Acid House Kings

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Acid House Kings
Acid House Kings (2006)
Acid House Kings (2006)
General information
origin Sweden
Genre (s) Indie pop , twee pop
founding 1991
Website www.acidhousekings.com
Current occupation
Niklas Angergård
Julia Lannerheim
Johan Angergård
former members
Joakim Ödlund

The Acid House Kings are a Swedish Twee - indie pop band.

history

The band was founded in 1991 by Joakim Ödlund and the brothers Niklas and Johan Angergård under the name My Finest Hour . During a stay in Hamburg in summer 1991, the band members became aware of the German label Marsh-Marigold Records and, after successful negotiations, were able to produce their first EP Play Pop! publish. Then the group developed a plan to release three albums five years apart over the next 10 years. The first long player Pop, Look & Listen was released back in 1992 . In 1994 the band released the EP Monaco GP and went on a European tour. 1997 came out with Advantage Acid House Kings the second album on which Julia Lannerheim can be heard for the first time as a singer. Around this time, Joakim Ödlund, Niklas and Johan Angergård founded the record label Summersound Recordings , which merged with Bengt Rahm's Labrador Records in 2001 . At Summersound Studios they recorded Mondays Are Like Tuesdays and Tuesdays Are Like Wednesdays as their third studio album in 2002 as planned . However, Joakim Ödlund no longer took part in the sessions because the way to the studio was too far for him. For this, Julia Lannerheim was accepted into the band as a full member. Due to the merger of the labels, the band was produced and distributed by Labrador Records from 2002 , where their album Advantage Acid House Kings was reissued. Now the three remaining band members came up with a new 10-year plan. It started with the album Sing Along with Acid House Kings , released in 2005 . In summer 2007 the band went back to the studio to record a new album. After various interruptions in the recording process, the album Music Sounds Better with You was released in 2011 . The three singles Are We Lovers or Are We Friends , Would You Say Stop? and Under Water released.

Discography

Albums

  • 1992: Pop, Look & Listen! (Marsh-Marigold)
  • 1997: Advantage Acid House Kings (Shelflife)
  • 2000: The Sound of Summer (Universal)
  • 2002: Mondays Are Like Tuesdays and Tuesdays Are Like Wednesdays (Labrador)
  • 2005: Sing Along with the Acid House Kings (Labrador)
  • 2011: Music Sounds Better with You (Labrador)

EPs

  • 1992: Play Pop! (Marsh-Marigold)
  • 1994: Monaco GP (Marsh-Marigold)
  • 2002: Say Yes If You Love Me (Labrador)
  • 2005: Do What You Wanna Do (Labrador)
  • 2005: Everyone Sings Along with Acid House Kids (Labrador)
  • 2011: Music Sounds Better Remixed (Labrador)

Singles

  • 1997: Yes! You Love Me (Shelflife)
  • 2001: We Are the Acid House Kings (Summersound)
  • 2005: 7 Days (Labrador)
  • 2011: Are We Lovers or Are We Friends (Labrador)
  • 2011: Would You Say Stop? (Labrador)
  • 2011: Under Water (Labrador)
  • 2012: Heaven Knows I Miss Him Now (Labrador)
  • 2012: This Heart Is a Stone (Labrador)

Trivia

  • The managing director at Labrador is now Johan Angergård, who also plays for The Legends and Club 8 .
  • Niklas Angergård is also a member of Red Sleeping Beauty , Joakim Ödlund is a member of Double Dan and Starlet .
  • Johan Angergård and Joakim Ödlund played together at Poprace in the early 90s .

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