HILMA NIKOLAISEN
PUZZLER

Format proudly presents Puzzler, the debut album by Norwegian psych pop valkyrie Hilma Nikolaisen, and Fysisk Format release nr. 100! Hilma Nikolaisen’s sound and lyrics set out to honour and celebrate the diversity and complexity of what it means to be human. In our times, simplicity is put on a pedestal and worshipped, but through her music, Hilma Nikolaisen points out that human nature is intrinsically chaotic and eclectic - and should be celebrated as such! The idea of myriads of pieces that come together in a larger, complex puzzle is the unifying theme of the album. Written over a long period of time, the nine tracks of Puzzler reach from classic pop (traditions) on tracks like Cloud Nine Rewind and Home Straight Sorries, through the soulful funk of On and On and On, to a more rough edged post-punk nerve present in the first single Word.