Description
É provável que já tenham ouvido falar dos Peter Bjorn & John. Os anos de 2006 e 2007 foram deles, deles e do seu inigualável assobio em Young Folks, single de apresentação de Writer?s Block, terceiro disco do trio sueco.
O mui aguardado Living Thing, o seu novo registo, começou a ser tema de conversa no final de
2008, com a saída de uma amostra do álbum, de seu nome Lay It Down. Tema perfeito, goza com a notoriedade atingida pela banda e deixa perplexos todos aqueles que viam nos Peter Bjorn & John uns one hit wonders. Uma voz processada repete vezes sem conta Hey, shut the fuck up boy, you?re starting to piss me off, a programação faz o resto. De repente estamos a abanar a cabeça, segue-se o bater de pés e novo abanar, desta vez de ancas. De génio.
No início deste mês surgiu Nothing to Worry About, primeiro single oficial com vídeo realizado por
Andreas Nilsson onde a festa é feita por rockabillies japonesas).
Pop desarmante, cheia de palminhas e coro de crianças, feita para cativar à primeira audição, é uma digna sucessora de Young Folks. Palavra de Kanye West.
O restante disco é igualmente desafiante. Destaque para I Want You, a mais doce das canções criadas pela banda sueca até hoje, e o tema-título Living Thing, homenagem a Paul Simon.
Álbum de pop com forte ímpeto para a dança, Living Thing remete para o fim dos anos 80 início dos 90?s dos Depeche Mode (para quem estão a abrir na actual tournée) e actualiza a expressão febre de sábado à noite para o século XXI.
A edição especial traz um segundo disco, Seaside Rock de seu nome. Maioritariamente instrumental, dá-nos a conhecer a vertente mais alternativa dos Peter Bjorn & John.
Artist
Peter Bjorn and John are an Indie Rock trio from Sweden, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named with the first names of the band's members: Peter Morén (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) and John Eriksson.
In 2001 they released their first EP, Forbidden Chords (EP) and a pair of singles "Failing and Passing" and "I Don't Know What I Want Us to Do", soon after they signed with the tiny Beat That! label.
Initially any fan/press attention they got had to do more with Björn's past production CV, as well as the other members guest appearances on other more well known bands records.
This began to change when in 2002 the home recorded self-titled debut album was released and songs like "Matchmaker" and "People They Know" became favourites with the indie-rock crowd.
2004 saw the follow-up with the more complete, mature and darker "Falling Out". The track "It Beats Me Everytime" became a hit on Swedish radio and the album was released Stateside the following year.
Two years later was released the album that would definitely launch the band, (worldwide speaking). The new album "Writer's Block" (recorded in Björn's studio in Hornstull, Stockholm) is the first to showcase all three members as songwriters with each taking on lead vocalist duties, and sees the band go into a new musical direction. The first single from the album, "Young Folks", features the vocal talents of Victoria Bergsman from The Concretes and has been hammered even before it's official release.
In 2008 the band released their first instrumental album, "Seaside Rock". And the following year they released the album "Living Thing" (and also a deluxe edition CD, where Seaside Rock came as a bonus CD).
DJ Mick Boogie remixed the tracks and released them in digital format, calling them "Re-Living Thing".
The biggest highlight after "Writer's Block" was the 2011 album "Gimme Some", the hit "Second Chance" became even better known as the opening theme of the American television sitcom
2 Broke Girls which was succeeded by 2016 "Breakin' Point".
On October 19, 2018 the band released their eighth album, "Darker Days"!
Contact :
E-mail: peterbjornandjohn@gmail.com
Twitter: @PeterBjornJohn
Facebook: fb/peterbjornandjohn
Instagram: @peterbjornjohn
Tracks
1
The Feeling
03:08
2
It Don't Move Me
03:21
3
Just The Past
05:11
4
Nothing To Worry About
02:58
5
I'm Losing My Mind
03:44
6
Living Thing
04:39
7
I Want You!
03:39
8
Lay It Down
03:28
9
Stay This Way
04:21
10
Blue Period Picasso
04:36
11
4 Out Of 5
04:08
12
Last Night
04:03
Releases
Labels
Sony Music, Wichita, V2, Shock , StarTime International, Wichita Recordings Ltd.
Countries
Australia, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Russian Federation, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Europe, Scandinavia
Members
Björn Yttling,John Eriksson,Peter Morén
