Ashbury Heights
| Ashbury Heights | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop , future pop |
| founding | 2005, 2011 |
| resolution | 2010 |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, synthesizers |
Hagström is different |
| former members | |
singing |
Yasmine Uhlin |
singing |
Kari mountain |
singing |
Tea F. Thime |
Ashbury Heights is a Swedish synth-pop band led by Anders Hagström with changing singers.
history
Ashbury Heights was founded in 2005 by Anders Hagström and Yasmine Uhlin after they found out they shared the same musical ideas. John Fryer mixed their first album Three Cheers for the Newlydeads , which was released in 2007. In 2008 Ashbury Heights returned with the EP Morningstar in a Black Car , in the same year Uhlin announced that she would leave the band at the last concert of the Out Of Line Festival Tour 2008 in Hamburg. Ashbury Heights, now with the new singer Kari Berg, released their second album Take Cair Paramour on July 2, 2010 .
On October 11, 2010, Anders Hagström announced the breakup of the band on Myspace.
In September 2011 Hagström announced via Twitter that there would be a comeback and that they were looking for a new singer. After it was announced on Facebook at the beginning of 2013 that all problems had been resolved and new pieces were being worked on, Tea F. Thime was officially announced as the new singer in October of the same year.
On July 25, 2015, Ashbury Heights released their third album The Looking Glass Society .
On February 5, 2019, Thime announced via Facebook that he was leaving the project.
In January / February 2020, Ashbury Heights toured Germany on Persistent Illusions Tour together with Massive Ego . Yasmine Uhlin as a singer and the musicians Elliot Berlin and Johan Andersson were there again at the six appearances.
style
The band's style moves between fast electro sounds paired with dance elements and calm ballads. In terms of sound, the band is often reminiscent of synth-pop bands such as Depeche Mode , Camouflage or Mesh .
Rock guitars are occasionally used on the second album Take Cair Paramour . B. in the song Anti Ordinary .
Live cast
- Elliott Berlin - Keyboards / Guitars (2014-Present)
- Johan Andersson - Keyboards / Guitars (2008 – Present)
- Kendra Katz - Keyboards (2014-Present)
- Tomas Gunnarson - Keyboards (2009 on Synapsi in Finland)
Discography
- 2005: Angora Overdrive (Demo)
- 2006: Parliament of Rooks (EP)
- 2007: Three Cheers for the Newlydeads (album)
- 2008: Morningstar in a Black Car (EP)
- 2010: Take Cair Paramour (album)
- 2010: Origins (Compilation / Three Cheers for the Newlydeads & Morningstar in a Black Car)
- 2015: The Looking Glass Society (album)
- 2018: The Victorian Wallflowers (Album)
Web links
- Ashbury Heights at Discogs (English)
- Official Facebook page