Tunes United’s first release United Tunes is finally available on iTunes Music Store, the most recent releases; People and Land will follow shortly and soon also be available on Spotify. But as we are very liberal you can still also download the album for free, here.
When you get the album in your hand, you also get a postcard stamped in 1949. It all begins with Orient Express, reassembling the past into a four-minute journey. The century continues circling around such as common themes as terrifying wars and calming woodlands …and a little bit of the ever-present weather too! The chaos reaches a sort of anti-climax with the straight-forward stage-favourite Celestial and the narrow but dark The Night of the Storm, before diving into rock’n’rollier moods again.
“Södermanland is as Swedish as a song can be without being written in Swedish, giving you the pulse of a mid-eastern town in this country”
The last ten minutes is formed of the present world we live in now (or more like the almost ancient 1990’s). Södermanland is as Swedish as a song can be without being written in Swedish, giving you the pulse of a mid-eastern town in this country.
“It might be a bit of a spoof. But so were the nineties. And so are Tunes United too, sometimes”
Södermanland’s long and almost pastoral end is the complete opposite to the sharp crescendo that cuts off the last track; What happened to Joachim Berner and What Does He Think About Klick? This tongue-in-cheek song is in fact a contrast to the rest of the record . It’s a surprise how an album that begins with the seriousness of Orient’s lyrics can end up with an overwhelming tribute to a long-ago forgotten newspaper editor. It might be a bit of a spoof. But so were the nineties. And so are Tunes United too, sometimes.
Four months from the calendar artwork done for the Tunes United release Time is featured in the book This Must Be the Place.
What is it? Quated from their website, This Must Be The Place is a non-commercial book project in which young artists are given the opportunity to exhibit their art to a larger audience.
The book will be released the 10th of April, a release party and vernisage will be held at Allmänna Galleriet (AG925) Studio, Kronobergsgatan 37, (T) Fridhemsplan between 20:00 and 01:00. Read more about it on their Facebook event.
The classic Tunes United madrigal Celestial sets the mood in the short film by Kuntzel+Deygas promoting their own Beuaty and the Beast candles for Diptyque.
The Tunes United song featured in the video is Celestial, it is one of the most popular songs in the eclectic Tunes United repertoire. It is from the debut album United Tunes released in 2006. It is almost always played live and it has been covered and remixed. The vocals are being sung by long time Tunes United colaboratist Agnes Fred.
Beneath you can download and listen to the different recorded versions of Celestial, for the whole album United Tunes, go here. To browse through the complete Tunes United discography, go here.
Tack alla som kom och kollade på oss på Café String! Det kändes som att nytolkningarna av gamla låtar gick bra, jag menar det var ju trots allt första gången vi spelade synth live… Eftersom vi spelar progressiv pop så är det ju också så att kommer det en ton som inte hör hemma i skalan, då är det bara en progressiv dissonans.
Fall man vill lyssna på den versionen av Celestial vi spelade så finns det en version jag gjort här:
Tack alla som kom och tittade på vårt progressiva shoegaze-punk-spektakel i lördags. Innan skivan kommer ut i handeln och innan jag pallar bygga TUs häftiga webshop så finns skivan att köpa genom att prata med nån av oss eller om man inte har sån tur att man känner någon av oss, dra iväg ett mail till info@tunesunited.eu så fixar vi resten.
Kalle hade så mycket fuzz på att till och med bilden på honom blev suddig
Jag fick ett digitaltryckt provex idag, jag har tyvärr inte så bra ljusförhållande i mitt rum, så ni får hålla till godo med de här bilderna tills the real deal kommer, då ska jag ta lite fräsigare “produktbilder” sådär fresh likzom.
I alla fall. Jag känner mig väldigt nöjd med resultatet, det ska bli fint att se kalendern ståendes hemma hos vänner och bekanta! För det kommer den väl att göra?
