"Brilliant from one of Norways least known legends! This is perfect pop.
Caddy can carry my club and balls anytime." - Happy-Tom, Turbonegro................................................
Inspired by pop-veterans such as Lemonheads,
Teenage Fanclub and even Bryan Adams (!),
mixed together with Kiss from the 80`s and the
beautiful harmonies of Brian Wilson, Tomas Dahl
was determined to form a non-band, a project
featuring only himself, a one-man boyband.
Having played in various bands since I was 14
years old, I wanted to do something different than
rehearsing year after year in a smelly, cold basement.
I just don`t find it exciting anymore. I wanted to create
something that would represent me and the music I make.
That`s when I thought about recording a couple of songs,
do all the recording myself and just see what it sounds like
he says.
Well, the 2 songs soon became a full-length album
consisting of 10 songs, filled with lovely harmonies,
loud guitars and lots of hooks. Tomas Dahl, which is
a former member of bands such as The Yum Yums,
The Wonderfools and has contributed on the last 2
Turbonegro albums, has a unique pop sensibility and
writes songs that is as catchy as chlamydia! His songs
find their way inside your brain and stay there for a
long time. Now that his album is finished, he`s planning
to get a release for it sometime this year.I recorded this album in Toproom Studios which is run
by a good friend of mine, Børge Finstad. He`s actually
a well-known metal producer. He`d let me use his studio
whenever it was available. It was usually booked most
of the time, but I got around to finish it eventually. It took
me one and a half year to get it done, that`s why I`ve
called the album Go Slow. So now I`m just really happy
with the result and hopefully I`ll have it out sometime this
year.And he has every single intention of being happy with the
result, the album is a killer; from the poppy rocker
Hanging On (To Nothing), the Brian Wilson-esque
Dumb Angel to the powerpop sparkling energy in Twister.
The national radio in Norway picked up one of his songs
and he`s one of the
finalists for un-signed artists of the year, a competition
the radio has every year.
And he`s currently being used in a surf soundtrack in Hawaii,
even before the
album is out!Contact:
[email protected]
