Review by The Tea Room Music, UK January 17 2011
“Maini’s new single ‘Let Me Do Your Time’ is a good example of Euro club music- within seconds of the song beginning, you can imagine yourself dancing away in Ibiza. The music is fairly strong – there is a heavy techno background to it with a good melody, composed by Maini herself. The production and arrangement is fantastic and makes the instrumental parts of the track highly enjoyable”..
See the video here Maini – Let Me Do Your Time
Review of Someday in The Rocker UK, December 23 2010:
“Ms Sorri sings mainly in English, although the lyrics are translations of her original Swedish lyrics, and comes across a bit like a Corr meeting Enya. Which sounds better than it writes. The lead track, in particular, is a fine piece of soft rock that could easily pick up play on BBC Radio 2. As could ‘I Am Leaving’, which has an excellent melody and some good harmonies”.
Review of Someday in Fatea Magazin UK, October 2010:
“The standard for Scandinavian pop was set so high in the 70s that it’s never really been bettered, Swedish based Finn, Maini Sorri is the latest to give it a go with five track ep/mini album “Somebody”. In fairness it’s a reasonable release, classic pop sensibilities, made slightly more exotic by Maini’s accent and the way she attacks certain words and phrases, it makes you give it a second take, but ultimately there is a feel of radio fodder about most of the album, until she gets to the reprise of “I’m Leaving”, “Lahden Yksin” sung in her own language feels on the mark”.
This is a Swedish newspaper article translated by google translater:
Great, Maini!
Maini Sorri takes her “Someday” to the top.
Maini Sorri from Uppsala – basically piano and voice teacher with a background in Tierp – has advanced to the second spot on the British music world Radio Top 20 Charts.
The list was a spine-chillers for Maini this time. Two of the artists on the Top 10 had been pushed out. Number two and number one remained to be present. Be Maini among them? Luckily, she kept her place at the top also climbed up one position. World music radio’s head was a presenter for the list and said Maini was a strong runner and could have won if not it shocking happened to an American band went straight from the bubble into first place on the list. It had only happened once so far in the history list. Maini has until now been seven weeks in the top five in the top.
Reviews in the British press has been very positive, here is a quote:
“Sorri’s inner beauty shines through …. this Scandinavian singer-songwriter sure delivers sophisticated pop. Nobody can question her finely honed song craft “.
(All Gigs, Elly Roberts)
This article Toppen, Maini was published in Gefle Dagblad Nöje 27th of October 2010. I just found it on internet.
MAINI SORRI – SOMEDAY EP: Scandinavian singer-songwriter Maini Sorri sings English translations of Finnish originals. As she seeks to become more widely known in the UK, Sorri releases her Someday and hasn’t anything to be apologetic for (pardon the play on words!). Combining pop and folk elements with a vaguely Corrs meets Carpenters meets Abba sensibility, Sorri’s material is classic sounding and European embracing. There’s a keen sense of melody, a lovely voice to deliver the romantic lyrics (whether hopeful or downbeat) and an appreciation for classic song-writing values. Admittedly, there’s a Radio 2 vibe attached to it, but with Celtic influences hinted at on a track like I Am Leaving and a Corrs/Cranberries style of delivery to enhance the vocals on the title track, this is a pleasant enough listen that passes the time amiably.
Rating: 3 out of 5
EP Review: Someday – Maini Sorri by Piers Ford 30 September
Someday: deceptively simple lyrics combine with melancholic undertones to generate an ABBA-esque frisson
Not everyone can take a quirky little ditty and make it credible. It takes sincerity, a deal of musical sensibility and a belief in the ultimate message of a song that is probably greater than the sum of its parts. Maini Sorri seems to have the ability in spades. How about this for a couplet?
“Truth is you were selfish and a phoney.
I shouldn’t have trusted you and your baloney.”
It’s one of my favourite snippets from her new EP Someday, a small collection of five songs that frequently reveal a melancholy undercurrent beneath their whimsical lyrics and well-crafted melodies. Does that sound reminiscent of a certain other Scandinavian outfit? I’m not suggesting that there are huge similarities between Sorri’s work and the nuances of Benny and Bjorn’s finest numbers. But in the deceptive simplicity of lyrics that can sound banal, even childlike, at the first hearing before they work their way under your skin, and the layered arrangements, guitar-driven and piano-based, with their minor accents, it’s impossible not to detect a hint of ABBA’s mastery of the accessible pop tune with the dark back story. And it’s no surprise that she cites Agnetha Faltskog as one of her main singing influences.
Sorri is a Finn who lives mainly in Sweden and is gifted with a pure, crystalline voice that easily covers the ground between pop and the more mainstream reaches of modern folk. Her accent – more shades of that ABBA-like appeal – gives these songs an air of innocence, a lack of guile, that surely belies her all-round musical strengths. She knows exactly what she’s doing and the sound she wants to achieve, and the result is a modest little box of jewels, from the catchy, twinkling intro of the title track (don’t be fooled, it soon gets elemental and philosophical, and has its eye on the great hereafter) to the gently contemptuous “I Shouldn’t Have Trusted You” (source of the baloney reference) and the sadly defiant “I Am Leaving”, which is also offered in Finnish as “Lahden Yksin”.
My first thought on playing “Someday” was that it has a certain Eurovision quality – in a good way. I don’t know if Sorri has tried her luck yet in the Finnish or Swedish selection processes for the contest, but reading her thoughtful and intelligent blog posts on the subject, I wouldn’t be surprised if she has ambitions in that direction. With a growing following – not just in Europe but also in the US and Canada – this could be a prime time for her to make that particular move.
“The Art Of a Torch Singer”
“SOMEDAY”, by MAINI SORRI, on Reya Music, Review in County Times
Released next Monday, this EP has five songs by Scandinavian singer songwriter and composer Maini Sorri, who has been making a name for herself right across Europe and beyond.
With a Finnish background, Sorri has lived for most of her life in Sweden, but has also worked with an American songwriter and an Italian artist on various projects. These have included the Sorriso band, which released an EP last January.
The new EP opens with a springy “Someday”, which is also to be released individually as a single. It’s followed by the more interesting “I Am Leaving”, and the sweet Euro sound of “I Shouldn’t Have Trusted You” with some amuzing phrases and rhymes. “Like An Angel” sounds a little rushed but is still fine before the final song in Finnish “Lahden yksin” and your guess as to what it’s about is as good as mine. Still the band works hard and the set is well produced to introduce Sorri for British music fans.
A great review by Elly Roberts at AllGigs in UK gave Someday 4 stars of 5 possible:
“This Scandinavian singer-songwriter with a Finnish background (but resides in Sweden) sure delivers sophisticated pop.”
“Nobody can question her finely honed songcraft, the result of studying music and realizing a Bachelor of Arts degree”.
“No doubt some muso-minded playlist compilers will pick up on this delightful piano-based ditty, that builds up to a hefty crescendo, fully deserves a big audience. Elsewhere, the remaining songs have real depth and are equally playable for radio, particularly Lahden Yksin.”
Elly Roberts also played Someday at his radio show THE PLUG sept 27 at CalonFM. According to THE PLUG’s website Elly Roberts has been a local and international DJ for over 30 years, and performed in Greece, Holland, Spain and Los Angeles, USA. He is now a freelance music journalist and broadcaster and makes regular contributions to BBC Wales etc.
Thank you for asking me where you can buy my CD Someday. Someday is now available worldwide. Here I give you adresses to Someday’s page at some webshops. If your favourite webshop isn’t on the list, you can search for Someday there anyway because it should be available almost everywhere around the world.
Someday is available as a download. You can buy the whole album with 5 tracks or just some of the tracks if you want.
You are welcome to find Someday at CDBaby , Amazon.com , Tesco Entertainment, Itunes and CDON
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You can listen to Someday here at my website, at Spotify and at Myspace.
Read a great review of Someday by IndieLondon september 13 2010
My EP Someday was released in UK yesterday Monday September 13. Today I got the first review from London. I can’t believe this, I couldn’t dream about such a great review! See it with your own eyes here at IndieLondon Scroll to eighth review. Isn’t it amazing? I feel very happy! This really made my day!
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