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The April Skies

Two light ales please

About Me

from DigfiIn the world of indie pop one worships ones idols as if they were gods, and The April Skies are indie in the most positive meaning of the word. They pay tribute to, refer to and honour their idols. They christen the band after a song by The Jesus & Mary Chain, they record the single “Three Minute Singles” and decorate the sleeve with 25 record covers – their favourites, their influences – everything from Joy Division, The Smiths, The Beach Boys to The Stone Roses. For them, pop music is nothing short of religion. And religion must be preached. Loudly and clearly.“Rise & Rise Again” could have been the song that The Go-Betweens never wrote, while “Three Minute Singles” is the final link between C-86 and Bruce Springsteen. “Three minute singles on seven inch vinyl, oh yeah, taught us more than we will ever know”, sings Alexander Unhjem. And we need hardly add that the song lasts for three minutes.

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Member Since: 2/25/2006
Band Website: www11.nrk.no/urort/user/?id=4622
Band Members: Anders Kaasen - guitar, Alexander Unhjem - vocals, Ragnhild H. Jordahl - drums, Lars J. Stava - bass
Influences: The Stone Roses, The Smiths, The Jesus & Mary Chain, '60s Rolling Stones, Velvet Underground's poppier moments, Vladimir Nabokov, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Scott Walker, France Gall, indie kids from sunny countries, Francoise Hardy, Morrissey, Dexy's Midnight Runners, McCarthy, Phil Spector, ABBA, The Monkees, The Chiffons, The Who pre-1970, Dusty Springfield, Goffin/King, Bacharach/David, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Mann/Weil, Bruce Springsteen, thousand-page novels by dead russian authors oh yeah, The Shangri-Las, Haakan Hellstrom, Orange Juice, The Supremes et cetera, et cetera.
Sounds Like: The Stone Roses, The Smiths, early Primal Scream, Go-Betweens (supposedly), C86 & twee pop in general, Swedish pop & Indie, the '60s love of the short & catchy pop single filtered through the sound of ringing '80s guitar-pop.
Record Label: Cloudberry Records, Plastilina Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Cloudberry 46: Two minute singles on three inch CD-r OH YEAH!

Ehi all! How ya been? We're happy to announce that we're back with a new single on the truly fantastic Cloudberry Records. It's released october 1st and you can buy it through their site usi...
Posted by The April Skies on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:35:00 PST

Another new one: "I don't want you to worry"

Well, to tell you the truth it's pretty old, though not as old as it sounds (1965!). The recording is new. It's another home demo from our sessions in Sand Creek, Bergen. A lot of our songs ...
Posted by The April Skies on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:52:00 PST

Memories of Annabel (demo)

Hello! Had a little home-recording session the other day, and here's the first result. More to come. ciao
Posted by The April Skies on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:26:00 PST

Summery guitar pop!

With the rain falling on Bergen as usual, we've had plenty of time to stay indoors recording summery guitar pop for y'all. New song "Tonight" will appear on an upcoming compilation put together by our...
Posted by The April Skies on Mon, 29 May 2006 02:45:00 PST

2 new & improved mp3 files of old & familiar songs

Thanks to some superb PC plugins (provided by the indispensible Princess Niko - thank you!) we managed to pump up the volume a bit & add some warmth to the mixes of "Rise & Rise Again" &a...
Posted by The April Skies on Wed, 03 May 2006 08:26:00 PST