AMPOP

Descubiertos por casualidad, dado que me dió por echar un vistazo a un email de LesInrocks, justo en ese email, el disco del día, 24 Junio 2006, era My Desilusions de Ampop, que salía ahora en Francia gracias a la etiqueta Recall.


Alternative / Rock / Indie

Reykjavik/Glasgow, Iceland

Componentes:
BIGGI(Birgir Hilmarsson)- vocals and guitars,
KJARTAN - keyboards,
JON GEIR - drums

Sobre Ampop (info de su MySpace):

A three piece from Reykjavik, AMPOP are Biggi (guitars, vocals), Kjartan (keyboards), Jon Geir (drums). Those in the know will have first come across the band through their two critically acclaimed electronic based albums released in their homeland. The second of these 'Made for Market' was considered by many local critics the best Icelandic album of 2003. Their one supporter outside Iceland was unsurprisingly the late great John Peel. Keen to develop their sound the band bunkered down in their own studio and over time developed a more organic and song based direction moving away from the more electronic influences of their earlier material. The first examples of the bands new direction were demo versions of two songs, 'My Delusions' and 'Don't let me down', which saw the light of day in early 2005. These tracks were instantly picked up on by Radio 1's Zane Lowe who played 'My delusions' on several occasions and invited the band to play live on his show from Austin, Texas, during this years SXSW music festival. AMPOP played alongside The Bravery, Hot Hot Heat, The Blood Arm and Queens of the Stone Age as the only unsigned band. Other important DJs such as Huw Stephens and Vic Galloway at Radio 1, or Vic McGlynn at BBC 6 Music have also put the stamp of approval to the new songs and have championed the band in their radio shows. After the successful appearance at SXSW the band went back to their studio to finish the album, stopping only to play in NY and the NXNE festival in Toronto. The first single off the new album, 'My delusions', gets a UK release via Relentless Records imprint Stimulus Records , who spotted the band live in Austin, on November the 28th.

Discografía:(Ver más en su WEB)
MY DESILUSIONS (Recall -France- 2006, Dennis -Iceland- Nov 2005)



01.Eternal bliss
02.My delusions -mp3-
03.Clown
04.Don't let me down -video (Bush Hall,London)-
05.Youth -video (Iceland Airwaves 04) -
06.Ordinary world
07.Weather report -mp3-
08.Precious -mp3-
09.Secrets
10.Distance
11.3 Hours of daylight (7digital download)

-LesInrocks review
-IndieFreaks review

MADE FOR MARKET (Thule Musik, Dec 2002)
1.January
2.Made for Market -mp3-//-video (live on TV)-
3.Sociopath -video-
4.Home Sweet Home
5.Love Song
6.Comparison
7.Amaranth
8.S.a.d
9.Winter Solstice

Otros videos:
-Nature is not a virgin -video-

-My Desilusions
'My Delusions' was chosen the song of the year at the first official XFM radio awards in Reykjavik last night. AMPOP also got an award as the band with the biggest future


Para acabar diré que el cantante Biggi también tiene un proyecto en paralelo llamado Blindfold.

Get this video and more at MySpace.com