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1969 Armstrong

A KICK IN THE HEAD - A BULLET TO THE HEART

About Me


Behold the salient night
Grade: 8 (out of 10)
1969 Armstrong - Salient night EP (self-released)
This latest release from 1969 Armstrong is influenced by some of the better bands from the golden age of shoegazing. Lead track "Something on yer mind", with its primitive drum beat, is reminiscent of early Jesus and Mary Chain and the more contemporary A Place To Bury Strangers. Standout track "Devil in me", with its assured swagger, recalls Ride in one of their poppier moments and also brings to mind early Britpop. With this, their third EP, 1969 Armstrong have proven themselves to be at the forefront of shoegaze-influenced Swedish bands.
- Nick Levine
http://www.itsatrap.com/index.php?a=309
"Om Spiritualized, Spaceman 3, My Bloody Valentine och Slowdive bygger upp hantverkarmässiga mönstrade väggar av ljud, kan 1969 Armstrong bäst beskrivas som en två kilometer tryckt strukturtapet längs en dammig landningsbana mellan hopplösheten i Alingsås, drömmarna, förfallet och dagen efter i Manchester, Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride, A Place To Bury Strangers i Brooklyn och förevigandet i studion i Göteborg. En sagolikt utblandad lina kokain från rätt ände av århundradet, som i vakumet av Jim Reids löften och My Bloody Valentine, framstår som fullständigt legal. Nöden har, som bekant, ingen lag."
Andreas Häggström, www.pandamagazine.se
Nothing is entirely static, and 1969 Armstrong are no exception. Although their inspiration and firm foundation is a mix of shoegaze, 60ies psyche, 90ies lo-fi and with an Elephant 6-esque set of mind, 1969 Armstrong are always on the run from the past and throwing themselves right into the eye of the future - constantly redefining themselves and their art.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/29/2006
Band Website: quake.swe.net/~nnk/1969
Band Members: Cristian Ekman - Guitars (Fender Telecaster Custom, Fender Jaguar), bass, backing vocals, slide, effects.
Calle Thoor -Vocals, guitars (Fender Thinline, Fender Jaguar), bass, drums, keys, samples, effects.
Influences: Spiritualized, Ride, J Spaceman, My Bloody Valentine, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Built to Spill, Sonic Youth, Death Cab for Cutie, Nada Surf, Yo La Tengo, Lilys, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Slowdive, Spacemen 3, Stereolab, Buck, etc.
Sounds Like:

Basically, we sound like 1969 Armstrong... anything else would just be silly, wouldn't it?

Salient Night EP (2007)
Devil in Me 3'36"
Salient Night 3'13"
Something on Yer Mind 2'58"

Postcard EP (2006)
A Fine Piece of Art 3'04"
Caught up in a Dream 3'29"
Postcard 2'35"
Postcard (Instrumental) 2'35"

The Grand Exposition EP (2005)
Endless Orbit 3'27"
Serves to Remind 3'01"
(We Stand in) Lines 7'24"

Type of Label: None

My Blog

New record in 2009

Hi folks. While we are currently focusing 90% of our energy on the forthcoming Bolywool release, we have certainly not forgotten the promise we made to the fellowship of noise and broken chords; we ar...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:46:00 PST

Remix of Caught up in a Dream!

Hi folks!Since you have been so patient (we wouldn't know if you weren't), here's a little something something to ease your pain: a remix of our golden oldie Caught up in a Dream. ...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:37:00 PST

And there was none...

Hey folks!As you might have noticed, nothing much has been going on here lately. Bolywool is still kind of our main thing at the moment, with the retrospective coming out in early May and a brand new ...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:32:00 PST

Added an old song

Hey! Because you can add one more song, I added an old one, Serves to Remind. It's on our first EP from 2005, The Grand Exposition. It's been up here on MySpace before, so if you missed it then, ...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:21:00 PST

New songs have been written, but...

Hey! I, Cristian, have recorded some demos/suggestions of new songs. Calle has also got some new songs. I don't know when we will record all the new songs "for real", but I can assure you th...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:17:00 PST

"A Fine Piece of Art" Birthday video on youtube!

  Hello all.This is the link to a video that was made by Kathy Grener in celebration of our friends Angel's birthday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7mTucF0V38 Lovely, isn't it?...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:38:00 PST

1969 at itsatrap.com

Alas, back from an exciting weekend in Säffle. You will soon be able to read all about it at Everyday Mistakes' blog. Anyway, we have been reviewed at http://www.itsatrap.com/index.php?a=309 Grade: 8 ...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 03:42:00 PST

Up North Vol.1

Hey folks. I (Calle) have recorded a couple of overdubs on a demo version of Hallelujah (Rahajá hí divináh) at Studio Kyrkvägen here in Umeå. It's turning out great. Mattias has given me lots of input...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 08:57:00 PST

Dear all...

There hasn't been a fuzz going on this blog for quite some time now. Cristian has been made (or perhaps "been knighted" is a more adequate term) a permanent member of Bolywool. He has also purcha...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:07:00 PST

1969 Armstrong on wesaydisco.com

Here's the link:http://www.wesaydisco.com/?p=1480The blog is  in swedish, so if it's not your mother tongue, go to your local library and borrow a dictionary. For example, "[s]vensk shoegaze när ...
Posted by 1969 Armstrong on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:39:00 PST