Superfamily

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The story behind SUPERFAMILY and their albums:

Propeller Recordings signed them up in the men’s bathroom at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo, one cold winter day in February 2004. The same year they delivered the 4 track ‘Champagne EP’. The lead song ‘Back in Style’ recalled prime time Rocket to the Crypt, ‘Sulfur Heart’ mirrored the slacker-rock of Dinosaur Jnr; ‘Ugly Bugly’ comes on like the organ heavy psychedelia of 13th Floor Elevators, whereas ‘Shitfuck’ must be one of the most radio un-friendly songs ever recorded. The band’s debut album, 2005’s ‘Back in Paris’, was no less ambitious. Tracks like ‘I Don’t Remember a Thing’ come with heavy acid rock riffs straight from a ‘Nuggets’ compilation, whilst elsewhere on ‘Windows’ and ‘Taxi Dancing’, there are traces of Echo & the Bunnymen and The Cure, which point to the direction of their 2007 release: ‘Warszawa’. (which earned a Norwegian Grammy)

‘Warszawa’ is also a David Bowie title, from which Joy Division’s original incarnation Warsaw took their name. The icy cold synths of opening track ‘In the Night’ hint at Bowie’s ‘Low’ or JD’s ‘Closer’, yet the chorus is worthy of the rather less cool bands Simple Minds or Ultravox. Whilst instant credibility and perhaps common sense would dictate that we focus on the innovative production rather than the poppier elements throughout ‘Warszawa’, there’s still no denying that ‘I Could Be a Winner’ sounds like it belongs on the closing credits of an 80s John Hughes movie, where the popular guy dumps the beauty queen for the screwed-up girl who he then takes to the prom.

Warszawa
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Back In Paris
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Rørt og urørt 2006
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Champagne EP
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Top Tracks

1	The Radio Has Expressed Concerns About What You Did Last Night full track	135
2	I Could Be A Real Winner full track	106
3	Bitches On The Scene full track	68
4	Warszawa full track	61
5	Plac Zamkowy October 2nd 1944 full track	58
6	Teens Of The 70's full track	53
7	In The Night full track	51
8	Time Travelling full track	46
9	The Suffering full track	42
10	Back in Style full track	37
11	Taxi Dancing full track	26
11	Shitfuck full track	26
13	I Want My Money Back full track	23
14	It's a Lie full track	20
15	The Radio Has Expressed Concern About What You Did Last Night	19

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holtmi wrote:
August 2008

at last. I've been waiting a long time for them to be added on Last FM. Parteey!

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esjen wrote:
August 2008

diggbar = good/great/awesome/cool; dig as in '"dig a hole" and bare as in "bare naked"

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Frankss wrote:
July 2008

And now to the non-digbear talking crowd...

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Rekobeto wrote:
June 2008

Warszawa og Teens of the 70's er diggbar. To the non-norwegian talking crowd, Those songs are digbear.

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mountainpeaks wrote:
April 2008

the full length albums are awesome.......

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Swazi wrote:
January 2008

I just discovered that I kept the shitfuck song from ages ago. A great band, altough not as talented as the sadly lost Norwegian indiepop band Tennis. But still.

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ori84 wrote:
November 2007

Wonderful music. Greatings from Warsaw! ;)

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AssD wrote:
November 2007

Warszawa og Taxi Dancing er nærmest mesterverk. Og It's A Lie er en genial komposisjon, men resultatet virket desverre litt cheesy.

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CutIntoTheEarth wrote:
September 2007

generisk middelmådig musikk:( funker dog med ett par pils innabords;)

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mmmmlowell wrote:
September 2007

fantastic

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alieu wrote:
September 2007

In the night!!! fantastisk sang!!!

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Siv75 wrote:
August 2007

Jeg har blitt fullstendig hekta på Taxi Dancing. Jeg vet jeg er seiiiint ute, men bedre seint enn aldri ;) Kongelåt!

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The_Snorre wrote:
July 2007

You can go on a date if you wannu & Taxi dancing er best! basta bom!

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flamingsig wrote:
May 2007

It's a lie er jo best!

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AssD wrote:
May 2007

Taxi Dancing forever. <3

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Blebb wrote:
April 2007

Back in style is super amazing ^^v

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kjesle wrote:
March 2007

Back in Style er den beste sangen...

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