Posted August 16, 200816 yr http://assets1.pitchforkmedia.com/images/original/144674.seasiderock.jpg 'Seaside Rock' Details - Pitchfork Seaside Rock, the album Peter, Bjorn and John have been hinting at since the spring, is finally ready to rock. A vinyl- and digital- only release, it will come out in the U.S. on Almost Gold/Star Time International on September 23. The U.S. edition is limited to 5000 LPs, each accompanied by a download code. (V2 will release the album in the trio's native Sweden, while Wichita will handle it in the UK.) It turns out that Seaside Rock isn't a completely instrumental album after all. According to a press release written by PB&J themselves, "As homage to Peter Bjorn and John's respective hometowns they wanted to feature the voice and dialect from each of the three areas. So apart from the instrumental soundtrack to the lonely childhood of northern Scandinavia you can also hear three monologues about some sort of seaside. The stories are read by a real saxophone player from Norsjö, a grandfather from Vika and the hairdresser Siw from Piteå." The album was recorded in spring 2007 at the same studio in Sweden where Abba recorded most of their material. Its sound was inspired by "the memory of the sound of the Swedish music school orchestras from hell," according to PB&J's press release. (Actually, this press release they wrote is pretty funny. So we've included most of it below the jump.) Tracklisting 01 Inland Empire 02 Say Something (Mukiya) 03 Favour of the Season 04 Next Stop Bjursele 05 School of Kraut 06 Erik's Fishing Trip 07 Needles and Pills 08 Norrlands Riviera 09 Barcelona 10 At the Seaside I'm hoping this will be quite good. :o 'Inland Empire' is okay but nothing amazing I don't think.
August 17, 200816 yr No one is going to care any more, they will never write another 'Young Folks'. :/ It's general ignorance like this which highlights your embodiment as the walking NME turd talker.
August 17, 200816 yr The placing of the text and the picture is very nice, so I disagree on the album cover comment.
August 17, 200816 yr The placing of the text and the picture is very nice, so I disagree on the album cover comment. yeah - the designers are going for a kinda folky-bohemian-arty market vibe rather than mass-comercializtion and shiny pop bells and whistels look at me noooooooooooooooooooow design...which is fitting seeing as its a more leftfield project - a limited edition vinyl [near] instrumental album - ok some might say it is commercial suicide after the massive success of Young Folks - but then again they prob wont care...they are not a-ha ffs (tho i guess a-ha p***-off all goodwill of their top ten comeback by doing 3 solo projects - so if you won't to replace that last comment with another scandinavian band that sound like coldplay please be my guest :lol: :lol: )
August 17, 200816 yr :/ It's general ignorance like this which highlights your embodiment as the walking NME turd talker. OR MAYBE SOMEONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINION HUH JAKE :o
August 18, 200816 yr OR MAYBE SOMEONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINION HUH JAKE :o Now correct me if I'm wrong but did we not quasi-'agree' not to cross paths? Yet here you are responding to a comment that has nothing to do with you? I know you and Chris are e-bumchums and what not...but still, you didn't have to go and talk to me! Oh and your whole post doesn't actually make any sense?
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