Moonbabies
Berlin, Berlin, Germany | SELF
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Press
"Their suave arrangements works like a fine aftershave you'd be remiss to forget." Kurt Orzeck, Harp Magazine (Nov 2005)
"War on Sound" by the Moonbabies is one of my favourite new tracks of the year." Alexandra Patsavas Music supervisor (The O.C., Grey's Anatomy) (Dec 2005)
"Moonbabies do it their way, from start to finish, with astoundingly assured results." Jon Langmead, Pop Matters (Sept 2005)
"Another strong effort from this underappreciated Swedish duo, which keep clearing pathways between pop and places without a postcard." Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide (Sept 2005) - Misc
On their fourth album, this indie-pop duo -- multi-instrumentalists/ songwriters Carina Johansson and Ola Frick -- create what finally could be their Stateside breakthrough. Whether it's the gauzy, Fleetwood Mac-tinged harmonies of the hangover plaint "War on Sound" (heard last year on Grey's Anatomy) or "Shout It Out," which reconfigures a familiar guitar hook via Phil Spector, the Moonbabies deftly mix the accessible and the bizarre (two short, burbling synth instrumentals), assembling marvelously eclectic but still coherent pop. - Peter Gerstenzang
Discography
CD & 12":
NEW ALBUM (TBA) - 2009
MOONBABIES AT THE BALLROOM - 2007
THE ORANGE BILLBOARD - 2004
JUNE & NOVAS - 2001
CDS & 7":
TAKE ME TO THE BALLROOM - SINGLE 2007
WAR ON SOUND - SINGLE 2007
WAR ON SOUND MINI ALBUM - EP 2005
STANDING ON THE ROOF - EP 2003
WE'RE LAYABOUTS - EP 2001
AIR >>> MOON >>> STEREO - EP 1999
Heavy Collage and National Airplay for songs like "War on Sound" , "Take me to the Ballroom" & "Sun A.M."
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Bio
The Moonbabies is a Swedish duo formed by core members Ola Frick and Carina Johansson. Ola and Carina got together and began writing songs and gigging throughout their home city of Malmo, Sweden. After a couple of years playing around with different set-ups and styles, their debut 7", 'Air>>>Moon>>> Stereo' EP was released. After quite some success with the EP, they got signed by US label Duckweed Records who released their debut album 'June and Novas', which met near unanimous critical approval for its blending of glimmering guitar lines, complex electronic and experimental passages, and hauntingly ethereal vocals. Moonbabies got praised by the American music press and was described as "not just the best of their country but ours as well " by one admiring American critic and "an impressive marriage of traditional indie pop and modern electronic production" by another.
Their diverse music has been called "dream pop", "album rock", "mood pop", and "experimental underwater moods." Their strong melodic songs run the gamut from lulling to heavy rock, and their less traditional instrumental pieces often incorporate elements of classical music, psychedelia, and electronica. Tracks from 'June and Novas' got heavy rotation on Swedish National Radio, and impressive amounts of sale and attention for a small indie release.
Moonbabies needed exactly one album to establish themselves as the architects of some of the most exquisite 21st century pop. Compared to the likes of Grandaddy, My Bloody Valentine, Sgt Pepper era Beatles, Kate Bush and Jim O'Rourke. After the release of 2001's 'We're Layabouts' EP, Moonbabies did their first US tour and successfully headlined a dozen venues in the western USA. The following year Moonbabies released another critically acclaimed EP titled 'Standing on the Roof / Filtering the Daylight', which illustrated a significant departure from the Moonbabies' known brand of indiepop, and a change towards a more mature and sophisticated songwriting. After its release the band signed on to the Swedish label Chalksounds, to Hidden Agenda/Parasol in the USA and to Vinyl Junkie Records in Japan.
The band released their second full-length album 'The Orange Billboard', their most ambitious work to date, in January 2004. The album features a wonderful journey through the finest pop songs the band ever written and was praised with fantastic response from the critics and listeners. The band toured extensively throughout 2004 in Europe.
The Single/Mini-album "War on Sound" was released in 2005 and became an immediate indie-anthem and followed success on radio and TV-shows like Grey's Anatomy.
In 2007 the band was signed by legendary swedish label Startracks, and released "Moonbabies at the Ballroom" a somewhat more constructed and song-oriented album, inspired by Phil Spector and The Beatles. Highlights of the album included the single "Take me to the Ballroom", "Shout it Out", "Walking on my Feet" and "Cocobelle" which all were frequently aired on collage radio world-wide and included in several TV shows and commericals.
Currently the band resides in Berlin, Germany to record their 4th full-length album, which rumoured to be more psychedelic and electronical than their previous work judging by the early demos of the album, which are no less than amazing. The album is expected for a late 2009 release.
Moonbabies Official Website
http://www.moonbabiesmusic.com/
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