Half an hour of folky pop bliss. Penny Century have just released their album Between A Hundred Lies . Based in Östersund, Sweden, a town in northern Sweden, the sextet have come up with 10 songs with a heavy sixties feel, none of which breaks the four minute mark. It is a stylish and sweet album, with snatches of violin and smart use of brass to boot. Penny Century have delivered the soundtrack for a late afternoon picnic. Open a bottle of chilled white wine and play it one more time. [...]
I didn't realize it until yesterday, but lately there's been a slight absence of Swedish pop here at SOTO. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a conscious decision, as I love just about everything that comes out of that country, so my guess is that there just hasn't been anything that has immediately jumped out at me. In any case, the country's (Or is it genre?) presence is coming back full force today with the assistance of Penny Century, an Ostersund-based group with a nifty sound. They've already released four EPs in their history and now they've signed [...]
How ironic!! This song reminds me of the 35w bridge collapse (I am from Minnesota). Anyways, the song is a super upbeat pop masterpiece. Nothing Burns Like Bridges has two main singers, one male and one female, and their voices really complement each other. Decides the voices, the song includes some very interesting sounding horns; The horns are almost mariachi sounding, but with more synth. The song is the single off of the new album Between A Hundred Lies, which is really good. ALBUM NOT AVAILABLE Download Penny [...]
THIS WEEK'S FINDS Aug. 19-Sept. 1 - vacation edition * The Fingertips Home Office will be closed between August 19 and Sept. 3. To avoid leaving everyone empty-handed for two weeks, I'm offering you one reviewed MP3, plus a list of five others I've been listening to lately. Any one of these--or none of them--may yet end up as a TWF pick; see what you think if you have the time to check them out. * And don't forget the new Fingertips Contest is up and [...]
The city of Östersund is starting to get famous for its pop scene. Our friend at Absolut Noise was the first blogger I read who mentioned all the glorious music coming out of the city (with bands like Sibiria or Autisterna). However, I didn't pay attention to Penny Century until the UK label Letterbox Records decided to release their debut LP (they already have a handful of self-released EP's). It's out today! and it's called Between A Hundred Lies . I recommend you get "Nothing Burns Like Bridges", [...]
Quite excited I was - and am fairly certain some of you will be - to find the new single by Sambassadeur at the mighty Pitchfork. I adore this Swedish band (pic), as I've made clear. Everyone I've introduced them to (personally, anyway) immediately falls. I've also got some other really nice tuneage emailed to me and discovered yither and hon the past few days. So perhaps the time has come to
Ya os contaba hace unos meses que Penny Century habían fichado por el sello Letterbox Records con los que iban a publicar su álbum de debut. Pues bien, este disco ya está disponible, se llama Between a Hundred Lies y dentro del mismo está incluida Nothing Burns Like Bridges, una preciosa canción que ha sido elegida como primer single del disco, que se puede descargar de forma gratuita (portada incluida) desde la web del sello discográfico, en donde también se puede ver el video musical de la canción. website [...]
I'm consistently amazed by people who say there's nothing exciting happening in Rock-n-Roll and Pop music. I tire of nothing faster than people who are, if not necessarily jaded, not curious about discovering new things to be excited about. There's cool stuff everywhere and if you can't find it then you're either not looking hard enough or are looking in all the wrong places . Today's bliss comes from Östersund, Sweden courtesy of Letterbox Records. The band is Penny Century and their new single, from their newest album to be [...]
My youngest daughter isn't feeling well today, so while I'm home looking after the little one, I've made myself this nice compilation CD (must be the first one for ages) containing some of my favorite tracks of the past few months: + The Papertiger Sound - The Papertiger Sound Forever + The Electric Pop Group - My Only Inspiration + The Dance Inc. - Dont run to the Suburbs (Erobique Remix) + Sunny Summer Day - Youre the [...]
Penny Century released a free download single on Letterbox Records on August 14th 2007. Titled Nothing Burns Like Bridges it is taken from their recent Between A Hundred Lies Album. Penny Century - Nothing Burns Like Bridges Head to Letterbox Records to view the video and download the artwork for the single. The Swedish indie pop/folksters embark on a UK tour later this month. The dates are: Fri 24 Aug 2007 - Nambucca, London Sat 25 Aug 2007 [...]
Hace un par de meses hablaba de California Snow Story , pues bien, gracias a ese post pude conocer algunos grupos con los que comparten sello discográfico, uno de ellos es Penny Century, grupo afincado en la ciudad de Östertsund, en el norte de Suecia. Tras la escucha de las canciones disponibles tanto en la página oficial del grupo como en su myspace compruebo que se trata de música dulce, con unas suaves melodías y una preciosa voz al frente a cargo de su cantante Julia Hanberg. Junto a ella forman el grupo Kim Fastesson (guitarra, voces), [...]
Penny Century Those guys are some "arrogant bastards" Références musicales : Sondre Lerche, Aimee Mann, The Beatles Penny Century - Lost at sea (mp3) Penny Century - Summer Outside (mp3) Penny Century are fun, catchy and huge fans of the Bear Quartet just like I [...]
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