I'm From Barcelona

As it turns out they are not in fact from Barcelona. Which may be what I like most about the band. Not that I have anything against Barcelona, Barcelona is great many thanks for the 1992 Olympics and all I just find it interesting they are not from Barcelona. Actually with thirty people in the band you gotta figure someone might actually be from Barcelona so maybe I'm wrong on that. Anyway, they released their album back in September and it's number two on the CMJ charts. I was listning to their song "headphones" and enjoyed it very much. Here is a few songs from the new album.


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Wikipedia:

I'm from Barcelona is a pop group from Jönköping, Sweden, best known for its 30 band members and eclectic mix of instruments such as clarinets, saxophones, flutes, trumpets, banjos, accordions, kazoos, guitars, drums, and keyboards among others. While most band members provide backing vocals on releases and during live performances, Emanuel Lundgren is founder, principal songwriter and lead singer for the group.
In 2006 the band released an EP entitled Don't Give Up on Your Dreams, Buddy! as well as a full length album, Let Me Introduce My Friends - both of which were well-received critically. Their second full-length album, Who Killed Harry Houdini?, was released in October 2008.
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History
Sometime in 2005 Emanuel Lundgren wrote several songs and gathered his friends to record them. Weeks later, a homemade EP was completed and a one-time live show featuring all 29 band members was performed in August 2005.
The end was not near for I'm from Barcelona, however, as the Swedish media and bloggers around the world started buzzing about the band. EMI Sweden signed the band and Dolores Recordings released the EP Don't Give Up On Your Dreams, Buddy! on 15 February 2006 featuring the bands first hit "We’re From Barcelona," named as an homage to Manuel, a character on BBC Television's Fawlty Towers’ (He’s from Barcelona).[1] Their debut full-length, entitled Let Me Introduce My Friends, was released on 26 April 2006 in Sweden, with international releases to follow including an EMI UK release on 11 September 2006.
In July 2008, it was announced that the band would be releasing a new, full-length album in Fall 2008, entitled Who Killed Harry Houdini? The album will feature French singer Soko on the track "Gunhild." The album is due October 14 and they are on tour around the UK finishing at the Scala, London on the 25th November 2008.

Members
Emanuel Lundgren (Founder)
Frida Öhnell
Cornelia Norgren
Philip Erixon
Micke Larsson
Johan Mårtensson
Anna Fröderberg
Johan Aineland
Martin Alfredsson
Erik Ottosson
Tina Gardestrand
David Ljung
Christofer Olofsson
Daniel Lindlöf
Mattias Johansson
Tobias Granstrand
Emma Öhnell
Mathias Alriksson
Jonas Tjäder
David Ottosson
Olof Gardestrand
Marcus Carlholt
Julie Witwicki Carlsson
Rikard Ljung
Henrik Olofsson
Jacob Sollenberg
Fredrik Karp
Johan Viking

Discography
Albums
Let Me Introduce My Friends(April 26, 2006)Dolores Recordings
Who Killed Harry Houdini?(October 14, 2008)Mute Records
EP/Singles
Sing!! - 98B (August 2005)
Don't Give Up on Your Dreams, Buddy! - Dolores Recordings (February 15, 2006)
Collection of Stamps CD Single - EMI Sweden (April 12, 2006)
Treehouse - (August 9, 2006)
Britney CD Single - Dolores Recordings/EMI Sweden (July 16, 2007)

Music Videos
Collection of Stamps By Daniel Eskils & Johan Junker - Stream it
We're From Barcelona By Andreas Nilsson & Rasmus Hägg - Stream it

Collaborations
Adventure Kid Emanuel Lundgren, the creative motor of I'm from Barcelona and the electronica/bitpop artist Kristoffer Ekstrand also known as Adventure Kid shocked the audience by forming a two men strong electronic I'm from Barcelona in fall of 2006. A remix of the band's We're From Barcelona recorded by Adventure Kid has been played at the end of the band's shows during 2006 - [1]
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Footnotes
^ The Guardian - Stockholm syndrome Retrieved on January 4-2008.

External links
Official site
Official MySpace