
LABEL:      A
Tendervision Recording
WEBSITE:  www.audrey.se
MUSIC:     MySpace
VIDEO:     Mecklenburg
Video
               Six
Yields Video
AGENT:     Joost
Kamp
BIOGRAPHY:
Swedish four-piece Audrey formed in 2002 and started performing gigs in
April of the same year. Having recorded a demo in the studio of an artist's
collective in Gothenburg in the summer of 2003, the positive responses
were immediate. During the summer and autumn they played more shows, selling
over 500 demos in the process.
Moving forward a year or so, Audrey began to develop their sound. The
embryo of their dark, suggestive pop took its first form in a run-down
music house in the archipelago of Gothenburg. "It was really the
worst place, the building was about to be demolished as we rehearsed there.
The toilet was broken, the pipes had frozen and there were mice running
around on the floor", says guitarist Victoria Skoglund.
Describing Audrey's music is no easy task. If the group has succeeded
in finding a central theme, it's a balance in the melodies - shimmering,
beautiful moments of pop meet dark sadness.
The harmonies (everyone in the group shares vocal efforts) shift quickly
between keys and moods. Straightforward, conventional narrative is replaced
by abstract meanings which strengthen the melodies. "I like it when
the lyrics can mean different things, that we give clues to our audience.
Sometimes we can write quite incoherent things, but we are looking for
a feeling in the music", says Victoria.
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