Love Hate Syndrome

”The Love Hate Syndrome” is an emotional condition where everything is either black or white. Feelings are the only thing that exists and they are totally disconnected from the mind. It is raw passion, violent and without boundaries. Either you love, or you hate. You cry or you laugh. Emotions as they turn out when evoked through a musical catharsis.

In the beginning of 2017 the music of Johanna Lillvik was first published. The critics both praised the music and tried to wrap their heads around a description of her sound without any satisfying result. The blend of melodies and rhythm is quite unique and the songs on her 1st full length album will probably create another confusing yet sublime experience. The songs are soulful and chosen with care. They have been played numerous times on live stages and therefore the audiences have played a big part in the creative process as well as her live band since the last few years. The main setting is Johanna on lead vocal and piano, accompanied by drums, bass and trumpet. With such few instruments you might assume that the arrangements would lack alternation, but with Johanna as the band leader no assumption could be more wrong. She throws us into a universe of colours and music where almost anything is allowed.

Johanna Lillvik is the peculiar artist and singer songwriter from the city of Borås in Sweden. She sings and plays her heart out. A powerful female composer who has studied nordic folkmusik, worked as an artist for Cirque du Soleil and released 2 previous records. The 1st was her debut EP released in 2017, and on the 2nd she is feature on the much appreciated Blues Escape in 2020.