Post by karro on Mar 30, 2005 20:43:14 GMT -5
I have fun with myself tonight ;D
I don't know, I was seeking for Kingwood reviews but I only happen to find interviews which is greater.
from: www.timeoff.com.au/archive/1216/interviews/4.html
MILLENCOLIN
Swede Music
It’s a recognisable sense of humour and simple honesty that Millencolin frontman Nikola Sarcevic brings to the first single from the band’s latest album, Kingwood.
“So what the hell do you want me to say? A half-ass rhyme, another cliché? You might be right this one time,” Sarcevic sings on ‘Ray’.
Kingwood might not be Sarcevic at his most inventive, but chances are the album will still become one of the biggest of the Swedish band’s 13-year career. Years of hard work touring internationally and strong support from skate and punk communities saw the band’s last two albums, 2000’s Pennybridge Pioneers and 2002’s Home From Home, attract attention from a wider audience and push them into the charts.
The new album brings back the heavier punk edge and straightforward melodies missing in more recent material. It’s a move guitarist Mathias Färm admits was highly conscious.
“We were really happy with the way Home From Home turned out, but we wanted to move away from that rockier sound on this album,” Färm explains. “Home From Home had a really large rock sound and we wanted to kind of go back to the raw punk songs we used to play. But, I mean, [Kingwood] is still a big move forward. We do always take the music in a new direction with every album.”<br>
It’s no wonder Sarcevic – the band’s primary songwriter – was ready to rock. Last year he took a musical detour via Lock Sport Krock, his successful solo project of lovelorn acoustic folk-pop.
But while Sarcevic and Millencolin regularly change it up on record, it seems they attempt to keep the business side of the band as uncomplicated as possible. They recently re-signed with Swedish label Burning Heart – the same label that released their first single in 1993.
“We’ve had offers from major labels but there’s just been no reason to go down that path,” Färm says. “Burning Heart can do everything we need them to do and we do have Epitaph in the US to cover that part of the world, so it works out great. Plus, we’ve been with Burning Heart from the beginning and we’ve grown together – they’re not such a small label anymore. I don’t think at this point we’d consider any major label offer.”<br>
With Kingwood currently finding its way to music stores around the world, the band are doing what they do best: playing shows. Their live performances are so in-demand that the four-piece are locked into tours in the US, UK and Europe right up until August. Färm says a trip to Australia is likely to follow.
“It can get exhausting thinking about touring for that long a time, but we’re so used to being on the road that it’s not really a big deal now,” he says. “We’ve been playing shows for a long time, so if we weren’t used to it by now, there’d be something wrong with us. And we do get breaks in between to go home and relax. That’s always nice.”<br>
Millencolin's Kingwood is out now on Shock/Burning Heart.
I don't know, I was seeking for Kingwood reviews but I only happen to find interviews which is greater.
from: www.timeoff.com.au/archive/1216/interviews/4.html
MILLENCOLIN
Swede Music
It’s a recognisable sense of humour and simple honesty that Millencolin frontman Nikola Sarcevic brings to the first single from the band’s latest album, Kingwood.
“So what the hell do you want me to say? A half-ass rhyme, another cliché? You might be right this one time,” Sarcevic sings on ‘Ray’.
Kingwood might not be Sarcevic at his most inventive, but chances are the album will still become one of the biggest of the Swedish band’s 13-year career. Years of hard work touring internationally and strong support from skate and punk communities saw the band’s last two albums, 2000’s Pennybridge Pioneers and 2002’s Home From Home, attract attention from a wider audience and push them into the charts.
The new album brings back the heavier punk edge and straightforward melodies missing in more recent material. It’s a move guitarist Mathias Färm admits was highly conscious.
“We were really happy with the way Home From Home turned out, but we wanted to move away from that rockier sound on this album,” Färm explains. “Home From Home had a really large rock sound and we wanted to kind of go back to the raw punk songs we used to play. But, I mean, [Kingwood] is still a big move forward. We do always take the music in a new direction with every album.”<br>
It’s no wonder Sarcevic – the band’s primary songwriter – was ready to rock. Last year he took a musical detour via Lock Sport Krock, his successful solo project of lovelorn acoustic folk-pop.
But while Sarcevic and Millencolin regularly change it up on record, it seems they attempt to keep the business side of the band as uncomplicated as possible. They recently re-signed with Swedish label Burning Heart – the same label that released their first single in 1993.
“We’ve had offers from major labels but there’s just been no reason to go down that path,” Färm says. “Burning Heart can do everything we need them to do and we do have Epitaph in the US to cover that part of the world, so it works out great. Plus, we’ve been with Burning Heart from the beginning and we’ve grown together – they’re not such a small label anymore. I don’t think at this point we’d consider any major label offer.”<br>
With Kingwood currently finding its way to music stores around the world, the band are doing what they do best: playing shows. Their live performances are so in-demand that the four-piece are locked into tours in the US, UK and Europe right up until August. Färm says a trip to Australia is likely to follow.
“It can get exhausting thinking about touring for that long a time, but we’re so used to being on the road that it’s not really a big deal now,” he says. “We’ve been playing shows for a long time, so if we weren’t used to it by now, there’d be something wrong with us. And we do get breaks in between to go home and relax. That’s always nice.”<br>
Millencolin's Kingwood is out now on Shock/Burning Heart.
I think they are proud to be with BHR 
