Release date: 17/02/2012 Digital release date: 17/02/2012 Label:
Danish pop collective The Asteroids Galaxy Tour expand their musical universe even further with Out of Frequency
As their name might imply, THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR are somehow less of a band than they are a many-legged, ever-evolving, constantly moving party machine. Since beaming into popular consciousness back in 2008 with Fruit—a debut album responsible for producing the unstoppable, globally ubiquitous “Around the Bend” and “The Golden Age” singles—the band have toured the world, proving themselves to be one of the most unorthodox and uniquely original live bands on the planet.. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour’s vision of pop music is a kaleidoscopic, free-wheeling affair—a symphonic collision of big pop hooks, soaring horn sections, retro-synth flourishes, and epic beats. Inspired by everything from Blaxploitation soundtracks to Primal Scream to old reruns of Dynasty, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour evolved from a bedroom recording project between friends into a psychedelic big band of the future.
Now, nearly two years since the release of their debut album, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour return with Out of Frequency—an album that pulses with the same everything-but-the-kitchen-sink vibrancy that made their debut so auspicious. Nearly a year in the making, the album represents the next logical step in the musical partnership of founding members Lars Iversen and Mette Lindberg. Having expanded the band into a kind of revolving friend collective for touring purposes, the two eventually decamped back to their native Copenhagen to begin solidifying the musical ideas that had been bubbling up after so many long months on the road.
The resulting album is a cosmic confluence of styles and moods, Out of Frequency is a thing of glorious messiness—a mix of horn-filled arm wavers to psych-pop freakouts. Songs that are equal parts dance-floor bombast and 60’s girl group swagger buoyed aloft by Lindberg’s impish vocals. The record itself might represent one long sonic adventure, but every track manages to be single-worthy on its very own.
The 14 tracks on Out Of Frequency are:
Gold Rush pt 1 / Dollars In The Night / Gold Rush / Major / Heart Attack / Out Of Frequency / Cloak & Dagger / Arrival Of The Empress (prelude) / Theme From 45 Eugenia / Mafia / Ghost in My Head / Suburban Space Invadre / Fantasy Friend Forever / When It Comes to Us
For Lindberg and Iversen—two friends who have been playing music together for nearly a decade—the band is an always-evolving entity. The two might be the core masterminds behind the band, but they insist that the band is not—nor has it ever been—a duo. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour has become a traveling collective of friends that, much like their music, defies traditional definition. The current touring incarnation of the band includes six people—including two horn players—all of whom have a predilection for swapping instruments at a moment’s notice.
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour release a brand new single entitled “Heart Attack” on February 17th. Taken from the new album, “Heart Attack” features a remix from CSS, and Manhattan Clique!
Asteroids Galaxy Tour will be touring extensively throughout Europe in the Spring with a London show at the Kings Cross Scala on April 10th 2012.