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armchair oracles

About Me

Armchair Oracles caught fire on 3rd of August 2007, when they recorded five songs during a creative weekend. In 2008, "Armchair Oracles EP" was released to international acclaim. In May 2008 the band played three gigs during the IPO festival in Liverpool, and in August they performed four shows in Los Angeles. The band recorded several songs in 2008, and on February 3rd their debut album "Change Your Skin...Wash Your Heart" is due for release.---------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------"Classic-style powerpop with great melodies, quirky tempo and chord changes, and spot-on harmonies are what this band from Norway are all about. The songs on their debut self-titled EP bring to mind such influences as The Beatles, Big Star and Love. Truly a band after IPO's heart!" (IPO Guide)------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------”This Norwegian band is unsigned at the moment but should get snapped up by a record label very soon if there's any justice in the world! There's a definite whiff of Beatlesque pop, but with George dominating the proceedings. I also hear the Los Angeles band Love. Overwhelmingly though, they recall the classic powerpop originals, Ardent recording artists, Cargoe.This is high praise indeed!” (Power Pop Review, on "Never Enough")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29D4xJpo83o

Scared Of Light (new song)

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Music:

Member Since: 8/28/2007
Band Website: www11.nrk.no/urort/artist/armchairoracles
Band Members: Atle Skogrand - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, piano, glockenspiel & harmonica, Charlie Wise - drums & tambourine, Jan Ove "Joe" Engeseth - bass, Kjetil Halsen - trumpet ----------- CONTACT: [email protected]
Influences: The Beatles - The Beau Brummels - Big Star - Buffalo Springfield - Dipsomaniacs - Dukes of Stratosphear - The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Kinks - The La's - Love - Moby Grape - The Pretty Things - Saggitarius - The Stone Roses - The Velvet Underground - The Zombies and so on...
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Album release on February 3rd!

Armchair Oracles' long awaited debut album is due for release on February 3rd.It's called "Change your skin...Wash your heart", and it bulids on and further develops the sound heard on the internatio...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:52:00 GMT

Armchair Oracles EP included on Top 10 EPs of 2008-list

Happy New Year, Folks!Just tuning in to tell you that our self-titled EP from 2008 was listed 5 on PowerPop Station's Top 10 EP's of 2008-list. Hoooraay! Link:Top 10 EP's 2008We also made it onto to ...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:34:00 GMT

Armchair Oracles to play International Pop Overthrow in Los Angeles.

Hi everyone!! Armchair Oracles will be playing two shows at the International Pop Overthrow Festival in Los Angeles. The shows will be taking place - 6th August 2008 @ Molly Malones - 9.30pm 8th...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:49:00 GMT

Liverpool diary, ready for L.A....

Hi, we're back from a great week in Liverpool, where we played 3 gigs during the IPO festival. Here's some details:May 21 2008:Successful travel, made it to Liverpool in one piece(except for Atle's ef...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 14:54:00 GMT

Armchair Oracles set to play International Pop Overthrow in May

Hey!Armchair Oracles will be performing two gigs at the International Pop Overthrow festival in Liverpool. This will happen somewhere between 22nd and 25th of May at The Cavern Club.More updat...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:53:00 GMT