Music Style Power Pop

Musical Influences New Order, Blue Öyster Cult, Rocket From The Crypt

Similar Artists Posies, Weezer, Foo Fighters, REM

Artist History Ok, we're back! New site, new album and new label! Our new home is Morphine Lane Records. It's run by our friends Johan Nilsson (This Perfect Day) and Michael Lohse (Atomic Swing, The Kooks). They are both musicians and artists themselves, so they understand what we're about. We want to work hard! We want to be involved in everything from song writing and recording to artwork and photos. That said - we know we're not experts in all those fields, but at least we can choose who to work with. For those of you who haven't heard of us before "Muted to a Whisper" is our fourth album in 6 years. First two, "Destroyer" (1996) and "World Record Player" (1997), were released through A West Side Fabrication in Sweden. "Is There Something On Your Mind?" (2000) was recorded in LA with producer Matt Hyde for Wind-up Records in New York. Now, let's talk about the new stuff. We started playing acoustic shows at parties just for fun in 2000 and the response was amazing. Magnus blossomed into a stage performer we had never seen before and it sounded really cool to do these full on rock songs acoustically with a punk rock attitude. Later when we recorded demos for the new album we ended up sounding like we always do with loud drums, distorted guitars and screaming vocals. Nothing wrong with that, but we missed the feel of the acoustic live shows so we decided to start over again and do the record with acoustic guitars only. I think a couple of tracks have some electric guitar, but most of the stuff you hear are tweaked acoustic guitars. We recorded the album ourselves in our own studio The Upstairs Room. Didn't really make any sense to bring in a producer or go to a fancy studio when we knew exactly how we wanted the album to sound and we already had the knowledge and equipment. We brought the finished recordings to Kjell Nastén at Rumble Road Studio for mixing. Kjell is such a great person and he does amazing mixes. We worked with him on the "World Record Player" album, so we knew he would do a great job. The songs on this album have a slightly darker feeling. Most of the material was written in a time when we didn't even know if we wanted to continue with the band. We also had a lot of personal problems that we needed to get out of our system. Read the lyrics and you will get the whole picture. Well, it's finally finished! Took us 6 months and a lot of hard work to get it done, but we couldn't be more proud over what we have accomplished. By far our best album to date, we promise! See you later, The Drowners

Group Members Leif Rehnström - Guitar Mikael Sundqvist - Guitar Magnus Vikström - Vocals Andreas Persson - Drums Jonas Bergqvist - Bass

Albums Destroyer 1996, World Record Player 1997, Is There Something On Your Mind? 2000, Muted To A Whisper - fall 2002

Location Skellefteå, AC - Sweden

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