With Danish National Radio favourites 'Not Gonna Die Tonight', 'Male Lead' and the latest single 'Dancing Cranes' Astrid is well rooted on
the Danish alternative pop scene. In the spring she began her ambitious project 'Hurry Up and Kiss Me While the Baby's Still Asleep' – an autobiographic EP trilogy which is about her experiences on becoming a mother for the first time. On October 21 her new EP and 2nd chapter ‘Kiss Me’ in the trilogy will be released.



Astrid tells us about the process:

“I have chosen not to wrote all the songs beforehand because I wanted this release to have a documentary spin and to hopefully give it a more honest and rough feel. I often think of my songs as a photographer with a polaroid camera. I see my songs as a photograph of where I am at in my life at a certain moment in time. For ‘Kiss Me’ I was working with the dogma that all songs had to be about love.”



The 4-track EP is dedicated to the love that os the very foundation of starting a family. ‘Unwinding’ which kicks off the EP is a songs for Cordes’ mother and in very subtle phrases and soft whiskers it describes the relation between mother and daughter. 'Dancing Cranes' which was also the first single from the new EP is a more direct track with its pulsating guitars and a melody that leaves room for deep sighs, an explosive climax and a song that is basically about having sex on the living room floor. New single 'Heather & Pine’ sets the tempo even higher and flirts a little bit with a country vibe when Cordes backed by acoustic guitar and piano sings about how important it is that we remember to prioritize each other in a relationship. The EP closes with a song for Cordes’ daughter ‘Let Them Hear Every Step You Take’ which we have previously heard in a stripped down live session. In the studio version the song builds from acoustic guitar and vocals recorded in a way that makes it sound as if Astrid is setting right next to you in the living room, to rocking electric guitar, big choir, heavy drums and floating bells.

Trough all the tracks she manages to balance the romantic with the sober and even when she is most fragile, the dirty, distorted guitar still has a role which ensures that the EP never becomes sentimental. 



Cordes marks the 2nd chapter of her EP trilogy with a big DK headliner tour that bring her all over Denmark with her 6-person band. In the spring 2023 the last chapter of the EP trilogy 'Baby's Still Asleep’ will be released after which the three EP’s will be put together on a double vinyl.