Suburban Kids With Biblical Names (among others)
2006.05.08
At last I found a reason to write about my favourite band of all times, Belle and Sebastian. Obviously, they’ve got nothing to do with Scandinavia, except when they tour and play in Malmö (13/5), in Oslo (14/5), in Trondheim (15/5), in Stockholm (17/5), in Göteborg (18/5) and in Copenhagen (19/5). I’ll be in Copenhagen at this time, too bad we can’t make it to the concert.
Even worse (or better, for those of you who can make it): Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, a wonderful Swedish duo signed on Labrador, will support them at those scandinavian concerts. “There’s something very playful and extremely catchy about their music that makes our bodies quiver each time we hear them”, as they say on the Labrador website. “Suburban Kids with Biblical Names is Johan Hedberg and Peter Gunnarsson. They make and record their music in the hallway or the storehouse at the home of Peter’s kind parents. Johan makes simple drafts of the songs and then Peter polish them and turn them into shiny pop songs.” You’ll find three songs to download from their Myspace homepage, as well as Rent A Wreck, Funeral Face and Loop Duplicate My Heart from Labrador. I guess those songs are convincing enough.
As convincing is this track, Marie, from the upcoming Sambassadeur EP, thanks to the Swedish website Shaktar: “Marie is the best song by Sambassadeur, even better than Between The Lines. Marie is Belle and Sebastian’s Sleep The Clock Around”, as they say. [great, two opportunities in one post to talk about B&S...]
