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Hailing from Copenhagen, Denmark, Choir Of Young Believers is one of the brightest things to come out of Scandinavia this decade. Fronted by the 26 year old Danish/Greek singer, guitarist and all-out musical prodigy Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, this band has been turning heads all over Europe, since the release of their debut album “This Is For The White In Your Eyes” in September 2008.

Artists like Jannis really only emerge once or twice in a decade. He possesses the rare gift of being able to captivate indie hipsters and mainstream audiences alike by the sheer impact of his masterful indie popsongs, silver-lined voice and charismatic personality. And accompanied
by a veritable “who´s who” of the Copenhagen indierock elite, COYB is indeed a force to be reckoned with.

The music of Choir Of Young Believers is located somewhere between low key folk and orchestral indie pop, the mood ranging from light-hearted, through bittersweet to darkly romantic and anthemic. The simple, yet perfectly crafted melodies are intricately arranged around piano, guitar, cello, drums and percussion and are draped in lush and imaginative orchestral arrangements, resulting in a soundscape that is both solemn, stoic, achingly beautiful and unmistakably “nordic”.

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indie, danish, roskilde 08, folk, roskilde 2007
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Top Tracks

1	Action/Reaction full track	545
2	Hollow Talk full track	179
3	Next Summer	137
4	Claustrophobia full track	110
4	These Rituals of Mine full track	110
6	Under the Moon full track	87
7	She Walks full track	83
8	wintertime love full track	82
9	Why Must It Always Be This Way	81
10	Yamagata full track	72
11	Burn The Flag full track	43
12	Sharpen Your Knife full track	42
13	Riot full track	34
14	We Talk On The Phone full track	25
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SteQ wrote:
14 days ago

AMAZING !!! I LOVE "HOLLOW TALK"

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ico29 wrote:
23 days ago

ha? indonesian?

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ThePiggy wrote:
last month

PLEASE come to America! Your music is pure and beautiful. We need more of that in new Jersey. = )

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titchio wrote:
last month

Real beautiful music.

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JoshCIVM wrote:
last month

Now here is some fantastic music that needs to be recognized.

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Steve0154 wrote:
last month

saw you guys on wed when i seen mew in glasgow. like your style may invest in your new album ill need to keep my eye out to see if you are coming to scotland again:)

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figure5ingold wrote:
last month

Hey CYOB fans, should hopefully be interviewing them (Jannis maybe/probs) on Saturday, if anyone has a question they want to ask, shoutbox me xx

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OllyBanham wrote:
last month

I can't for the life of me think which singer the main singer's vocals remind me of. Driving me nuts!

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Aalborg wrote:
October 2009

Live session from radio KCRW http://www.soundvenue.com/blog/2009/10/25/lyt-til-spritny-choir-of-young-sang

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nachtaktiv wrote:
October 2009

intriguing

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droguedemusique wrote:
October 2009

not emo.

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bkelleher wrote:
October 2009

soothing stuff

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davidoa wrote:
September 2009

emo.

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mishamaruseev wrote:
September 2009

very interesting

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cbui wrote:
June 2009

Check out our feature on COYB in our current issue www.titlemagazine.net

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Granovetter wrote:
March 2009

COYB as Duo on tour in the US!

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Peace-Please wrote:
February 2009

I LOVE this band! <3

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mickkeli wrote:
December 2008

obsessed with "apart"

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phreebusy wrote:
October 2008

love love the new album again..specially action/reaction is such a great poppy song...feel the band is my own

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phreebusy wrote:
October 2008

hello to all COYB fans...they're the first band i see at Roskilde '07, being my first festival ever. So happy that they finally released an album..respect to Denmark =)

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