"Pale Silver & Shiny Gold" 2010
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Order the ALBUM. HERE!(Scandinavia, US, Canada & Germany)
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It is as simple as this. Are you into wall of guitars, waves of voices, bombastic heartbreaks and sobbing? .then we are indeed a friend
Swedish Indie-rockers Sad Day For Puppets release the second album "Pale Silver & Shiny Gold" September 1st (SWE Scandinavia), Sept. 6th (UK Ireland) and Sept. 15th (Japan)
Recorded last winter in a freezing cold Stockholm, 'Pale Silver & Shiny Gold' comes just over a year after their acclaimed debut, 'Unknown Colors', but at a mere 37 minutes is much more focused and concise. As the crows that have replaced the finches on the band's logo seem to indicate, it's also a much darker and heavier album. This is perhaps a result of touring extensively with A Place To Bury Strangers (the two bands got on so famously that Strangers mainman Oliver Ackermann is named as the 'patron saint' of the album).
Regardless of how it happened, 'Pale Silver & Shiny Gold' is something of a minor-key masterpiece. It opens with the mournful 'Sorrow, Sorrow', which sees Anna joined by her sister Annika for some beautiful harmonies like some kind of Swedish Everly Sisters. This gives way to 'Such A Waste', which takes the overt J Mascis references of their debut and shifts them into overdrive. 'Monster & The Beast', is slow and menacing and about as scary as the cover art, which looks like it's straight out of a Grimm's fairy tale. It's not all heaviness and misery though – 'Beads' is a simple, acoustic, lovelorn ballad, 'Touch' is pure, Primitive(s) indie-pop with about three different choruses.
Sad Day For Puppets were formed in 2006 in the Stockholm satellite town of Blackeberg, the setting for the creepy vampire book/film 'Let The Right One In'. The natural focal point of the band is singer Anna Eklund, in it's turn leaning on Marcus Sandgren's ringing and fuzzy chords. Martin K�llholm, the band's resident songwriting genius, claims to be inspired by Thin Lizzy, Cheap Trick, Kiss and Aerosmith and is strangely obsessed with Bette Midler.
Most of the bands influences can be traced back to the early nineties, when they all were teenagers. This period has made it's mark on the band. The guitars are once again allowed to roam free and shine. The music is all about shimmering layers of guitars, intertwined feedback melodies all dreamy and grand and sad, and ethereal harmony vocals.
The band started working on the debut album as soon as "Just Like a Ghost EP" ( april 2008) was out, and this time the guitars have an even more prominent place in the over all sound. There's guitar feedback, fuzzy distortion and big harmonies working as a fond for the voice of Anna.
Contact Puppets outside MySpace:
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Alex 46(0)704676380
info(at)hahafonogram.com
saddayforpuppets(at)yahoo.se
"Again", US 7" single on Cloudberry Records 2010!
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The UK version of "Unknown Colors" bonus songs!
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The original Swedish version of "Unknown Colors"!
Order the DEBUT ALBUM. HERE!
Order the UK edition of MARBLE GODS / BIG WAVES. HERE!
Order the original version of the EP. HERE!
Order the JAPAN EDITION of "Just Like a Ghost". HERE!
