Dark and Beautiful Secrets

Normandie are a Stockholm trio – with frontman Philip Strand, completed by guitarist Håkan Almbladh and drummer Anton Franzon – following the incredible success of White Flag, which has amassed over 25 million streams. Into the great unknown, Dark and Beautiful Secrets will soon take its first steps. Where it lands and what happens next is one secret yet to be revealed, however. But for Normandie, the hardest part is over.

The process of letting go is the reward. “I’ve just gone with my gut on this,” Philip says proudly. “This is our sound, it’s my story and we’re not trying to copy anybody else. I can see us playing arenas with this album, but I could also see us going under with it. This album does not play it safe.” He need not fret too much about that though, because nothing great ever really does...