Remember Enorma Sass from our compilation “A Good Crop”? They have now changed their name to NORMA SASS, and things have really started to roll for this band now. Seems to be a combination of pure talent and lots of luck (and of course everything started with the Eardrums compilation, I’m sure! ).

This is what has happened so far: First, the Eardrums compilation, as you know,… Then:

* They were chosen as “Ukas Urört” (“this week’s untouched”) on Norwegian broadcasting corporation’s (NRK) website for new and unsigned bands, NRK Urört.

* They were asked to play at Öya-festivalen in Oslo, which is a very popular festival in the middle of Oslo (… and I’m deliberately using the letter Ö instead of the Norwegian/Danish letter  Ø here, because the Norwegian letters seem to become messy on this blog for some unknown reason).

* When I spoke to them during the “A Good Crop” process, their dream was to play on By:Larm (Scandinavias largest music conference, – sort of SXSW in Norway). They sent in their demo, but was not chosen to be one of the participants. Recently, one of the artists who originally were going to play at the festival had to cancel, and who got the job instead? Well, you guessed it, Norma Sass!

and if that weren’t enough…

Every year there is a concert series in Norway called Zoom, sort of like a national “battle of the bands” thing. This years winner was announced today, and guess who? NORMA SASS!
The winner of Zoom will go on a 16 concert tour around Norway paid for by the organizations behind the Zoom arrangement. All the previous winners are well known names in Norway now, and some have made it abroad, like Ida Maria, 120 Days and The Jessica Fletchers.

So, talent or luck? I will say a huge bit of both! I’m really looking forward to seeing what the next step for these girls will be. Congratulations and our best wishes from us to them!

LISTEN HERE:

MP3: Norma Sass – Japan

MP3: Norma Sass – In The Playground

MP3: Norma Sass – June