Astrid Cordes is releasing a five song long EP called 'Hurry Up', as the first chapter of an EP-trilogy. Together with the two singles 'Male Lead' and 'Good Time', both of which have received high praise in the media and still are getting a lot of airtime on especially Danish Radio, the three new tracks compile a strong collection of songs, all revolving around solitude.

Cordes elaborates:
“I've pondered a lot about solitude after becoming a mother. Maybe it's because I never get to experience it anymore. On one hand being alone is liberating, on the other it can be quite lonely. There's something powerful about standing on your own, but it can also be a very exposed position. The songs on 'Hurry Up' have become a disclosure of my own aloneness.”

The music is produced by Jacob Brøndlund and recorded live with a band in Copenhagen at Sauna Recoding Studio. The vibrating nerve Cordes' live performances are known for is very present in these songs. They contain a lot of the elements she has gained recognition for on her first solo release, 'Beautiful Mess', which followed the years in the successful indie pop duo Shy shy shy. Still, she has once again managed to renew herself as an artist and develop her expression on this release.

The EP opens with the two previous singles and the first new song we are presented with is 'Strangers Now'. A slow, melancholic composition that drags itself through the rubbles of a ruined friendship. After that we are met with 'Staring at the Ceiling', which in many ways sound like a classic Astrid Cordes-ballad. That is until the chorus sets in with a Motown-like choir arrangement as a response for her plea ”Push me, I wanna fall back in love”. To finish 'Hurry Up' Cordes surprises with her first song in Danish, 'Jeg Venter' (I'm waiting). A grand, dancy discharge of energy that, according to the artist herself, builds a bridge to the next chapter in the trilogy, which is set to be released this fall. That EP will have moved on from loneliness and will instead talk about love, sex and maternity.

What connects the five songs on 'Hurry Up' is Cordes' captivating storytelling. It meanders through a landscape of punchy drums and a steady bass that alternate between driving the tracks forward and holding them back, of colorful synthesizers and celestial electric guitars, but for the first time also of acoustic piano and guitar that brings a warm nearness to the table. This is a release that testify Astrid Cordes as an uncompromising and playful artist, who relentlessly strive to challenge and refine her expression and to make strong, relevant songs.