In the year 1999, Signe & Vesa met at a music college called The Powerhouse in West London. They became friends while living and experiencing the life in the big metropolis, full of edge and big dreams. Life, and a very big city, splits them up but 9 years later they meet again and discover a musical chemistry that is impossible to let slip and very quickly Leaving Atlantis is born. Signe Gry Thorup (Denmark) and Vesa Haapanen (Finland) but London based, have been in the process of writing and recording their debut album across the [...]
Today sees the release of the debut LP from Leaving Atlantis , entitled Strange New World . The recording is initially available via iTunes with a physical release to follow. This electronic acoustic duo consisting of Vesa Haapanen and Signe Gry Thorup (from Finland and Denmark respectively, but now based in London) was one of the acts long listed for the 2011 Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent competition, following a nomination from Breaking More Waves. The track we’re streaming below – Solitaire - was the very first song we heard from the band. With [...]
After hours of painstaking listening and deliberation some of the best music bloggers in the UK have put forward their nominations for the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition 2011, and that includes Breaking More Waves. It was incredibly difficult to decide on our final three choices from the list of 160 bands we were given to listen to, but eventually we went with our hearts choosing quite simply the music that moved us the most. We’re very pleased to announce that our top choice was the [...]
Having been approached by the organisers of Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent competition late last year, Breaking More Waves is one of 40 UK based music blogs that has been selected to help judge the 2011 competition – the prize for the winner being a main stage slot at the 2011 festival. Each blog is given an individual list of bands to listen to (in our case around 160) and asked to select its favourite 3, forming the long list of 120 acts which will be published [...]
Kick Kick Snare
Breaking More Waves
Old Photos of Football Fans from 1900–1940
HAERTS: “All The Days”
Today I Feel I’ve Sprung A Leak
R.F.T.W.E. pt.2
Song Diary / The Dig – Without Your Love
