Undone. Again. sees Robin Proper-Sheppard and his Sophia collective return with yet another big bold pop-gem of glittering atmospherics-driven melancholia taken from the forthcoming album Holding On / Letting Go.

Following on from the two previous diametrically opposed album-teasers, the dark sexiness of saxophone-led Alive and the taut angular distortion of the politically charged We See You (Taking Aim), Undone. Again. takes us back to the deep seam of...

Sophia and The Flower Shop Recordings announce new release date of forthcoming studio album ‘Holding On / Letting Go’ and the rescheduled Fall tour dates with a premiere of the noisily brash spit-and-grit of new song ‘We See You (Taking Aim)’ Listen here: https://FlowershopSophia.lnk.to/takingaim

Fall 2020 Tour Dates

  • 11/10/ Brussels (BE) /Botanique
  • 19/11/ Bielefeld (DE) / Forum
  • 20/11/ Schorndorf (DE) / Manufaktur
  • 21/11/ Prague (CZ)
  • ...

Troubadour of broken hearts Robin Proper-Sheppard is back with a brand new Sophia album, set for release on 24 April. “Holding On / Letting Go” is the follow up to “As We Make Our Way (Unknow Harbours)” (2016) and was written, recorded and produced by Robin in Berlin and Wales. As on the previous album Robin enlisted his young troupe of Belgian musicians to play on the album.

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It took nearly 7 years but in 2016 Robin Proper-Sheppard was finally welcomed back to the stage with a new Sophia album. ‘As We Make Our Way (Unknown Harbours)’ was a grand return to force and the live shows revealed a bigger, louder and more epic Sophia. Backed by longtime drummer Jeff Townsin, Robin recruited fresh faces from the Belgian indie scene and with the addition of Bert Vliegen (keyboards/guitar),...

After a nearly seven year hiatus Robin Proper-Sheppard and his Sophia "Collective" are set to reintroduce themselves back into this lovely world of sadness and sorrow with what could arguably be considered, in the world of Sophia at least, one of their most positive and upbeat numbers ever: ‘Resisting’ (https://soundcloud.com/theflowershoprecordings/sophia_resisting)

Don't let the absolute avalanche of an intro, all throbbing low-end and ear-splitting shards of noise and glass,

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After a nearly seven year hiatus Robin Proper-Sheppard and his Sophia "Collective" are set to reintroduce themselves back into this lovely world of sadness and sorrow with what could arguably be considered, in the world of Sophia at least, one of their most positive and upbeat numbers ever: Resisting.

Don't let the absolute avalanche of an intro, all throbbing low-end and ear-splitting shards of noise and glass, fool you. Don't...

five years have passed since the last sophia album ‘there are no goodbyes’. Five years in which robin proper-sheppard released a dazzling solo record ('at home with sophia... the acoustic sessions' in 2011) but no new music. until now…

The stunning and aptly titled ‘it’s easy to be lonely’ is a first taste of what’s to come later this year. It’s classic sophia, but more ambitious and...