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Influences
Bands: Bob Dylan, The La's, The Zombies, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Elvis, The Turtles, Belle & Sebastian, Camera Obscura. Other: Bergen, Stavanger, vast amounts of rain, summer, harmonies.
Sounds Like
Music Week
Robert Fitzpatrick Editor of Word Magazine about Silly Love Songs:
"Jeremy's Silly Love Songs is so perfectly constructed, so full of sprung-heeled, fresh haircut, sunny morning joy, that I'm beginning to feel a bit worried that the rest of my life might somewhat grey in comparison."
Quotes about the "Make Love, Not War" single:
The title of this gem says it all: "Make Love, Not War" is a song that's "all about that hippy mentality," from the lyrics (which aren't exactly coded) to the bouncy, Zombies-esque melodies to the faint sitar plucking towards the end. This is a perfect summer song, whether you're a tree-hugger or not."
-iguessimfloating
"It has taken a couple of listens for me to get into it but it reminds me of Irene going up against The Tacticians which means thumbs up all round from the pop jury." -Indie-mp3.co.uk
"...Take some Simon & Garfunkel, add some melancholy a la fellow Norwegians Kings of Convenience, some of the laid back indie jazz of the first Everything But The Girl album (or Tracey Thorn first band The Marine Girls) and throw in a little Young Marble Giants and you have a pretty good idea what Jeremy sound like. (...)I for one am glad of Jeremy's brief peaceful interlude from the hurly burly of the world outside my window, and I'm sure you will be too. "
-The Devil Has The Best Tuna
Jeremy mailinglist,send a mail with name and country to: jeremymailinglist(at)gmail.com
The first time I saw Jeremy on stage I was struck by how refreshing it was
to - for once - see two young singer/songwriters with guitars who did not
exhaust you with their worries and whining, but rather expressed the
unfiltered joy of playing music. It may sound strange and unexeptional, but
it's actually pretty rare these days. -Sondre Lerche
Jeremy is Lars Christian Olsen and Øivind Hatleskog, a young duo hailing from Stavanger, a large town south of Bergen, Norway. Friends since high school, the pair bonded over an innate love for simple, charming, and highly melodic sunshine-pop music – and that clearly defines the sound of Jeremy.
The passion for unashamed pop transformed their earliest incarnation as a exuberant three chord punk outfit into the whimsical, harmony-strewn popsicle that their forthcoming debut album is all set to deliver. It is a sound that joins the dots between some of Norway’s most treasured possessions; Annie, The Lionheart Brothers, Kings of Convenience, Magnet, Sondre Lerche, and even A-Ha, but throws a kaleidoscope of colour over these acts combined, to channel an upbeat, but typically Scandi charm and radiance.
The pair hooked up with respected producers HP Gundersen and Kato Adland (Sondre Lerche) in their Bergen based studio to record their first full length record, “Smells Like Rain, Feels Like The Sun”.
Pre-empting its release is “Silly Love Songs”, a track that effortlessly merges Brian Wilson favoured harmonies with a genteel melody-showering akin to a lost Simon & Garfunkel or Teenage Fanclub track. With this shared fondness for spiralling melodies, and keenly affective song structure, the duo are a genuine and intriguing new musical partnership.
Performing live, Lars and Øivind are joined by a full band to allow their songs to soar and further strengthen those sweet harmonies.
It’s argued that the best and most lasting of bands keep their most fabled songs simple – Jeremy stay close to that adage, letting a swooning harmony and tumbling, deft melody very much speak for itself.
Meet Lars, meet Øivind and meet Jeremy. Propping up pop then, albeit gently.
Schedule:
June Norwegian Single release - "Silly Love Songs"
September 8th International single release - "Silly Love Songs"
August Date TBA Norwegian single release "Make Love Not War" (Redux no. 2)
September 15th Norwegian "Smells like rain, feels like the sun" album release
Hei Lars!! Jeg motte deg paa bussen i sommer hvis du husker det, har nettopp faatt meg myspace, saa tenkte jeg maatte skjekke bandet ditt ut.. Dere er drit flinke da, digger musikken!!
Hei Lars Kristian;) Gratulere med Album i butikkene;) Kult! Me e akkuratt feridg me Epen vår, å har lagt ut fysste sangen på myspace. Legge ut mer itte kvert. Kult viss dokkår hadde hørt på d;) Spele og på tou på fredag me Gnizzt viss dokkår e i byn! Simon/catalogue
