ARTIST: The Moonbabies
TITLE: Moonbabies at the Ballroom
LABEL: Hidden Agenda Records
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 199kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 42m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-05-29
RIP DATE: 2007-06-05
Track List
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1. 21st Century Heart 2:26
2. War On Sound 3:45
3. Take Me To The Ballroom 3:57
4. Don't Ya Know 3:51
5. Cocobelle 4:02
6. Ratatouille 1:25
7. Walking On My Feet 3:57
8. Shout It Out 3:46
9. The 9th 4:23
10. Weekend A-Go-Go 5:57
11. Dancing In The Sky 5:25
Release Notes:
Moonbabies are possibly one of Sweden's most exciting and adventurous bands.
Since the early 2000's the band has released a suite of high-quality albums and
ep's and toured extensively with sold-out shows in countries like Germany,
Sweden and the USA. Moonbabies have been hyped by both critics and an ever
growing following in the USA, not least in Canada, which may not come as a
surprise since the band share a similair artistic and musical approach with
Canadian acts like The Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene and Stars. Their
anticipated third full-length album will be released by Startracks/V2 in
February-March 2007.
Carina Johansson and Ola Frick enjoy themselves the most, either on stage or
being in their studio surrounded by electronics, microphones and cables. They
met a late night in Malm÷, Sweden, around 10 years ago, and discovered a
strikingly similair taste for great pop songs. After a long hot summer of
performing their favorite covers, while on an inter-rail busking trip all over
Europe, it seemed inevitable to start a band together. Five years later, the
bands material started to take shape and find its exclusiveness. Band-members
came and left, until Ola and Carina eventually decided to continue as a duo, and
in 2001 their debut album 'June and Novas' was released, under the name
Moonbabies.
Out on Seattle indie Duckweed, 'June and Novas', the band's full-length debut,
was a diverse effort of atmospheric lo-fi pop and fuzzed-out guitars, which
without any budget became a minor breakthrough both among the underground music
fans and the critics. The album was proceeded with a monthly long tour in
northern USA and some major festival performances in Scandinavia.
Its follow-up, 2004's 'The Orange Billboard' (licensed through Parasol/Hidden
Agenda in the U.S.) was a decidedly more pop affair, filled to the weist with
razor-sharp classic pop. Moonbabies created their own mini-universe, with a
curious hybrid of old┤n┤new, and succeded to sneak in influences from Kate Bush
and E.L.O. as well as hints of the Flaming Lips and My Bloody Valentine. The
album met praise in the American and Scandinavian music press, and climbed a
month after the release to the 1# position of the charts of Emusic -most
downloaded single and album, February 2004 -and also ended up on the top of many
writer's and music lovers top ten lists later that year.
The band connected with the booking agency Mikrokultur (Death Cab for Cutie,
Arcade Fire and more), and backed up by a cast of invited musicians, Moonbabies
embarked on a tour in Germany, Austria, Denmark and Sweden. By many sold-out
shows and major festival appearances, the band had won the hearts of plenty with
their euphoric performances. Through small-time independent labels and
distribution the album sold a strong 11 000 copies in Europe, North America and
Japan, due to national and college air-play and the word spread through various
blogs and internet communities.
Back with a new-found confidence, the band released "War On Sound Mini Album"
-an 8-song teaser for the upcoming album - on their own label. The song "War On
Sound" -which also will be included on the forth-coming album, was picked out
for a key-scene of the ABC TV-series Grey's Anatomy. Alexandra Patsavas, the
series Music Supervisor also selected the song to appear on the best-selling
"Grey's Anatomy Soundtrack Vol. 2" (Hollywood Records).
During the summer and autumn, the band has finished recording their 3rd
full-length album entitled "Moonbabies at the Ballroom", which will be released
in Scandinavia on March 21, on the high-profile Swedish label Startracks/V2. The
lead-off single from the album is "War on Sound", now officially released for
the first time in Europe, will be accompanied by a delicate retrospace promo
video.