Sodl

.ೃ࿔ merch & more at https://sodl-music.com .ೃ࿔ Anyone who mistakes Sodl’s forest-fairy aesthetic for a dreamy folk act will be in for a rude awakening with hits like I am a Woman and Mary, The Anarchist. This year’s winner of the Austrian Amadeus Music Award in the FM4 category doesn’t shy away from harsh contrasts — she celebrates them, with Heavy Distortion and flowers in her Rapunzel hair. With Sheepman, the 22-year-old unveils her self-produced debut album — a tightrope walk between fairytale escapism and feminist outcry. Amid mystical beings, devotion, and female desire, she sings about structural oppression and the struggle for space and visibility as a woman. Musically, the songwriter from Austria’s Salzkammergut region wraps her poetic lyrics in the raw sound of the 1990s. Accompanied by her band — Matthias Pfaffl on drums, Paulina Scholz on violin, and Leo Weidinger on bass — Sodl has performed at renowned events such as the opening of the Wiener Festwochen, the Popfest, and as a support act for Bilderbuch. She has also appeared internationally, including at the Sound of Europe Festival in Turkey, the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, ESNS in Groningen and on tour with Cari Cari throughout Switzerland. In 2026, she will be touring through Austria and Germany. "Sodl's “Sheepman” may well be another step towards global indie folk fame. Perhaps we will soon see the early twenty-something standing on stage with Adrienne Lenker or Alice Phoebe Lou." (FM4)