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SYME

No Spark, No Heart

About Me


The Washington Post (USA):
’People who do venture out to see Syme, will be rewarded with a fantastic head-trip’
The Norwegian band Syme creates pop music at the meeting point between melody and noise. Cacophonous guitar sounds, ethereal synths and a hypnotic groove prevail throughout their sound, which is always welded to a well-tuned pop melody.
The band is currently in the studio working on the eagerly awaited followup to 2005’s critically acclaimed tour de force ‘Swing Swing’ (Karisma/Tuba). With the working title ‘No Spark, No Heart’ Syme’s second album will present a focused, lighter, but always spectacular musical landscape, and will be released in Norway in 2008.
Undressmerobot.com(USA):
’Coming out of nowhere from Norway, these suckers made one of the best and most eclectic indie rock albums i’ve heard in a long while. Swing Swing is a journey, not just a CD. Syme’s music is a breath of fresh air in a world where almost all music is easily jammed into fixed genres. I live for this kind of music, and this album easily tops my 2005 list.’ – Graded A+ & 1 album of 2005
Aftenposten:
’A varied album and a great surprise (...) One of the best arguments to stop categorizing music I have heard in a long time’ 5/6
Bergens Avisen:
’Swing Swing is an exceptionally strong and varied debut album, displaying their talent for both dreamy pop and explosive noise rock.’ 5/6
Buy our debut album "Swing Swing" here:
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UK - IRELAND - FRANCE
NORWAY - DENMARK - FINLAND
GERMANY - SPAIN - ITALY
SWITZERLAND - BELGIUM
NETHERLANDS - LUXEMBOURG
AUSTRIA - PORTUGAL - GREECE
NEW ZEALAND - AUSTRALIA
OR ORDER CD ALBUM FROM:
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and buy "Modern Love EP" here:
BUY AT iTUNES
UK - IRELAND - FRANCE
NORWAY - DENMARK - FINLAND
GERMANY - SPAIN - ITALY
SWITZERLAND - BELGIUM
NETHERLANDS - LUXEMBOURG
AUSTRIA - PORTUGAL - GREECE
NEW ZEALAND - AUSTRALIA
OR ORDER CD ALBUM FROM:
HOUSEOFTELLE

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/2/2006
Band Website: syme.no
Band Members:
Management:

PAPPAS! Management
Chris Wareing
phone: +47 47830568
mail: chris (at) pappasmanagement.net

Booking:

Standing Ovation
Chris Wareing
phone: +47 47830568
mail: chris (at) standingovation.no

Ben Nerdal - Bassguitar
Vidar Ingvaldsen - Drums & perc
Ketil Endresen - Vocals, keys, computer & perc
Fredrik Vogsborg - Vocals, guitar, keys & perc

Impattosonoro.it (Italy): ’an expansion of post-rock between Mogwai, Explosions in the sky and Under Byen, with influences from electronic godfathers Autechre and Aphex Twin.’

Influences: Talking Heads, Can, Radiohead, Mogwai, Fela Kuti, Paul Simon, Motorpsycho, Sigur Ros+++

Sounds Like: SYME - PLANETARIUM
Made by Aslak Helgesen

Type of Label: None

My Blog

SYME live recording at Paradise Lounge, Boston (MA)

Wondering what SYME sound like these days?Check out this live recording done by our good friend Brad at Bradley’s Almanac: SYME at Bradley’s AlmanacThanks, Brad!...
Posted by SYME on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:13:00 PST

TRACKLISTING for Swing Swing & Modern Love

Now tracklisting for Syme’s critically acclaimed debut album "Swing Swing" (2005) and the remix EP "Modern Love" (2006) (featuring Syme’s own version of David Bowie’s classic song) i...
Posted by SYME on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:10:00 PST

New great-looking live photos!

Check out these great photos taken from the show at Wrong Bar in Toronto on March 6th.Thanks, David Waldman, KWC, for suberb shots!Check out FormerTransformer.com:http://www.formertransformer.com/band. ..
Posted by SYME on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:01:00 PST

Show at The Annex, NYC, cancelled

Unfortunately our lead singer and keyboard player Ketil has turned sick whilst in Toronto. We had to cut down on our set at The Boat yesterday, and today Ketil has spent the day in bed.Therefore we ha...
Posted by SYME on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:06:00 PST

Syme Touring America

Howdy friends!We are currently hanging out in the wonderful city of Toronto, Canada. The first leg of the tour has been great fun, playing shows in Rochester, Boston and Toronto. We're even doing a se...
Posted by SYME on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:38:00 PST

Back in the US/New US phone

Syme have landed in Manhattan and will enbark on their second North American tour today!The tour includes dates in Rochester, Toronto, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Austin, where we play three sh...
Posted by SYME on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:00:00 PST

EIVIND LEAVES SYME

We're sorry to announce the departure of our friend and guitarist Eivind Waage from the band. We part as friends and wish Eivind good luck with his new projects. Thanks for 5 years in Syme!Love from K...
Posted by SYME on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:22:00 PST

Syme on Facebook

To get more news about your favourite band, add us as your friend on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2343148955 We're working on putting out videos from our recent US trip, and these w...
Posted by SYME on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:48:00 PST

Great live review and article in Washington Post

Symes successful tour in USA and Canada is soon coming to an end, with articles and reviews ticking in daily. This is from Symes show at DC9 in Washington DC. misquote alarm! Please note that our comm...
Posted by SYME on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:17:00 PST

Two new articles with sounds on the WWW

The Boston based music blog "bradley's almanac" posted this blog about Syme and our concert at TT the Bear in Cambridge (Boston), Massachusetts.Go to JamNow for a live recording followed by an intervi...
Posted by SYME on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:26:00 PST