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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Shaad D'Souza

‘We bonded over losing very good friends in our mid-20s’: the candid, shoegazey dream-pop of Snuggle

‘We went through some existential times’ … Vilhelm Strange and Andrea Thuesen of Snuggle.
‘We went through some existential times’ … Vilhelm Strange and Andrea Thuesen of Snuggle. Photograph: Johanna Hvidtved

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In the hands of Andrea Thuesen and Vilhelm Strange, the band name Snuggle feels more than a little ironic. The Danish duo’s debut album Goodbyehouse, released on the cultishly adored label Escho, derives from a period when the pair’s lives were in a state of major upheaval, and comfort was in short supply. “We had fun – you can hear humour a bit on the album – and we went through some tough times, existential crisis, and you can hear that too,” says Theusen over a video call from her home in Copenhagen.

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