The Concretes

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The Concretes
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General information
Genre (s) Indie pop
founding 1995
Website www.theconcretes.com
Founding members
Victoria Bergsman (until 2006)
Maria Eriksson
Lisa Milberg
Current occupation
Maria Eriksson
Lisa Milberg
Martin Hansson
Ulrik Karlsson
Per Nyström
Ludvig Rylander
Daniel Värjö

The Concretes are a Swedish band from Stockholm , currently consisting of 7 members.

history

The Concretes began as a girls' trio with Victoria Bergsman , Maria Eriksson, and Lisa Milsberg. The band quickly grew to eight members. There are also a number of “Honorary Concretes”, ie honorary members who make music on their albums.

Her song Say Something New was used for the US commercials of the Target Corporation supermarket chain .

The song You Can't Hurry Love is part of the soundtrack to the film Elizabethtown .

The Avalanches released a remix of the song Chico .

Singer Victoria Bergsman left the band in 2006 to embark on a solo career. She started her first project with Taken by Trees .

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
In color
  SE 24 03/23/2006 (3 weeks)
Hey trouble
  SE 26th 04/12/2007 (2 weeks)
WYWH
  SE 53 10/15/2010 (1 week)
Singles
Lady December
  SE 36 12/23/2004 (3 weeks)
Chosen One
  SE 46 03/09/2006 (1 week)

Studio albums

  • 2003: The Concretes
  • 2006: In Color
  • 2007: Hey Trouble (released in Scandinavia on April 4th)
  • 2010: WYWH

Compilations

  • 2000: Boyoubetterunow
  • 2005: Layourbattleaxedown

Singles and EPs

  • 1999: Limited Edition
  • 1999: Lipstick Edition
  • 2001: Nationalgeographic
  • 2002: Forces
  • 2004: Say Something New
  • 2004: You Can't Hurry Love
  • 2004: Seems Fine
  • 2004: Chico
  • 2004: Warm Night
  • 2006: Chosen One
  • 2006: On The Radio
  • 2007: Kids
  • 2007: Oh boy
  • 2007: Rough Trade Shops
  • 2007: Keep Yours

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: SE