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With the Cardigans in indefinite hiatus, Swedish leading lady Nina Persson tells TONY CLAYTON-LEAabout being in the driving seat with three-piece A Camp

NEW YORK, MARCH. It is freezing, and flurries of snow whip and wind their way through the streets and avenues. It is tempting to imagine that Nina Persson’s description of the weather sums up the very type of person she is: “cold and gorgeous”. Sweden’s Persson has had a Scandinavian ice queen thing going on for some years now, firstly with the Cardigans and latterly with her side project, A Camp. If the Cardigans’ Persson has the skill to make light of melancholia via a blend of scatty pop and canny rock, then A Camp’s Persson seems to take a far more focused and personal approach in how to balance light and dark.