Radio LXMBRG
 
There is no use in trying to hide that the wearies and controversies have been many and hard during the recordings of the new album TRIVIAL MATTERS, but the bands joint love for decadent 80..s pop, continental house, French disco and old brutal synth made TRIVIAL MATTERS the band’s of yet most unified, and still most dramatic and innovative record. .... On the debut album the sound was greatly influenced by French cinematographic 60..s music (example: IT..S CRUEL UP NORTH and MALE MYSTIQUE). The sound has taken a new direction and three members (among them Lisa) left the group in 2006...The band is now following with a record that has been marinated in continental club-music and 80..s pop. You can hear the electro groove from Club Rex in Paris under the guitar riffs that smell of Echo and the Bunnymen. .... The record label legend Mike Alway, the patron saint of the debut album “Radio LXMBRG”, has long been a fan. After TRIVIAL MATTERS had been mixed, the French producer BERTRAND BURGALAT blessed the glass-master during a ceremony in his home in the northwest of Paris. Burgalat is a friend of the band and has long been one of their premier promoters. He is also the one who has been honored with the title of patron saint for TRIVIAL MATTERS. .... /Martin Aagård

Its Cruel Up North - Radio LXMBRG

SWE:

Ny singel och nytt album med Sad Day for Puppets!

Mindre fuzzigt indieskrammel och mer fokus på sångerskan. Japansuccén Sad Day for Puppets nya album ”Come Closer” som släpps den 28 augusti lovar nya ljudlandskap.

När Sad Day for Puppets stegade in i studion igen efter flitigt turnerande i Europa och Japan under 2011 var det mycket som skulle förändras. En riktning mot ett ommålat ljudlandskap med syntar och framför allt - sångerskan Anna Eklund som denna gång står mycket mer i fokus än tidigare. Gruppen har en ny gitarrist, Seth Kapadia och keyboardisten Maria Thorstensson tillkommer som en sjätte medlem. 

Omvandlingen från ett fuzzigt och indie-skramligt sound till ett mer syntbaserat tog ett år - inspelningarna fick den här gången dra ut på tiden. Men resultatet, det nya albumet ”Come Closer” bjuder ändå på en ljudbild som SDFPs lyssnarskara kommer att känna igen.
Albumet som försläpptes i Japan redan i mars i år eftersom efterfrågan varit så stor, släpps här den 28 augusti. Efter sommaren kommer Sad Day for Puppets att spela i Sverige och till hösten återvänder de till Europa och Japan för spelningar. 

– Den japanska publiken var väldigt trevlig, vi kände oss väl mottagna. Dom sjöng med, bara det var ju jätte roligt, man åker och spelar på andra sidan jorden och folk kan texterna. Sångerskan Anna Eklund om turnén i Japan.

Självklart ändrar SDFPs föränderliga - men fågelinspirerade - logga utseende igen. Sparvarna som prydde första skivan och som bytte plats med stora korpar till andra har på ”Come Closer” fått ge plats åt prunkande palmväxter och tropiska fåglar. Plattan släpps på HaHa FONOGRAM och distribueras av Border.

Singeln släpps digitalt 8 maj.


Sad Day for Puppets	 (FAKTA)

Sad Day For Puppets doftar 90-tal, indiepop, shoegaze och rock. Bandet bildades i Blackeberg utanför Stockholm 2006 av låtskrivaren Martin Källholm, f.d. gitarristen Marcus Sandgren och Anna Eklund på sång med tongångar från Jesus And Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins och The Breeders ringande i öronen. 

Ganska snart blev SDFP ett uppskattat namn internationellt och bandet ses fortfarande som en del av den nya, mindre våg av "Nu-gaze”-scenen, vilken uppstod för ett par år sedan. Dit kan band som The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, M83 och Blonde Redhead räknas.

2008 tog Dan Treacy från kultbandet ”Television Personalities”, på sig rollen som mecenat för bandet och tog bland annat initiativet till en gemensam turné. SDFP har honom att tacka för mycket, bland annat för att det faktiskt var han som introducerade gruppen för en brittisk publik.
 
Sad Day For Puppets relation med England är stark. Bandets debut ”Unknown Colors”, som gavs ut av den renommerade brittiska labeln Sonic Cathedral, rosades i bland annat NME, Uncut, Q Magazine och BBC. Det gav SDFP möjligheten att turnera tillsammans med, och öppna för, akter som Editors, MGMT, A Place To Bury Strangers, Mystery Jets och The Raveonettes.

Medlemmar			

Anna Eklund, sång			
Martin Källholm, gitarr
Micael Back, trummor
Alex Svenson-Metés, bas, keyboard

Samt nytillskotten Maria Thorstensson, keyboard & Seth Kapadia, gitarr

Sagt om Sad Day for Puppets: 

”I love it. I’m so pissed off. Sweden, Can’t you TRY TO MAKE IT LOOK HARD? You’re showing the rest of us up…”
Lauren Laverne BBC 6 Music

I blame last week’s Breeders-curated All Tomorrow’s Parties for taking me back to the fuzzy, dreamy sounds of early ‘90s indie – and nobody steals them better in 2009 than the Sonic Cathedral label’s new bunch of Swedish shoegazers. The Guardian

“The plaid days of early ’90s alt.rock are having a quiet resurgence, and the Stockholm quintet are one of its more beguiling advocates.” … “If the prospect of a Swedish Joy Zipper appeals to you, you should investigate forthwith.” NME 8/10 (Unknown Colors 2009)


ENG:
This set contains the forthcoming full-lenght album (TBA) by Sad Day for Puppets. 

Most of the band’s influences can be traced back to the early 1990s: The Jesus And Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr, The Lemonheads and The Breeders have all informed the band’s characteristic blend of indie-pop, shoegaze and rock.

Taken up as protégés of Dan Treacy the band started as support for Television Personalities in 2008. By an invitation to the UK the band released their debut album and the follow up album on the British label Sonic Cathedral and became involved with International Talent Booking (ITB).

Interest in the band has increased steadily outside Sweden. Sad Day For Puppets have toured widely in the UK, Europe and Japan, and have opened for bands such as Editors, MGMT, A Place To Bury Strangers, Mystery Jets and The Raveonettes. 

More info:
http://sv-se.facebook.com/pages/Sad-Day-For-Puppets/158391927810
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Day_for_Puppets
http://twitter.com/SadDayForPuppet
http://hahafonogram.com/artists/


Cold Hand - SAD DAY FOR PUPPETS

This set contains the third full-lenght album COME CLOSER by Sad Day for Puppets. 

Most of the band’s influences can be traced back to the early 1990s: The Jesus And Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr, The Lemonheads and The Breeders have all informed the band’s characteristic blend of indie-pop, shoegaze and rock.

Taken up as protégés of Dan Treacy the band started as support for Television Personalities in 2008. By an invitation to the UK the band released their debut album and the follow up album on the British label Sonic Cathedral and became involved with International Talent Booking (ITB).

Interest in the band has increased steadily outside Sweden. Sad Day For Puppets have toured widely in the UK, Europe and Japan, and have opened for bands such as Editors, MGMT, A Place To Bury Strangers, Mystery Jets and The Raveonettes. 

More info:
http://sv-se.facebook.com/pages/Sad-Day-For-Puppets/158391927810
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Day_for_Puppets
http://twitter.com/SadDayForPuppet
http://hahafonogram.com/artists/


Human Heart

Senseless - Sad Day for Puppets

This set contains the forthcoming full-lenght album (TBA) by Sad Day for Puppets. 

Most of the band’s influences can be traced back to the early 1990s: The Jesus And Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr, The Lemonheads and The Breeders have all informed the band’s characteristic blend of indie-pop, shoegaze and rock.

Taken up as protégés of Dan Treacy the band started as support for Television Personalities in 2008. By an invitation to the UK the band released their debut album and the follow up album on the British label Sonic Cathedral and became involved with International Talent Booking (ITB).

Interest in the band has increased steadily outside Sweden. Sad Day For Puppets have toured widely in the UK, Europe and Japan, and have opened for bands such as Editors, MGMT, A Place To Bury Strangers, Mystery Jets and The Raveonettes. 

More info:
http://sv-se.facebook.com/pages/Sad-Day-For-Puppets/158391927810
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Day_for_Puppets
http://twitter.com/SadDayForPuppet
http://hahafonogram.com/artists/


Bye Bye - Sad Day for Puppets

An outake from from Boris & the Jeltsins sessions in 2011.


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