lørdag den 28. marts 2009

US-rockers taking off


Image by: Simon Birk










With the combination of psychedelic rock and a Californian happy and up-beat sound Danish Figurines are well on their way to make it internationally and particularly in North America. 
Their third album "Skeleton" received a lot of well deserved attention and got good reviews from among others the leading American Pitchfork Media who wrote:

"Part of Skeleton's appeal lies in the songwriting's lead-to-gold alchemy; most tracks begin fairly nondescript before unsuspectingly blossoming into glorious pop gems." 
They have also been nominated "Favorite New International Act/Group" at Canadian Indie Awards. 
But the band is also one of the most hard-working and have played countless of concerts in especially North America. 

From 2004-2006 the Danish documentarist Janus Schumacher followed Figurines to make the film "Detour" about the band, which ended up focusing on the bass player Andreas Toft´s problems with fitting into the band and his final exit just as they were about to break through abroad. I have not seen it yet, but it sounds interesting. 

I heard Figurines once as an opening act for the British band Kaiser Chiefs and I got really impressed with the lead singer Christian Hjelm´s voice and ability to get through to the crowd. They were actually a lot better than Kaiser Chiefs themselves, who disappointed me with being too popish and boring. 


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