 year anniversary at www.sopa.dk/5. There you can read about it all. Among other things about the All-Star 5 Year Birthday Bash on August 26th. This will be at HeadQuarters in Aarhus and on stage is Marzipan Marzipan, Agata & Me, A.K. Hansn and... well, who knows? We will have guests from near and far - and also play around a bit with some video. DJ Bjarke Svendsen (booker at the venue Atlas) will spin some great tunes.
Doors open at 20.00, but actually the place is open from the afternoon on, so that's more a figure of speech. Entrance is only 40 DKK (approx. 5 euro). HeadQuarters is located at Valdemarsgade 1, right next to Musikhuset. You can probably hear the music outside when you get closer. See you there!
Oh... and Marzipan Marzipan and Capt. Daydream (DJ) is supporting Frisk Frugt at Atlas the day after. Don't miss!

2011.08.07
SOPA has gone "digital download"! Well, it's also a possibility now anyway. We are in the process of putting all our releases on Bandcamp where you can download them. Some cost money, some (compilations) are free - with an option to donate.
We've made a brand new compilation to celebrate our 5 Year Anniversary this month. It's called "SOPA Cinco". You can get it at http://soundofperpetualastonishment.bandcamp.com alongside most other SOPA releases (the rest will follow shortly).
"SOPA Cinco" contains the best from all five years as well as two brand new songs from two of our soon-to-come releases: Girls Love Rallie's "Son Of Rock'n'roll (on cd) and Sister Chain & Brother John's "The Androgyne Show" (on 100% analogue LP).
Go directly to the compilation at Bandcamp here. And read about on this site here. Enjoy!

2011.08.05
Sister Chain & Brother John are recording the last bits of their second album "The Androdyne Show" right now. If you want a sneak peek into the recordings then have a look at this video where you can hear parts of the title track and the utterly beautiful first single off the album "On The Roof". Go here!

2011.08.03
One of the very best online music shops - Norman Records - is having a sale. Here's your chance to get some SOPA releases at half the normal price! Among the ones on sale are releases that are even no longer available in the SOPA webshop! Here are the direct links:
Nils Gröndahl
Marzipan Marzipan
9
SOPA Deliciosa
Agata & Me
Girls Love Rallie
Delay Lama
SOPA Curiosa

2011.06.21
Marzipan Marzipan has a new music video. With fairgrounds, tigers, ballons and fireworks. What more do you want? It's called "I'm Not Afraid Of Tigers" and was made by Amelia Seymour. Watch on YouTube here.
Also: Marzipan Marzipan will be performing in Denmark in the near future. Details soon! Tonight she plays to shows at Fete De La Musique on Sonnenallee in Berlin.

2011.06.02
Agata & Me will be performing at this year's Fanø Free Folk Festival on the island of Fanø off the west coast of Denmark. The festival takes place from the 23th to 26th of June 2011. They will be performing alongside such acts as Richard Youngs, Alasdair Roberts, Birch Book, Ghost Flute & Dice, Kresten Osgood Og Hvad Er Klokken, Marie-Louise Munck, Aron, Hymns from Nineveh, Snöleoparden and last but not least Peter Laugesen & Singvogel which includes A.K. Hansn in the band.
More info at Fanø Free Folk Festival's Facebook page, the Facebook event and Geiger.
Last year's festival was the first ever and it was well cozy. You can watch some video from it on Vimeo: Part One and Part Two.

2011.05.23
As of writing this Sister Chain & Brother John are hard at work in their home studio in Berlin recording the follow-up to their debut album. The second album "The Androgyne Show" will be out this fall - to coincide with live shows hopefully in your neighbourhood.
If you're in Berlin, though, you can already catch them live on stage on Friday June 10th at the venue Zosch (Tucholskystraße in Mitte) where they will perform alongside They Shoot Horses from around 22.00.

2011.05.22
Now it's getting a bit easier to get hold of some of the nice releases on the SOPA site. If you live in Denmark and you want Sister Chain & Brother John's "Darkness To Warm Your Heart" LP or the latest Marzipan Marzipan cd album you just ask in your local music store for them. Both releases are now distributed by Rillbar Distribution, so the shop should be able to order them home for you, if they don't have them.
Which also means, that if you're a music store reading this, then Rillbar are you go-to-guys if you want to stock these fine releases. And of course you do. ;-)
And by the way, "Darkness To Warm Your Heart" is also available on iTunes and CDBABY (also LP for US customers).

2011.05.21
Marzipan Marzipan now has her very own website! All dot-com and brightly coloured! All you need to know is...
www.marzipanmarzipan.com.
Here you can also buy her latest album on cd.

2011.05.20
We just wanted to let you know that the sold out cd of Agata & Me now is available on iTunes.

2011.05.19
Sister Chain & Brother John went on a small tour of Denmark in March of 2011. Here they played both in Aarhus and Copenhagen (twice). In Aarhus they also took part in a lenghty (and very amusing) radio interview. We have collected a few pictures as well as videos from the shows and of the interview. Enjoy! Go here!

2011.05.18
A little while ago Sister Chain & Brother John were interviewed by a bunny. They admit they were not entirely sober when it happened. But the video is there to prove it... it really was a bunny! Go here to check out the interview and hear about the duo's favourite songs, playing shows "with your ding-dong out" and something about daisies.

2011.04.03
Lots of live shows coming up. Marzipan Marzipan, Sister Chain & Brother John (as The Hunters) as well as 9. Mostly in Berlin. Special mention: Marzipan Marzipan is having the release party for her new cd at Antje Öklesund on April 7th.
Go to the Live Calendar for more info!

2011.03.26
New stuff in the SOPA Shop! Three cds which are all kind of "side projects" of Sister Chain & Brother John.

Spinster Sister is the rocking guitar/vocal duo of Sister Chain and Sister Swamp. On the record they have added drums and bass and the result is "Lucky Drill" - 13 powerful songs that go straight for the jugular. They were recorded between 2001 and 2005 in the studio and live on stage in Paris, Berlin and Tel Aviv.
More info here. Visit Spinster Sister and have a listen at MySpace here.

The last two cds are by The Hunters - the old school country'n'western alter ego of Sister Chain & Brother John. Together with their fellow musicians they take on immortal classics, forgotten gems and a few of their own compositions. Thus channelling the spirit of Johnny & June, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette from the time before the likes of Garth Brooks came along. In short: The good old stuff and the real deal. And they do it well!
Info on "Cowboy Sweethearts" here and "Return of the Honky Tonk Heroes" here. Visit The Hunters and have a listen at MySpace here.