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The Asteroids Galaxy Tour -Intro and Free MP3
By Cynthia Kirkeby
Oct 24, 2008, 6:39pm
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The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, has just scored a hit with their song Around the Bend currently being featured in ads for the new iPod Touch. We have one of their songs,The Sun Ain't Shining No More (MP3) available for you to download free below! Pretty cool.
Their sound is hard to categorize, definitely pop with a decidedly European twist and a lot of fun thrown into the mix. Whatever the "style," their music has a weirdly fun vibe. It might have something to do with them coming from Copenhagen, the land of Hans Christian Andersen, a weirdly wonderful individual from a different time.
“Mette has an incredible, quirky, unschooled voice that’s so strange, compelling and cool,” says Lars. “It’s her voice I have in my head when I write every song. She is a great inspiration and the longer we’re together, the more the music becomes a collaborative effort. If I present her with a song she always adds brilliant ideas of her own, or sings it in a way I hadn’t expected, taking the song to a new level.”
Formed less than a year ago, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour is heading for fame at a speed even they didn’t expect. The band, led by Lars Iversen and Mette Lindberg, has barely begun to share their music with anyone outside of their hometown of Copenhagen, and yet their first UK single, "The Sun Ain't Shining No More", is already tickling the ears of delighted radio listeners here in the US.
One of their more recent, rather trippy songs is Lady Jesus, a song based on a recent, real-life event. Lady Jesus was inspired by a scary, Danish religious leader who has been
in the papers a lot over here of late,” says Lars. “She bought an old building in
Copenhagen, not far from my flat, famous for its alternative youth culture. A blend of young anarchists, progressive artists and musicians have lived and worked there since the late ‘70s. This woman threw the kids out and bulldozed the building, which caused a riot in the city. There were fires burning and police everywhere. For months we felt like we couldn’t breathe. Lady Jesus still has the dusty, old soul vibe we love, but it captures the claustrophobic atmosphere it was written in.
Maybe part of the weird vibe in their music has to do with where they rehearse... an underground air-raid shelter
built during Cold War time. That is definitely an intriguing choice that probably added to the claustrophobic feel, although the acoustics may be fabulous. “It’s a round room with an arched roof, like an underground dome”, explains Mette. “The air down there is really damp and fusty, there is no daylight and no mobile phone reception. We love it. You couldn’t ask for a space with more atmosphere. Plus, no distractions keeps us focused.”
We hope you enjoy their sample song.
Download The Sun Ain't Shining No More (MP3)
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