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The Tarantula Waltz

Releaseparty 18th of september, Welcome.

About Me

"The Tarantula Waltz clearly loves the off beat americana of Townes van Zandt, Will Oldham and Neil Young but they've taken these influences and made something new. The sounds on their upcoming release are cathartic gothic blues as inspired by the howls of Jeff Buckely as the dirges of Joy Division and the noisy pychadelic instrumental rock of Dungen or the soft indie folk of Jose Gonzales.The band's technically a trio but on the noisier parts of "Where I End and You Begin" they might as well be a quintet. The explosion of sound in the middle of this song is a dramatic counterpoint to the silences built into the beginning and ending passages. There is an 11 song album recorded that should see the light of day sometime in 2007." -Swedes please ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- IMPRESIVE NEWCOMER" - Uncut, England ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- "The Tarantula Waltz är namnet pÃ¥ det fantastiska debutbandet som National nu stolt presenterar, tillika titeln pÃ¥ det fulländade album som släpps 19 september. The Tarantula Waltz är i mÃ¥ngt och mycket 22-Ã¥rige Markus Svenssons skapelse, som sin ringa Ã¥lder till trots har exakt den pondus, sälta och tyngd som krävs i denna lite mer lÃ¥gmälda, gitarrdominerade genren. En förklaring torde vara att han redan nu upplevt exceptionellt mycket av livets goda och framför allt inte sÃ¥ goda – vilket starkt präglat rösten och texterna. Förförande och uppbyggligt depressivt vemod i dynamisk och mÃ¥ngfacetterad Europeisk anda. Bandet har redan hyllats ymnigt av flertalet av de större svenska musiktyckarna och har turnerat framgÃ¥ngsrikt bÃ¥de här hemma och runt omkring i Europa. Bl a tillbringades vÃ¥ren i Skottland där ett 30-tal succéspelningar avverkades." -National ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------National Tel: +46 40611 93 69 mail: [email protected] och Bokning: [email protected] tel:+46 406111039, +46705321225 Förlag och Webb: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------ I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/2/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/tarantulaband
Band Members: MARKUS SVENSSON - Guitar, vocals, different sounds from different places of different shapes and different sizes.Robert Johansson - Guitars,organ,banjo,piano. Frida Jasmin Sende - Cello Therese Johansson- backing vocals, harmonica.
Influences: Songs:Ohia, Townes van Zandt, Bruno K Öijer, Damien Jurado, Cat Power, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Lioness Torsvall, Smog, Glasgow, Nick Drake, 16 horsepower, Stefan Jarl, Woven hand, Azure ray, Jesse Sykes, Tom Waits, old chairs, Ingmar Bergman, Salvador dali, Great Lake Swimmers,Sex, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Mark Kozelek,Lasse Kongo,old watches, the begoodtanyas, addictions, Hank Williams, Daniel Johnston, Will Oldham, Lead Belly, Anders Petersen, George Jones, Elliott Smith, Thåström, Gillian Welch, Kathleen Edwards, John Lee Hooker, Gram Parsons, Josh Ritter, Steve Earle, Beatles, Jason Molina, Interpol, The band, Shearwater, Richard Buckner, Christian Kjellvander,Palace, Palace Brothers
Sounds Like: the one man waltz
Record Label: National, Bookingagent: [email protected]
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Signed to National!

I've now been signed to swedish label National and I'm very happy, it's an honor to be a part of such a great label. The album will be out in Scandinavia 19th of September. cheers!
Posted by The Tarantula Waltz on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:31:00 PST

Concert review, Fallkirk

The Tarantula Waltz were the first band up, starting with the lead singer Markus Svensson on his own doing a song or two, the aptly named Thank you for the Blues was a song that would have put singer ...
Posted by The Tarantula Waltz on Tue, 15 May 2007 08:23:00 PST

Back in Stockholm 12th of May to support the Great lake Swimmers.

The Tarantula Waltz will support the Great Lake Swimmers at Berns in Stockholm 12th of May. It's an honor.
Posted by The Tarantula Waltz on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:00:00 PST