Play The Alexandria… Radio
The Alexandria Quartet
40,953 plays (2,755 listeners)
For three simple words ‘I’, ‘love’ and ‘you’ have a clever way of hiding themselves, no more so than in The Alexandria Quartet’s debut album. Based in Bergen, Norway’s main student city and the country’s unofficial pop epicentre, the Quartet have been holed up in studios and rehearsal rooms for the last 18 months polishing a collection of beautiful songs bursting with love, loss and the kind of melodies that come along once in a blue moon.
‘Montauk’, inspired by the place in New York and its starring role as the place where love blooms in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, is a great introduction to the band’s songbook. “I find it interesting to write love songs,” says singer and songwriter Martin Skålnes, “but when you’re writing a love song you can’t simply say ‘I love you’. I just say ‘let me take you to Montauk, is that where we’re meant to be’.”
Born in Kopervik, a small city on the west of Norway most well known for, as Martin puts it, “its drunks and its Christians”, Martin soon found out how to set his own agenda and while his friends were at church his parents would be playing him music - he states without hesitation that the first song he heard was The Searchers’ ‘Needles & Pins’, though REM would usually be on the car stereo and it wasn’t long before he fell in love with Oasis. By six he was working out his first chords on the guitar and by seven he was playing the piano; his first song, ‘Maybe’, was written when he was 11.
‘Montauk’, inspired by the place in New York and its starring role as the place where love blooms in Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, is a great introduction to the band’s songbook. “I find it interesting to write love songs,” says singer and songwriter Martin Skålnes, “but when you’re writing a love song you can’t simply say ‘I love you’. I just say ‘let me take you to Montauk, is that where we’re meant to be’.”
Born in Kopervik, a small city on the west of Norway most well known for, as Martin puts it, “its drunks and its Christians”, Martin soon found out how to set his own agenda and while his friends were at church his parents would be playing him music - he states without hesitation that the first song he heard was The Searchers’ ‘Needles & Pins’, though REM would usually be on the car stereo and it wasn’t long before he fell in love with Oasis. By six he was working out his first chords on the guitar and by seven he was playing the piano; his first song, ‘Maybe’, was written when he was 11.
Top Albums
-
The Alexandria Quartet
The Alexandria Quartet
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital $7.77
- iTunes $9.99
- Buy Album
- Amazon $15.98
- eBay Search
-
The Dark Side Of The Blues
The Alexandria Quartet Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $1.98
- 7digital $2.29
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Web
The Alexandria Quartet Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Into The Light
The Alexandria Quartet Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 $1.98
- 7digital $2.29
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shoutbox
-
Setup_my_price wrote:
Это нравится
-
Gumba_1 wrote:
they have a great future, imho
-
Lovely2CU wrote:
New free + legal Mp3 "Somewhere": http://www.lieinthesound.de/2009/10/tour-free-mp3-the-alexandria-quartet-somewhere/
-
traxamillion-89 wrote:
http://www.lastfm.com.tr/group/The+Alexandria+Quartet join the group...
-
Esuda wrote:
lol im top listener. I know this band for 2 years allready. LOVE THEM
-
Paige1987 wrote:
i like into the light
-
Lovely2CU wrote:
A short clip from their Berlin concert: http://www.lieinthesound.de/?p=3256
-
sissika wrote:
Awesome performance at Hurricane Festival! I enjoyed it! :)
-
Lovely2CU wrote:
http://lieinthesound.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/melancholische-wikinger-rocken-auf-britischen-popwellen/
-
W4Leon wrote:
加油。
-
freezZa wrote:
реально, очень хорошая группа с хорошими песнями. я даже не ожидал что мне понравится!
-
Cloudcave wrote:
It's great to see to you at the Southside Festival :-)
-
bali07 wrote:
Best supporting group I've ever seen! Nicely done, I bought the single too.
-
alfredillo wrote:
great ...
-
lips-on-fire wrote:
amazing supporting travis in Madrid! come back soon!
-
BigMarshall wrote:
woow they were amazing last night supporting travis here in barcelona, I talked with them and they signed the single I bought there... they have a new fan!
-
hennichodernich wrote:
Thanks for supporting Travis in Hamburg. Nice gig!
-
Fredebaer wrote:
Yay! Nice support! see you wednesday!
-
taqband wrote:
NEW SONG, "THE DARKSIDE OF THE BLUES", OUT AS FREE DOWNLOAD! HERE N LAST.FM
-
Dato_16 wrote:
So glad I discovered these guys in Norway, GREAT band!
Videos
Featured Tracks
|
|
The Darkside Of The Blues | 3:17 |
Listeners
-
omhl19
Top Listener
-
falalaj
Top Listener
-
xblurr
Top Listener
-
Smultron07
Top Listener
-
missycheese
Top Listener
-
Ahselvik
Top Listener
Recent Activity
-
achduschande, Brad_117, Paebstine and 8 other people added The Alexandria Quartet to their libraries. Wednesday morning
-
DifferentStars wrote about The Alexandria Quartet in CD Verlosung + Jahrespoll auf Lie In The Sound. December 2009
-
stjaerna89 and clararibas added The Alexandria Quartet to their libraries. December 2009
-
pacifie shared The Alexandria Quartet with l_lexa. December 2009
-
ohboyjbo and alEXXXINDIE added The Alexandria Quartet to their libraries. December 2009
-
Setup_my_price tagged The Alexandria Quartet with ‘indie’. November 2009
-
pooolechka tagged The Alexandria Quartet with indie rock, indie pop, indie and one other tag. November 2009
-
adolph33 wrote about The Alexandria Quartet in ShockPop Play list - November 15, 2009. November 2009
-
knipsolina added The Alexandria Quartet to knipsolina’s library. November 2009
-
KroliG_13 tagged The Alexandria Quartet with indie rock and indie pop. November 2009
Related Journals
-
CD Verlosung + Jahrespoll auf Lie In The Sound
by DifferentStars |
22 Dec 2009 | Add comment
-
ShockPop Play list - November 15, 2009
by adolph33 |
22 Nov 2009 | Add comment
-
Bands/artists I've seen live
by jomariush |
4 Nov 2009 | Add comment
Groups (7)
-
Bergen Sounds Gold
34 members
-
Hurricane-Festival
1,166 members
-
Travis Walking In The Sun
81 members
-
WhiteTapes.de - the indie zine
25 members
-
The Alexandria Quartet
17 members
More Information
- Links
- Labels
