Giantree
| Giantree | |
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 Giantree ( Waves Vienna 2014) |
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| General information | |
| origin | Vienna , Austria |
| Genre (s) | Pop , alternative |
| founding | 2008 |
| Website | www.giantree.net |
| Current occupation | |
| Ada Joachimsthaler | |
| Franziska Kleinschmidt | |
Lead vocals, synthesizers |
Hele Maurer |
Guitar , vocals, backing vocals |
Roland Maurer |
| Konstantin Spork | |
| former members | |
Bass, keyboard, vocals |
Lukas Mack (2008-2010) |
Drums, percussion |
Norbert Kröll (2008-2010) |
Giantree is an Austrian band from Vienna .
history
Giantree was founded in 2008 in Vienna by the brothers Hele and Roland Maurer. The two previously played with Sirupop , which, however, did not come out through an assignment with the Austrian broadcaster Ö3 . In 2008 they signed a management and booking contract with a German artist agency.
After a few changes of line-up, a stable line-up was found in Franziska Kleinschmidt (bass) and Ada Joachimsthaler (synthesizer, vocals). The band played various acoustic concerts in Berlin. First releases in 2011 were the singles Time Loops and Communicate , for which videos were shot. Both videos were shot by the director Manuel Johns , and the young actors Harry Lampl , Susa Hohlrieder, David Goebel, Lukas Rose, Bertrand de Fay, Sabrina Reiter and Michael Fuith were shown . The band then got radio airplay on FM4 , Soundportal and Radio Fritz .
In 2012 her debut album We All Yell was released via Monkey Music and distributed by Rough Trade Distribution . The Single -Auskopplung Life Was Young reached No. 1 on the FM4 charts. In 2013 the band was nominated for the Amadeus Austrian Music Award in the Alternative category and the FM4 Award.
style
Giantree plays indie or alternative rock in a rather worn, melancholy style and is reminiscent of placebo , especially vocally . The band uses unison choral singing. The first album is based on Britpop and Scandinavian music. The lyrics are mostly about existential questions and feelings.
Discography
Albums
- 2012: We All Yell (Monkey / Rough Trade )
- 2016: Match Cut (Monkey)
Singles and EPs
- 2010: Giantree Promo
- 2011: Time Loops / Communicate (Monkey)
- 2012: Life Was Young (Monkey)
- 2014: Densest Blacks (Monkey)
- 2015: Age Is in the Heart (Monkey)
Web links
- Giantree in the SR archive of Austrian popular music
- Giantree at Discogs (English)
- GIANTREE. In: facebook.com.
- Giantree: music, videos, statistics and photos. In: last.fm.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Juliane Fischer: Giantree - We all yell. (No longer available online.) The Gap , archived from the original on August 26, 2014 ; accessed on August 23, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Giantree in the SR archive of Austrian popular music
- ↑ a b Stella Reinhold: Spring Fever: Debut album by Giantree. Courier , March 21, 2012, accessed August 22, 2014 .
- ^ Official music video for Time Loops. YouTube , accessed August 23, 2014 .
- ^ Official music video for Communicate. YouTube , accessed August 23, 2014 .
- ↑ a b c d Giantree / Lehnen. Argekultur.at, accessed on August 23, 2014 .
- ↑ The FM4 Charts from March 31, 2012 - fm4.ORF.at. In: fm4.orf.at. Retrieved April 1, 2016 .
- ↑ Andreas Gabalier and Soap & Skin nominated for Amadeus Awards. derstandard.at , February 26, 2013, accessed on August 23, 2014 .
