How it all
began
Fueled by love and vacation, Emanuel
Lundgren writes a couple of explosive happy pop songs and decides to gather all
his friends to put them on tape. His apartment turns into a friendly factory as
people come and go loaded with banjos, accordions and kazoos. Some weeks (and
lifetime memories) later, a homemade EP is finished and Emanuel collects almost
all the 29 participants for a first and last live show in August
2005.
What he thought was an ending was a
beginning of numerous rumours and talk about this new and exciting band. One
show soon turned into plenty. Swedish media goes out of control and bloggers all
over the world starts sharing their knowledge about the Swedish big band. In
only a couple of months more than 20 000 people have downloaded songs from the
bands website.
The EP Don´t Give Up On
Your Dreams, Buddy! is released on EMI Sweden in early 2006 and is
followed up by the full length album Let Me Introduce My
Friends. A record full of euphoric pop gems and sing-a-long friendly
choruses . The anthem We´re From Barcelona climbs the charts and the band is
headed for a summer of festivals, including Primavera Sound in Barcelona.
I´m
from Barcelona
embraces the do-it-yourself mentality and live it´s hard to say where the band
ends and the audience begins. |
Johnny Tennander
