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-Don't Wanna Be Like You |
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-Exhole |
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-Perfect World ---> |
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-Down |
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-How Does It Feel? |
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-The Way You Are |
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-Postcards From Heaven |
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-On My Own |
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-Tired |
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-Fadeaway |
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-Already Gone |
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-Why |
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-Alligator ---> |
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Artist: Guards of Metropolis
Album: Alligator
Label: Slackertone
Catalog Number: ST-022
Release Date: Aug. 2007
Formats: CD
Type: Full Length |
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The first time the members of Guards of Metropolis came together to rehearse, it wasn't in a dank basement, a state-of-the-art recording studio, or any of the other traditional locations bands typically use to hone their musical vision. It was in an abandoned chocolate factory on the outskirts of Oslo, Norway while a furious blizzard raged outside.
Within 3 months of their first string of European concerts, the band left the Old World behind them for a 50 date U.S. tour which quickly garnered them glowing critical reviews, industry attention due to the "considerable buzz" (Hits Magazine) the band was creating, and an enthusiastic public response to their melodic pop rock sound, confrontational lyrics and intense live performances.
And all this solely on the strength of a six song demo.
Now you can discover what the excitement is all about with the completion of their first full length CD release, Alligator, coming August 2007.
Along the way they've endured immigration hassles, hurricanes, and even a band name change (they first toured the U.S. as Softcore), but they're still the same band:
Two girls from Norway’s Arctic Circle. Two guys from sunny California...
Influences from the laid-back northern reaches of Scandinavia and the frantic West Coast of America collide on the Guards of Metropolis' debut album in a shimmering example of the best that both countries have to offer. A fistful of angst-driven rock and roll riffs tempered by the layered harmonies that Scandinavian groups are famous for lay the groundwork for this rock-pop manifesto. Think ABBA meets AC/DC...and then think again. Each song comes as a stylistic surprise, and singer Kristin Blix's lyrics are almost literary at times; songs such as "Tired" and "Postcards From Heaven" shine a pastel light on the bi-polar human condition, while the songs "Already Gone" and "Don't Wanna Be Like You" throw contemptuous epithets at the vacuous lifestyles of the Hollywood hangers-on they encountered while writing the album in Los Angeles.
Rage never sounded as pretty as it does on this stunning debut!
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The Village Voice - New York
...Norwegians doing synth-and-guitar-hooked dance oriented pop rock, somewhere in between Garbage/Republica and The Hives/Caesars. Their CD opens with... MORE
Los Angeles Weekly
Humans and machines get along swimmingly in their world, but it's always clear who's controlling whom - Kristin Blix's sensually accented vocals are absolute flesh and blood; reedy, whisper-in-your-ear verses ballooning into...MORE
Music Biz Magazine
"More hooks than a Montana fishing trip”
Music Connection
“Loaded with talent and intellect”
Daryl - Winnipeg, Canada
Fantastic music, You guys rule (hopefully).You're like a cross between Evanescence and Republika (whom I enjoy very much) Best wishes!
Neiltje - Den Bosch, Holland
Great band =) like to keep informed about them =)
xalostsongx - Boston, Mass, USA
My message is: hi, i met you guys last night when you played here in Boston. I was so very impressed with the show and the music. its very inspiring for an aspiring woman in rock, such as myself. thank you again for the CD and for being down to earth and real. keep rocking!
Brian - Dallas, Texas, USA
Hey, Ive been a fan of your music for a while now. I found you guys online along time ago and fell in love with your music. I like what i hear in your newer stuff. Keep up the good work.
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