A Friend In London

Genre: Rock
Secondary Genre: Pop Copenhagen, Not Applicable Denmark Contact

Since 2008 AFIL won the European Bodog Million Dollar Battle of the Bands, toured Ontario, Canada 4 times including: NXNE (North by North East) Canadian Music Week & Toronto’s #1 morning show Breakfast TV. Finished Top 5 of forty-three participating countries in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.

Artist Information

Biography

A FRIEND IN LONDON was formed in 2005 when 4 guys met at a art school for music and theatre in Vostrup, Denmark. From day one the hunt for powerful and catchy melodies was the main focus of the band. Through the past years AFIL has been touring Denmark with more than 100 shows refining the expression of their work. The music combines the simplicity of boy-band pop with the complexity of British influenced indie rock backed by powerful choir arrangements.

In 2008 A FRIEND IN LONDON won the European final of the Bodog Million Dollar Battle of the Bands, with more than 40.000 bands from around the world participating. This event ignited a spark for the band in Canada and since 2009 there has been 4 successful tours in the province of Ontario, including shows at NXNE (North by North East) & Canadian Music Week, as well as a performance at Breakfast TV, the no.1 morning show in Toronto, ON.

2011 has been a defining year for A FRIEND IN LONDON. The band was chosen to represent Denmark in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest and finished in the Top 5 out of forty-three participating countries. AFIL has been working on their highly anticipated debut album with North American producer David Bottrill (Tool, Muse, Placebo, Coheed and Cambria) with a release set for 2012.

Welcome to the FRIEND zone!!

Instrumentation

Tim Schou - Guitar, Lead Vocal
Aske Damm Bramming - Bass, Vocal
Sebastian Vinther Olsen - Lead guitar/ Vocals
Esben Svane - Drums, Vocal

Discography

CALLING A FRIEND - SINGLE (iTunes: Aug 23, 2011)
1. Calling A Friend

NEW TOMORROW - SINGLE (iTunes: Mar 8, 2011)
1. New Tomorrow

A FRIEND IN LONDON EP (iTunes: Nov 3, 2009)
1. What a Way
2. The Light
3. Freddie

OUT OF TRACK (iTunes: Oct 26, 2009)
1. Time Took My Words
2. Break and fall
3. Me and my Heart
4. It's Odd

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Audio

Video

Photo Gallery

  • A Friend In London 2011

  • AFIL jacob schou

Press

  • From Denmark: A Friend In London [+ Show ]

    Rhythmically diverse grooves underline simplicity as it threads its way through masterful arrangemen...

  • Canada Welcomes A Friend In London [+ Show ]

    Somewhere amongst the busy streets of Denmark's capital Copenhagen, you can find Tim Schou: visionar...

  • Canadian Music Week 2010 Snapshot [+ Show ]

    All the way from Copenhagen, Denmark, came A Friend in London. The music of this four-piece band has...

  • A Friend In London / Horseshoe Tavern / Toronto, Canada / March 16th, 2010 [+ Show ]

    The Danish band A Friend In London, a curious moniker for a quartet of musicians from Scandinavia, r...

  • A FRIEND IN LONDON /// 3-TRACK SAMPLER [+ Show ]

    Catchy and Trafficable. It’s not an album. It’s not long enough for an EP. It’s a three-track fre...

  • Denmark has A Friend In London [+ Show ]

    Danish Rock band A Friend In London, fronted by vocalist and primary songwriter Tim Schou, who is co...

  • A FRIEND IN LONDON MAKES FRIENDS IN CANADA (NXNE review) [+ Show ]

    Straight out of Copenhagen, A Friend in London offers an eclectic fusion of sounds on their latest E...

  • BODOG MILLION DOLLAR BATTLE [+ Show ]

    STENGADE30 - 10/22/2007 Singer songwriter Tim Schou played powerful, commercial songs backed by a g...

  • Icarus Club - Review April 23th 2009 [+ Show ]

    A Friend In London are an excellent four-piece band from Copenhagen. Two of the band, Tim Schou ...

Setlist

The following months our set list will consist of songs from our debut album:

1. Unite
2. Are You Lost
3. Calling A Friend
4. Rocket
5. Messed Up Weekends
6. Out of my hands
7. Rest From The Streets
8. Get Rich In Vegas
9. Stage Dive
10. New Tomorrow
11. Time Took My Words
12. Solo Machine
13. The Light
Xtra: Running Cities

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Calendar

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