Last Days of April
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History
Last Days of April formed in 1996. The band found some underground success with their first demo release. A full-length was issued in 1997, then an EP on Bad Taste RecordsBad Taste Records
Bad Taste Records is a record label based in Lund, Sweden.The record label was one of the first labels to establish in the Swedish punk rock and punk/hardcore scene in the early 1990s, together with Burning Heart Records. The name of the label originated from the movie Bad Taste by Peter...
in 1998. Their sophomore effort, Rainmaker, was released in both Europe (on Bad Taste) and Japan (on Straight Up Records), and the group toured with The Promise Ring
The Promise Ring
The Promise Ring is an American emo band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In their early years, their music was usually classified as emo, but their later albums could be described more accurately as indie pop. They split up in 2002 and temporarily reunited in 2005...
and The Bufferins in Europe. Their third full-length was produced by Pelle Gunnerfeldt and saw a release on Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records
Deep Elm Records is an independent record label putting out albums by bands such as The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars...
in America, while their fourth was issued in the United States by Crank! Records
Crank! Records
crank! A Record Company is an independent record label which was started by Jeff Matlow in September 1994. The label's first release was a 7" by Vitreous Humor.-Artists:* Acrobat Down* Boy's Life* Cursive* Errortype:11* Fireside* The Get Set...
.
Since 2000, Karl Larsson has been the band's principal songwriter. Following the release of "Gooey" in 2010, Last Days of April toured Europe alongside the London-based indie pop
Indie pop
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band Air Castles
Air Castles
Air Castles is a British indie pop band, based in London, England, formed in 2008.-History:Air Castles started as the solo project of then 19-year-old Swedish-born singer-songwriter, Max Mansson. Produced by Magnus Lindberg of Cult Of Luna, the debut EP, Night and Day, was released later that year...
the following year.
Members
- Karl Larsson - vocals, guitar
- Lars Taberman - guitar
- Andreas Fornell - drums
- Daniel Svenfors - bass
Discography
- Last Days of April (Trust No One Records, 1997)
- Rainmaker (Bad TasteBad Taste RecordsBad Taste Records is a record label based in Lund, Sweden.The record label was one of the first labels to establish in the Swedish punk rock and punk/hardcore scene in the early 1990s, together with Burning Heart Records. The name of the label originated from the movie Bad Taste by Peter...
/Straight Up, 1998) - Angel Youth (Bad Taste/Deep ElmDeep Elm RecordsDeep Elm Records is an independent record label putting out albums by bands such as The Appleseed Cast, Brandtson, The White Octave, and Planes Mistaken for Stars...
, 2000) - Ascend to the Stars (Bad Taste/Crank!Crank! Recordscrank! A Record Company is an independent record label which was started by Jeff Matlow in September 1994. The label's first release was a 7" by Vitreous Humor.-Artists:* Acrobat Down* Boy's Life* Cursive* Errortype:11* Fireside* The Get Set...
, 2002) - If You Lose It (Bad Taste, 2003)
- Might As Well Live (Bad Taste, 2007)
- Gooey (Bad Taste, 2010)