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Performing "WHATEVER MONEY CAN BUY" live acoustic at SVT 2 Eftersnack at the 21st of April!
"STRANGERS" NEW OUTSTANDING VIDEO World premiere!
The Confusions - Strangers
The Confusions video blog - Live at the "Love Up North" festival
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The Confusions NEW album "The Story Behind The Story" will be released at iTunes at the 4th of Mars, and in Scandinavia at the 12th of Mars. New single "The Logo" out now! 31st of January. If you'd like to buy The Confusions records and stuff please visit our Swedish label Massproduktions web shop at Massproduktion Web Shop .
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THE CONFUSIONS have now established a reputation as one of Sweden's cleverest pop exports. A fistful of fine albums has more than convinced any doubters.
The band's 1996 album "Everyone's Invited" was perhaps their breakthrough, acclaimed throughout the pop press as one of the very best albums of the year. With its quirky ideas, strong melodies and inventive playing, the album is a delight: check out "Steroid hearts" or "Cornflake King", both of which did well as singles. The latter was rotated on the French equivalent to MTV, MCM International.
The album wasn't short of fans around Europe. Several of Britain's notoriously fussy music magazines praised The Confusions. Melody Maker put them above Ocean Colour Scene and other domestic bands, Record Collector called the album a "wondrous debut", while Dis-Connected said they deserved to be "bigger than ABBA".
That album was followed up in 1998 by "Six-0-Seven", once again produced by Peter Svensson of the Cardigans. The songs are about the usual hang-ups that haunt young life: love, repressed emotions, jealousy and hope.
Their "Trampoline" album released in September 2002 is an outstanding album. It features the stunning single "The Pilot", which hit number one on MTV's Up North chart and the song got a lot of attention from outside Scandinavia. The album was released in Japan, Taiwan and "The Pilot" was released in France. The Evening Telegraph wrote "Add these guys to the list of superb Swedish bands. They Borrow from the past (60s Britpop, Bowie) without the self consciousness of their Anglo Saxon peers".
"5 am" released in February 2006 "... even when the band is rocking they do it with class and the great melodies are always present. "Imagination", single "Artificial", "Window" and "Don't Let The World Catch You Crying" are pure schoolbook examples of a perfect mix between Liverpool pop and Bowie-rock." Three EPs have been released before the "5 am" album, "Window", "Don't Let The World Catch You Crying" and "Imagination" all the title tracks from these eps did well on both TV and radio in Scandinavia.
"It Sure Looks Like The Confusions But It Sounds More Acoustic" is released 2007, a more acoustic album with both new and old songs in new versions. A limited 1000 copies is released on CD, but you can also buy this record on digital stores.
"The Logo" is released at the 31st of January 2008 (as radio single and video) taken from the forthcoming album "The Story Behind The Story", at the same time a 5 track EP called "The Pilot EP" is released in the US with immediate positive response: "The Confusions are infectious; just one listen can prove dangerous! Your hips could sway, your phones may melt, your listeners might swoon and you will most likely want to play "The Pilot" back to back...eh, to back!!!" -Ferris O’Brien KATT/Oklahoma City.
The new album "The Story Behind The Story" release date 12th of Mars in Scandinavia, the critics are overwhelmed "At each listening of the new album... new sensations" M.Theander/Sonic, already a classic album! Look out for the new video and single "Strangers", coming to your stereo December 2008.
The Confusions are great fun, but thoughtful at the same time. Not confusing at all, when you think about it.

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Member Since: 11/14/2005
Band Website: www.theconfusions.com
Band Members:

Buy The Confusions records and stuff here!

Mikael Andersson-Knut - Vocals, guitars, sounds...

Zarah Andersson-Knut - Keyboards, piano, organ, vocals

Mattias Löfström - Drums and rythm machines

Henrik Svensson - Guitars

Magnus Thorsell - Bass

Fredrik Hast - Guitar

Influences: David Bowie, Wilco, The Beatles, Radiohead, The Who, Smashing Pumpkins, Abba, Depehe Mode, Interpool, Björk, Mazzy Star, New Order, Lloyd Cole, Nick Drake, Iggy Pop...
Record Label: Massproduktion (Scandinavia)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New photos

hi folks, We've just uploaded some new photos from some of the gigs we did this last summer. Be sure to check them out, and please - if you got some own photos from our show, give us a shout and we'll...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:01:00 GMT

The Confusions video blogs

Hello everyone,you will find The Confusions videoblogs at our youtube site www.youtube.com/confusions.Here's the first three videoblogs and a live video of "Thin" when we returned to our old school ya...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:09:00 GMT

New reviews in English "The Story Behind The Story"

Will Benham writes in his blog about "The Story Behind The Story": What makes The Story Behind the Story successful is its ability to make slight genre changes, while displaying a wide range of influe...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 02:32:00 GMT

A great reveiw in Sonic/Suverän recension i Sonic (in Swedish only).

THE CONFUSIONS The Story Behind the Story Massproduktion/BonnierBetyg: 8 I låten »Remain«, kanske den vackraste på detta album, lyder textens kärna »They say we're growing older now but I know, our ...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:00:00 GMT

Help us choose the new single?

Ok... now it's time to choose single no 2 from our album "The Story Behind The Story". "The Logo" is the first single! The Album will be released in Scandinavia at the 12th of Mars (4th of Mars a...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:21:00 GMT

Would you like an acoustic The Confusions record?

The Confusions has been playing a lot of "acoustic" concerts this spring (2006) and the audience really loved it. What do you think? Should The Confusions release a more "acoustic album"? ... with onl...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 02:22:00 GMT

What's the favorite title of the new Confusions album?

The Confusions will release their fifth album in Scandinavia in January. (Hopefully in other territories a little bit later). What title would do you prefer for the album? Realizer Satellites For Sale...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 03:05:00 GMT