Efterklang: Parade to be release October 15
Most bands are dependent on other people to release their music. They would rather focus on their craft and allow someone else take care of the details. Occasionally a band will come along that is self-sufficient and capable of handling everything, and to do so successfully. Efterklang is one of these rare self-sufficient collection of artists.
Managing their own recording studio in Denmark, Efterklang gave themselves twelve months to record a full-length and an EP. During this time they also managed their record label, Rumraket, working with bands such as Taxi Taxi!, Grizzly Bear, Canon Blue, Slaraffenland, and Amiina. Artists from other countries turn to them to release their music in Denmark, which is what Grizzly Bear, Canon Blue have done.
With all this said, Efterklang has licensed their album to The Leaf Label in the UK, and will be releasing Parades on October 15. This allows them to focus on artists on their own label, and tour for the first time in two years. Starting one day after the album is released, Efterklang will stay on the road until December 3, performing with Peter Broderick and Slaraffenland. The tour will take them through France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, England, and Holland.
On the heals of Parades, Conkerco directed an impressive one minute teaser video, set to the epic Horseback Tenors track. The video shows the earth shaking back and forth as people and objects are tossed around in city streets.
Efterklang began 2007 with the release of Under Giant Trees EP, on their Rumraket label. Five songs filled out their mini-album, with three of the songs reaching seven minutes in length. One of the tracks, Towards The Bare Hill, was offered as a soundtrack to the ThinkSynch Films Competition. Iyvone Khoo and Miguel Guzman directed the short film, explaining that it was episode one, and have plans to direct a second episode. “Its a story of a girl puppet named Ping who is on a quest for freedom.”
Efterklang – Cutting Ice To Snow
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16 okt – Cabaret Electric / le Havre, France / w. Peter Broderick
17 okt – Divan du Monde / Paris, France / w. Peter Broderick
18 okt – Electroni[K] Festival / Rennes, France
21 okt – Festival de Otono / Madrid, Spain
30 okt – Debaser / Malmø, Sweden / w. Peter Broderick
31 okt – Blå / Oslo, Norway / w. Peter Broderick
01 nov – Debaser / Stockholm, Sweden / w. Peter Broderick
03 nov – Stenhammersalen / Gothenburg, Sweden / w. Peter Broderick
08 nov – Forbrændingen / Albertslund, Denmark / w. Slaraffenland
09 nov – Bygningen / Vejle, Denmark
10 nov – VoxHall / Århus, Denmark / w. Slaraffenland
15 nov – Vega / Copenhagen, Denmark / w. Slaraffenland
16 nov – Studenterhus / Odense, Denmark / w. Slaraffenland
17 nov – Studenterhuset / Aalborg, Denmark / w. Slaraffenland
21 nov – Thekla Social / Bristol, England / w. Peter Broderick
22 nov – Hare & Hounds. Kings Heath / Birmingham, England / w. Peter Broderick
23 nov – Bush Hall / London, England / w. Peter Broderick
24 nov – The Brudenell Social Club / Leeds / w. Caribou, P. Broderick & Vessels
25 nov – Rescue Rooms / Nottingham, England / w. Peter Broderick
27 nov – The Arches / Glasgow, Scotland / w. Peter Broderick
28 nov – Whelans / Dublin, Ireland / w. Peter Broderick
29 nov – Spring & Airbrake/ Belfast, North Ireland / w. Peter Broderick
30 nov – The Roadhouse / Manchester, England / w. Peter Broderick
01 dec – Concorde 2 / Brighton, England / w. Peter Broderick
02 dec – VK-club at Palace / Bruxelles, Belgium / w. Slaraffenland
03 dec – Paradiso / Amsterdam, Holland