My glorious
| My glorious | |
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_JD.JPG) My Glorious live 2012 in Neunkirchen (Saar) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| founding | 2008 |
| Website | MyGlorious.com |
| Founding members | |
| Sami Goodenough | |
| Gregor Sailer | |
| Paul Sailer | |
My Glorious is an indie rock trio from Vienna .
Band history
The band consists of the British Sami Goodenough (vocals / guitar) and the two twins Gregor Sailer on bass and Paul Sailer on drums from Austria . It was created in January 2008 from the fragments of the rock band Fresh. In 2009 the first album Home Is Where the Heart Breaks was released on the Berlin independent label G-Records. The album is a concept album and won the Music Resource Group 's US Independent Music Award in this category .
The 2011 album Inside my Head Is a Scary Place was recorded with well-known producer Sylvia Massy ( Prince , Red Hot Chili Peppers , REM ) at Radiostar Studios in California . The first single was Flower , and a music video was shot for this song. At the end of 2011 there was a tour through Germany as a support act for Jupiter Jones . My Glorious received the Newcomer of the Year award on iTunes Germany .
In 2013 the band gave a preview of individual songs from the upcoming third studio album with the limited acoustic EP Sparks . This was published in August 2014 under the title Hold What We Can Hold . It features guest appearances by Gwenael Damman (ex- Christina Stürmer ) and Roland Maurer ( Giantree ), the album was produced by James Kenosha.
Music genre
The band plays melodic indie rock that is compared to the music of bands like Coldplay , Foo Fighters , The Killers and Mando Diao . The texts are of a personal nature and refer to the "attempt to understand life". The musical style is described as relatively raw and unpolished and lives heavily on contrasts.
Discography
Albums
- 2009: Home Is Where the Heart Breaks (G-Records, Distribution: interGROOVE )
- 2011: Inside my Head Is a Scary Place (G-Records, Distribution: Rough Trade )
- 2014: Hold What We Can Hold (My Glorious Productions Inc., Distribution: recordJet )
Singles / EPs
- 2008: Leper ( EP , in-house production)
- 2010: You Should Be Dancing (CD single, G-records)
- 2011: Flower (CD single, G-Records)
- 2013: Sparks (EP, My Glorious Productions Inc., self-distribution)
Web links
- Official website
- My Glorious on the G-Records website
Individual evidence
- ^ My Glorious. (No longer available online.) G-Records, archived from the original on May 28, 2012 ; Retrieved July 28, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ First the heart, then the head. Five questions for My Glorious. (No longer available online.) GetAddicted.org, archived from the original on October 12, 2011 ; Retrieved August 1, 2012 . 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.
- ↑ Booklet from Inside my Head Is a Scary Place , CD, G-Records 2011
- ↑ New tour dates and video from My Glorious. (No longer available online.) Motor.de, November 5, 2011, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 1, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ bandpage.com: My Glorious ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ Andrea Deyerl: My Glorious Gloria. kult.de, February 3, 2012, accessed on August 1, 2012 .
- ↑ hitchecker.de: My Glorious: Rock-Karriere in Eigenregie , August 11, 2014 ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ MY GLORIOUS: "Crazy, I'm almost overwhelmed with these questions". Smash Magazine, February 10, 2010, accessed August 1, 2012 .
