Jonas Jakobsson - Vocals
Henrik Ryftenius - Guitar
Tobbe Grönberg - Bass guitar
Fredrik Broberg - Drums
Influences
Lemonheads, Pixies, R.E.M., Weezer, Byrds, Flaming Lips, Built to Spill, Elliott Smith, Beatles, Pantera, Ben Kweller, Afghan Whigs, Mew, John Holm, The E Street Band, The Band, Maria McKee, Neil Young, Isolation Years, 16 Horsepower, Ass Ponys, Mark Lanegan, Counting Crows, Essex Green, Brendan Benson, Hamell On Trial, Adam Green, Jesse Malin, David Lynch, Terrence Malick
Sounds Like
Lemonheads, Flaming Lips, Mew and Weezer on a country trip together.
TRUCKER CLEAVAGE BLENDS AMERICAN COLLEGEPOP AND SWEDISH MELANCHOLY WITH A TOUCH OF BEATLESQUE MELODIES.
Formed in early 2005, Trucker Cleavage has quickly established themselves as a group with a solid reputation of writing great popsongs with catchy melodies and being a great, enthustiastic live-act. The songs have smart, ironic and thoughtful lyrics, that you can't help but want to listen to again and again.
Their simple but catchy songs have attracted new listeners each gig, and comparisions have been made with REM and Lemonheads. Recently the band has written and recorded new songs, now thriving a little more towards the joy, weird- and smartness of The Flaming Lips.
During fall 2006, Trucker Cleavage's song Imaginary Friend was an instant hit for those who heard the song, getting recognized as song of the week at Garageband.com, being played at numerous Podcasts, and most notable, played at the Sirius network radio station Nordic Rox by Per Gessle as an example of great swedish popmusic.
In 2007, Trucker Cleavage has continued to reach out to new audiences. In January, the band did their first tour outside Sweden, playing in Germany for enthusiastic crowds. In February, they were nominated as "best unsigned act" at the Swedish Indie Grammy Awards. In March-April, they entered the studio to record a whole bunch of new tracks. Then in May, they were again nominated at an awards show. This time, the nomination was for being one of the best live-acts of the year. Trucker Cleavage has gathered a lot of fans in Germany, and this fall 2007 the band will meet their fans live for a bigger tour.
SAID ABOUT THE BAND DURING 2007:
"THE BAND NAMED TRUCKER CLEAVAGE BRINGS UP SO MANY DISTURBING IMAGES. OUT OF SWEDEN THEIR SOUND IS A THING OF BEAUTY HOWEVER AS THEY DEBUT THIS WEEK WITH INNOCENT BYSTANDER AS NUMBER SIX ON THE PMC TOP 10.”
CHRIS DOELLE, NOV 18, 2007.
www.podmusiccountdown.com
"INCREDIBLY TIGHT AND PUNCHY ROCK BAND, INTERESTINGLY NAMED TRUCKER CLEAVAGE, HAD SOME VERY SOLID SONGWRITING IN THEIR BAG OF TRICKS. ARGUABLY THE TIGHTEST BAND OF THE NIGHT!"
BODOG MUSIC NETWORK, DEC 2007.
"THE BEST SONG TO FUCK TO, THE MOST FUCKABLE SONG OF THE YEAR! RAY LI8 BY TRUCKER CLEAVAGE FROM SWEDEN"
PAULIE AND EVAN, GAY PORN TALK PODCAST, NOV 2007.
www.gayporntalk.com
THE TRUCKER CLEAVAGE COVER OF BEING AROUND IS ON THE LEMONHEADS TRIBUTE ALBUM FROM DOUBLE D RECORDS! YEAH!!!
WE WERE NOMINATED AS "BEST UNSIGNED ACT" AT MANIFESTGALAN 2007!!!
Sweden´s GREENORANGE has released their album "World wide"! Check us out! Available at: www.Bengans.se / itunes music store / Peoples music store / Amazon.com / Spotify
Nu kör vi igång vår HÖSTKAMPANJ 09 med riktigt bra priser på bland annat: tröjpaket och mössor med brodyr. Vi har ett mycket stort sortiment av merchandise till ert band eller bolag! Besök vår webbsida redan idag för mer info. www.vodrecords.se
Vi önskar alla våra vänner på MySpace en riktigt rockig höst! Vod Printings ------------- We print & supply t-shirts, merchandise & backdrops to the independent music scene, contact us for more info! www.vodrecords.se
Debut album “Metal Heart” out now!
9/10 Orkus
9/10 Gothic
8,5/10 Reflection of Darkness
5/6 Medienkonverter
7/10 Release Magazine
7/10 Zero Music Magazine
Listen to it on MySpace!
Vi vill med denna lilla kommentar bara påminna om vår Festivalkampanj som nu har startats. Vi har satt ihop flera mycket billiga paket till de band och bolag som behöver trycka t-shirts, eller annan merchanidse, till sommarens festivaler och spelningar. Besök vår webbsida redan idag för mer info.
Trevlig rocksommar önskas alla våra vänner på MySpace!
Vod Printings ************************** We print & supply t-shirts, merchandise & backdrops to the independent music scene, contact us for more info! www.vodrecords.se
Örnsberg releases weekend lights April 20th and Redlinespotting his debut album April 27th on Perfectly Charming Records. check out the link to iTunes to hear the tracks.
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