 David & the Citizens's Profile |
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UNTIL THE SADNESS IS GONE!!! |
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| Country: |  Sweden |
| Last Login: | Oct 9, 2007 (822 days back) |
About Me |
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America has some catching up to do. Considering that the Swedish band David & the Citizens has been showered with awards and accolades across Scandinavia and Europe, it’s a damn shame that none of their music has ever been released in North America until now. David & the Citizens possess an intelligent, lyrical sound, sometimes joyous and sometimes melancholy, but always brilliantly orchestrated and catchy as hell. David & the Citizens' songs speak earnestly of the great subjects in life - love, loss, and despair - through buoyant melodies & beautifully crafted pop songs. The band’s dramatic live show displays their more upbeat, "party" side, but on record their music comes across as compassionate, thoughtful, and often heartrendingly bittersweet. They have received critical acclaim from various fronts: the track "Song Against Life" from their debut full length LP "For All Happy Endings" had a prolonged stint at number 1 in the MTV Up North chart; they received a nomination for a Swedish Grammy (Best Pop Group) in 2004; they've performed at numerous major European indie rock festivals; and P3 - one of Sweden's largest television stations - produced a documentary on the band that has been aired repeatedly throughout Sweden and Denmark.Less than 4 weeks passed after David Fridlund left Stockholm for Malmö in 1999 before the first incarnation of David & The Citizens was born. Since then a number of line-up changes have taken place. People like Jenny Wilson, Karl-Jonas Winqvist, Mikael Carlsson, Conny Fridh, Alexander Madsen, Magnus Bjerkert and John Bjerkert have all had "Citizenships"! Aside from Fridlund's solo album "Amaterasu" (released by Hidden Agenda in 2005), none of the band's music has ever been released in North America in any form, until now. On March 7 - 2006, New York-based label Friendly Fire Recordings (Asobi Seksu, Faunts) released a six-song, self-titled EP featuring some of the best songs from the band's history, including several that are difficult to find even in Sweden. Berkeley- and LA-based artists Brendan Monroe and Xanthe Hohalek have created the EP's beautiful artwork, and Mattias Alkberg (from the Bear Quartet, who themselves have a dozen full-length albums under the belt) guests on the fiercely propulsive song "Big Chill". Late 2006, Friendly Fire released the full-length album "Until the Sadness is Gone". Now it's time for America to catch up with one of Sweden's musical darlings and get hip to their sparkling back catalogue. Do you like Belle & Sebastian minus the twee? Bright Eyes minus the histrionics? The Decemberists minus the sea shanties? Add that up, then stir in a huge dose of Scandinavian popsong brilliance, and you have David & the Citizens. You're in for a treat. links weblogs labels publishing records & merch David & the Citizens official site |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 11/13/2005Band Website: davidandthecitizens.com Band Members: David Fridlund - the core + various members Sounds Like:
Record Label: Bad Taste | Friendly Fire | Adrian Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Alternative / Indie / Alternative) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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www.davidandthecitizens.com |
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| Yo friends and foes!The webbsite for David & the Citizens is now back up again after being shut down due to bills not payed on time...So. If you feel like killing a minute or two, you know a place... Posted by David & the Citizens on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:15:00 PST |
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"A House With No Windows" - Free download demo |
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| "A House With No Windows" is a brand new song, just a demo that I recorded a couple of days ago.I was cleaning the apartment, going through old papers and stuff and I found a picture I did a couple of... Posted by David & the Citizens on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:54:00 PST |
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So Long Beautiful Fender :-( |
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| Yesterday I dyed my hair. I got it for free since I was a hair model for hardressers that were learning about echological stuff in hair dressing. I think it turned out pretty good. I'm in no way a guy... Posted by David & the Citizens on Mon, 21 May 2007 01:08:00 PST |
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Rehearsing With All Broken Stuff... |
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| Today was the first step of resuming and restoring the Citizens as I rehearsed in a rehearsal place with some new citizens. Not all 'cos all couldn't be there, but two out of three. Or maybe four, I d... Posted by David & the Citizens on Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:53:00 PST |
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Flickr |
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| Just for the fun of it I have started a Flickr account for David & the Citizens! You should all go there and look at the pics. So far there's just a bunch of USA pics, hope to upload more once the... Posted by David & the Citizens on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:31:00 PST |
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HOMEPAGE DOWN |
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| The David & the Citizens homepage - www.davidandthecitizens.com - is down but will be up and running again within a couple of days.Thanks for your patience.XO,David & the Citizens... Posted by David & the Citizens on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:19:00 PST |
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SXSW Pics! |
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| You can see some more SXSW pics on www.davidandthecitizens.comWe will post more as they come along. We are also working on updating the pictures and press pictures section. /David & the Citizens... Posted by David & the Citizens on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:59:00 PST |
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US of A |
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| So...what is a blog for if not for blogging? I am probably one of the most lazy bloggers in the business, but I do enjoy reading other's blogs - such as Oppenheimer for instance. Opp... Posted by David & the Citizens on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 06:11:00 PST |
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Artist of the Week - Swedish National Radio |
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| Next week (March 12th-16th ) David & the Citizens will be featured as the Artist of the Week on Swedish National Radio P4! I was invited by host Gun Bergbring to perform five songs and to do a little ... Posted by David & the Citizens on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:17:00 PST |
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Munich Gig Cancelled!! |
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| The Intro magazine festival in Munich tomorrow has been cancelled!!!We are sorry for this, but apparently the whole festival has gone down the drain. We hope to be back in Munich some other time...Thi... Posted by David & the Citizens on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 07:25:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Sara Culler, Oppenheimer, Consequences, David Fridlund, Scottdamn, vitaminsforyou, Anders, Salad Days, Jesper Kumberg, Bad Taste Records, Friendly Fire, Adrian Recordings, chatte blanche, Dmitriy, Lilly, Delacroix, Anna-nas, queen of mousehole, First Aid-Kit, Nicole!, twin piloda, Emergenza Festival Sweden, ActionAid Sweden, Minidriver, Cake is what we aim for, Linustate, Rose, Cina, pappfigur, sara, Steven ♥, Patch, Eric, Tomas Ebrelius, Hanna Marsh Sweden, +chris:CDUB, Moa, Clara, El Lenguaje del Rock, Melusine, Velvert, Camilla, Joss, Bea, Rosie Jewelbox, Edward D., Maja, BenjaminAlexander, Midwestern Housewives, JONAS LUNDVALL, Kathi, Anna Hatt, Jenny, Van Camp, Sweet Adeline, Bedroom Eyes
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