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Taking cues from My Bloody Valentine and Miranda Sex Garden, Sweden's Moonbabies have gained wide acclaim at home and abroad for their sophisticated hypnotic pop. Comprised of multi-instrumentalists Ola Frick and Carina Johansson, Moonbabies maneuver through new territory in the pop landscape, beautifully mixing psychedelic textures, moody electronics, and expansive instrumentals. Honing their harmonies while busking on the streets of Copenhagen in 1996, the duo would soon begin writing songs and covering their favorite Pixies, Beatles, and Simon & Garfunkel songs before enthusiastic crowds. Soon their debut demo recordings would cause a sensation on Swedish National Radio, resulting in their becoming a sought-after touring act. After signing to Duckweed Records, their 2000 debut, June and Novas, was released to glowing reviews. The duo prepared for their first U.S. tour in the spring of 2001, promoting it with the We're Layabouts EP. As they prepared their next album, A Bouncing Space Records released the "Standing on the Roof/Filtering the Daylight" single in the summer of 2002. That next record, Orange Billboard, eventually appeared in early 2004 and was followed by a tour in Germany, Austria, Denmark, and Sweden. A mini-album, War on Sound, was released in mid-2005 as a teaser for the group's third full-length, Moonbabies at the Ballroom, which appeared in spring 2007.
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Moonbabies is a Swedish duo formed in 1997 by vocalist,s multi-instrumentalists, producers, and songwriters Ola Frick (Vocals, guitar and various instruments) and Carina Johansson (Vocals and keyboards). Their earliest efforts recalled early Indie/Shoegazer influences by bands like My Bloody Valentine, Ride and The Pixies, but with their 2004 album The Orange Billboard, developed into more sophisticated pop music with a touch of The Beach Boys and The Beatles, as well as experimentation with electronics. The Single/Mini-album War on Sound was released in 2005 and became an immediate indie-anthem and followed success on radio and TV-shows like Grey's Anatomy. In 2007 Moonbabies at the Ballroom was released, a somewhat more constructed and song-oriented album including Take me to the Ballroom, Shout it Out, Walking on my Feet and Cocobelle which all were frequently aired on college radio world-wide and included in several TV shows and commercials.
