Anders Kaasen - guitar, Alexander Unhjem - vocals, Ragnhild H. Jordahl - drums, Lars J. Stava - bass
Influences
The Stone Roses, The Smiths, The Jesus & Mary Chain, '60s Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground's poppier moments, Vladimir Nabokov, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Scott Walker, France Gall, indie kids from sunny countries, Francoise Hardy, Morrissey, Dexy's Midnight Runners, McCarthy, Phil Spector, ABBA, The Monkees, The Chiffons, The Who pre-1970, Dusty Springfield, Goffin/King, Bacharach/David, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Mann/Weil, Bruce Springsteen, thousand-page novels by dead russian authors oh yeah, The Shangri-Las, Haakan Hellstrom, Orange Juice, The Supremes et cetera, et cetera.
Sounds Like
The Stone Roses, The Smiths, early Primal Scream, Go-Betweens (supposedly), C86 & twee pop in general, Swedish pop & Indie, the '60s love of the short & catchy pop single filtered through the sound of ringing '80s guitar-pop.
from Digfi
In the world of indie pop one worships ones idols as if they were gods, and The April Skies are indie in the most positive meaning of the word. They pay tribute to, refer to and honour their idols. They christen the band after a song by The Jesus & Mary Chain, they record the single “Three Minute Singles” and decorate the sleeve with 25 record covers – their favourites, their influences – everything from Joy Division, The Smiths, The Beach Boys to The Stone Roses. For them, pop music is nothing short of religion. And religion must be preached. Loudly and clearly.
“Rise & Rise Again” could have been the song that The Go-Betweens never wrote, while “Three Minute Singles” is the final link between C-86 and Bruce Springsteen. “Three minute singles on seven inch vinyl, oh yeah, taught us more than we will ever know”, sings Alexander Unhjem. And we need hardly add that the song lasts for three minutes.
Great Songs here! I want to invite April Skies fans to visit my blog where I have my No. 9, No. 9 list of nine artists, incl The April Skies....all new unsigned artists!!! Good luck!Richard
Series Two Records released a new 4 CD compilation album. Read more information here Full Tracklisting Includes 98 different artists from all over the world including USA, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Belgium, Norway, Costa Rica, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Peru, Spain, Malaysia, Latvia, Mexico, Philippines, Japan, and Russia.
salut les amis! on se fait un peu de pub! Pour le coup c'est super important pour nous! Le Tour de Chauffe nous permet de faire le Nautilys à Comines ! Une première VRAIE salle de concerts avec tout ce qui va avec ... Ca serait sympa que vous veniez nous supporter avec vos amis! L'occasion de nous découvrir pour du VRAI! On vous attend ! Au vendredi 18 juillet alors ! (au fait c'est gratuit l'entrée! Nous on est comme ça!) Hubert pour meeting room
Faktisk, hver gang det nærmer seg helg/ferie og jeg sitter aleine på kontoret og er litt sentimental sånn som nå og drikker kaffe og hører på musikk spiller jeg _alltid_ Not your baby og Soul train. Det visste dere ikke!
I would REALLY LOVE to see The April Skies performing live someday. It would be nice to have a gig together :P
In Romagna? Everything is cool, meaning that it's colder than Alaska in here! Tonight I have to practice with Tinies... but sleepiness reign over me :D
Slett spammen da! Gidder ikke ha det på meg at jeg liker ringetoner! Kanskje jeg skal begynne å spare i fond, helt til jeg har nok penger til å leie en leiemorder og leiemyrde hackere! Åh, det hadde vært fint! MOHAHAHAHA!
