Artist : Melody Club
Album : Fever Fever
Label : Virgin
Genre : Pop
Bitrate : 197 kbps avg
Source : CD Single (1-2 tracks)
Playtime : 00:07:34 (11 MB)
Rls date : 2007-02-15
Store date : 2007-02-00
[Track List]
1. Fever Fever (Radio Edit) 3:39
2. Fever Fever (Emmon Remix) 3:55
ItÆs been nearly five years since Melody Club exploded with their debut single
Palace Station and NME described them as ôAbba with
balls.ö They have definitively worked hard. Since the debut album Music Machine,
they have not only made a follow-up but also given
more than 300 concerts worldwide û for example as main support on Kylie
MinogueÆs Greatest Hits Tour last year.
The band began recording Scream, the third album, in January this year, which
turned out to be an unexpectedly easy process.
Perhaps like the third child in a family û the child that is allowed to play
freely in comparison to the middle child who easily
becomes the opposite to the first child.
û When we worked on the last album, we sometimes
fiddled for hours until we almost went nuts. This time around it was very easy
to get it right, says Jon.
The band claim that they have more confidence on this album than they ever have
had, and have been exploring new exciting roads to
their concrete goal: explosive pop music.
Scream has been mixed in Berlin by Michael Ilbert,
who, among others has been working with the Strokes, Supergrass, and the Hives.
A large part of the album has been produced by the
Swedish pop producer Klas ┼hlund, who is the man behind RobynÆs latest hit
album.
û We have loved Klas since the early days of the Teddybears. We wanted to work
with him to give our music a cool vibe on the dance
floor. The tracks that he has produced have a heavy and raw feeling, says
Kristofer.
Since the recording of Scream could take more time than the previous albums
Music Machine and Face the Music, the band went
through many listening phases.
û I had the time to savour different types of music,
everything from Bee Gees and Fleetwood Mac to the Beatles and Cheap Trick. So
the album ranges from super rock disco and piano
ballads to power pop, says Kristofer.
It is not only KristoferÆs music preference that
characterizes the sound of the band, if anything; it is the diversity of the
membersÆ tastes. The result is pop, with a twist of
unexpected influences.
Unifying the band is their love for timeless pop
melodies, which since the beginning has been Melody ClubÆs core.
û We all agree that the melody is the most important
and let the rest just flow through. It is not for a reason that we are the
Melody Club, says Kristofer.
The music comes to life in KristoferÆs mind and is at an early stage presented
to the other members. This is also how the new single
was made. Late one night, Kristofer called Erik and hummed the melody, who
instantly could tell that Kristofer had something
great going on.
Last year the base player Nicklas Stenemo and the
drummer Andy A joined the band and Melody ClubÆs line-up is united for what is
coming. Melody ClubÆs adventure will not come to a
halt with the third album Scream, which is released on the 8th of November. A
focus on the US is waiting. The band is going west in
the beginning of 2007 to promote At Your Service û a compilation of the best
tracks from the first two albums. They are very
excited to meet their American fans.
û WeÆve already got lots of fan mail from the US.
They want us to come and play there now, says Jon.
All indications are that the Americans will join
Melody ClubÆs unusual broad audience. They themselves believe it is the melodies
that unite the fans. Rarely does the name of a band
reflect their prominent strength in such a way.