Pelle Carlberg - Vocals and guitars, Johathan Hummelman - Drums, Martin Nordvall - Bass and Henrik Nilsson - Guitar and piano
Influences
Chronological order: Cat Stevens, Simon and Garfunkel, ABBA, The Beatles, Nationalteatern, Grease (the movie soundtrack), Gyllene tider, Magnus Uggla, Depeche Mode, Krafwerk, Simple Minds, U2, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, Ratata, The Smiths, Camouflage (the Swedish band), Dileva, Jakob Hellman, Marc Almond, Imperiet, Pixies, The Go betweens, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions, The Church, Demorgue, Sugarcubes, Ride, Teenage Fanclub, Björk, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr, bob hund, Nick Drake, Eggstone, The Cardigans, Blur, Popsicle, Burt Bacharach, Doris, The Bear Quartet, Belle and Sebastian, The Velvet Underground, The Beautiful South, Nicolai Dunger, Van Morrison, Credence Clear Water Revival, The Strokes, Neil Young, Doktor Kosmos, Håkan Hellström, Jens Lekman, Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, [Ingenting], Anna Ternheim and The Hidden Cameras.
Sounds Like
Edson, Sondre Lerche, Jens Lekman, Kings of Convenience, Belle and Sebastian, Camera Obscura, Simon & Garfunkel, The Hidden Cameras, Nicola Dunger, Cat Stevens, The Smiths, Velvet Underground, ABBA, The Beatles, Lloyd Cole, The Cardigans, Jakob Hellman, Marc Almond, The Go Betweens, Teenage Fanclub, The Beautiful South.
TRACK LISTING:
01. Pamplona
02. I Love You, You Imbecile
03. Crying All the Way To the Pawnshop
04. I Just Called To Say I Love You
05. Why Do Today What You Can Put Off Until Tomorrow?
06. Middleclass Kid
07. I Touched You At the Sound Check
08. Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls
09. Even a Broken Clock (is Right Twice a Day)
10. Showercream and Onions
11. In a Nutshell
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Track Listing
01. Musikbryan Makes Me Wanna Smoke Crack
02. Bastards Don't Blush
03. Telemarketing
04. A Tasteless Offer
05. Go To Hell, Miss Rydell
06. Riverbank
07. Oh No! It's Happening Again
08. How I Broke My Foot And Met Jesus
09. Summer of '69
10. I Had A Guitar (Bjarton And I)
11. Mind The Gap
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"If more twee acts balanced wit, bile, and heart like this track does, they wouldn't bore their detractors off of so many balconies." - PITCHFORKMEDIA
"Pelle Carlberg is the new, sweet voiced, string-dappled conqueror in town." - MAGNET MAGAZINE
"The album is indeed frequently pretty and always very witty" - STYLUS
"the ambiguous humor of Carlberg's narratives matches the odd bounce of Belle and Sebastian (there's a lot of Stuart Murdoch in his voice as well) or Jonathan Richman in recent years" - PREFIX MAG
Hi Pelle, i've send an e-mail to Johan, and i'm still waiting for your staff, i Hope to recive the records as soon as possible, please tell me the right dates to fix the tour...also for the booking (fly and so on...)...keep'n touch..GIAN
hey Pelle your performance in Taipei was really fabulous,and the whole band ROCK too. thanks for giving me a great sunday night and that lovely autograph.it's very kind of you to do so. I'll cherish it forever :)) hope you have a great time in Taipei and see you soon in the near future!! p.s. sometimes it's COOL to be a T-shirt guy,isn't it ?! lol Best Wishes xx
..., definitely my favourit album 07, and also in the top 3 of the best concerts ever. BUT: the next time you have to play "I just call to say I love you" - I love this song !
