Artist Information Biography "Beautiful starry songs....2009 will be the year of Kill Krinkle Club"  -State Magazine, Jan '09, www.state.ie                           "Does the Truth About The Kill Krinkle Club Lie Within White Trees? Who is Krinkle and why does this half Swedish, half Irish club known as The Kill Krinkle Club want to kill him? Is he the old, cranky next-door neighbor with teeth that resemble shriveled baked-beans? A past disciplinary who made their lives a living hell? An internal metaphor? -www.walrusmusicblog.com _____________________________________________________ Kill Krinkle Club are Justin & Elina, a Dublin based Irish/ Swedish duo who attempt to make music that is a little bit strange, a little bit fairytale, a little bit mischievous, a little bit magical & a whole lot beautiful. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bits of news in '09... * playing 2 shows at Electric Picnic, Laois Sep  5th . Line-up includes Brian Wilson, Bat For Lashes, Flaming Lips, MGMT, Efterklang. (www.electricpicnic.ie) *playing Halifax Pop Explosion with Final Fantasy, The Acorn, Herman Dune *played 3 shows at NXNE Festival in Toronto, Canada including a show with No Age at Whippersnapper Art Gallery,  www.nxne.com * filmed a Take Away Show for La Blogotheque in Toronto (www.blogotheque.net/-Concerts-a-emporter-). Show highlights include Arcade Fire in a lift, The National in a castle & Beirut on the Parisian streets. *played Sound City Festival May 23rd in Liverpool with White Lies, Telepathe, Clinic, The Zutons.... www.liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk *selected to play the IMRO showcase tour 2009 *featured as one of State Magazine's (www.state.ie) bands of 2009 in January edition. Includes 2 page photo spread, quick interview & photo on the cover. * released a limited edition 7" Double A-sidesingle along with Irish Tour * release a debut album 'The Night Was So Quiet It Hurt The Boys Ears' in Feb '10 on Toy Ship Records. * featured as an Artist Spotlight in the Musicians Atlas (US) 2009 edition (www.musicianatlas.com) *recorded a RTE 2fm radio (Irish national broadcaster) session for Dan Hegarty's show aired May 25th. __________________________________________________________________________ In 2008 Kill Krinkle Club..... *gave a Swedish National Radio P3 interview + songs on P3 lab show. *had 'White Trees' featured in the top 50 songs of 2008 by the influential 5acts blog (www.5acts.com) *played the Halifax Pop Explosion Oct 20-25 in Canada with Islands & Holy Fuck. Previous performers include Arcade Fire, Elliot Smith, Cat Power & Broken Social Scene. *were Chicago's Venuszine Magazine Band Of The Month for May *played the Dublin Fringe Festival in September. *Remixed Canon Blue's 'Odds & Ends' released on Rumraket label as a B-side for said single. *had a full page feature interview in Swedish newspaper NSD. *played a London headline gig in April. *played Hard Working Class Heroes Festival in September in Dublin (www.hwch.net) *were CMJ/ Sonicbids Artist of the Week in Feb '08. * had New York DJs The Misshapes Remix  'Lakes'. *Signed licensing deal with the highly reputable LA company Aperture Music. Aperture's film credits include Donnie Darko & The Big Lebowski. *wrote a song for a special Indiecater Records Christmas album curated by popular bogger MP3hugger (www.mp3hugger.com) Instrumentation Justin Commins (vocals, guitar, accordion, keyboards, banjo) Elina Bergman  (vocals, melodica, keyboards, clarinet, sampler) Live Band: Mick Orange (drums) Elton Spelman (bass) Gordon Wyper (trumpet) Discography Limited Edition 7" Double A-side single of Little Men & Lakes released on Toy Ship Records August 7th '09 "The Bloody Murder Of Krinkle"  April '08 release on iTunes & eMusic & physical sales through Road Records sold out  (www.roadrecs.com) "Songs Of Noel" December '08 Christmas song released on Indiecater Records compilation. Links http://www.myspace.com/killkrinkleclub Live in Toronto video Kill Krinkle Club Live @ Muzu TV myspace