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leopold

Indie pop from Gothenburg, Sweden

About Me

At some midsummer party taking place around 1997 MÃ¥ns got a compliment for his, at the time, very tasty mozzer haircut. This led to something that later became leopold. The following fall we shyly started rehersing together. When confident enough we went away for peoplesbeer-fuelled recording sessions in winter shutdown summer houses. Despite lack of recording skills we somehow managed to turn these sessions into CDR demos. This led to several gigs, two gold records in a not longer existing DIY store and a possibility to record a studio album. The debut album "Dreaming is for anyone" was released in the fall of 2003 on TOMT/Deadfrog recordings. After three years of developing the sound of our common music ideals blended up with our very own "30 something middle class debts" we finally released our second album "friend of a friend" on TOMT recordings. We surely hope it will be a warm and genuine friend for you or for instance Seth Cohen when soundtracking him as he watches the sun go down over the OC beach... AVAILABLE AT WWW.DOTSHOP.SE

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/22/2006
Band Website: tomtrecordings.se
Band Members: MÃ¥ns Wiklund - vocals, piano Ola Wiklund - drums Christian Ljung - vocals, bass guitar Anders Jacobsson - guitars
Influences: Wilco, Lemonheads, Suede, Belle & Sebastian, Lloyd Cole, Mojave 3, Slowdive, Yo la tengo, Will Oldham, Bright eyes, Bowie, Pink Floyd, Stone Roses, Martha Wainwright and so on and so on.
Sounds Like: Great!
Record Label: TOMT recordings, www.tomtrecordings.se
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

one tree hill again!

Good news! leopold song october is featured in episode 505 of TV-series One Tree Hill! This is the second time our music is played on the show. "Walking Away" was in episode 421.
Posted by leopold on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:58:00 PST

leopold on TV-show One tree Hill!

amazing news! leopold song "walking away" appears in the season final episode of TV-show One Tree Hill. Check it out here http://www.dailymotion.com/tag/brooke/video/x29lys_one-tree- hill-4x21-part-2
Posted by leopold on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:51:00 PST

2nd place at Parasol top ten

Great news! leopold has reached 2nd place on this weeks top ten list at parasol.com. One notch before new release from The Concretes...
Posted by leopold on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:54:00 PST

Musiklandet review

A swedish review of our album "Friend of friend" was published recently at musiklandet. You can find it here: http://www.musiklandet.com/ml/index.nsf/1?Open&a=sk& id=A71AEFD684A1EB04C12572C4007...
Posted by leopold on Wed, 30 May 2007 07:27:00 PST

Photos added under pics...

From live shows and beer drinking, have a look!
Posted by leopold on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 11:38:00 PST

Göteborg-Posten, recension

Pop. Leopolds finstämda och känsliga debut kom för några år sedan och uppföljaren är en självklar fortsättning, men med ett säkrare anslag från göteborgarna. De melankoliska countryinfluenserna har lä...
Posted by leopold on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 02:02:00 PST

NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE AT DOTSHOP.SE

Our new album "friend of a friend" is now available at www.dotshop.se 
Posted by leopold on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:15:00 PST

Borås Tidning Recension

"...inte alls olikt Belle & Sebastian i sin bästa period, men mer storslaget." Betyg 4 av 5. Läs hela recensionen här http://www.borastidning.se/bt/btartikel.asp?version=302961.. .
Posted by leopold on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 09:09:00 PST