Sister Sonny: The Bandit Lab

01. Rumba Parumba
02. Sonnyology
03. Nothing Amuses The People As A Puppet
04. Superpurple
05. Stupid And The Silver Fox
06. Neon Party
07. Leonard In Drag
08. Educating Jimmy
09. Schlafen Zie ?
10. Thank You, Robert
11. Watching A House Burn Down
12. Girl At The Heart Of My Grief
13. Burning Teddy
14. Cameron
15. Bugs Dream #2
16. Sickest Move
17. Watchman

Album info:

After the international success of artists such as Kings Of Convenience, Røyksopp, Sondre Lerch, and Poor Rich Ones, Bergen, located on the west coast of Norway and the country’s second largest city, is now well known as the music capital of Norway. Sister Sonny has been leading this hot Scandinavian music scene with challenging musical venture and are now ready to gear up for the United States. The new album, The Bandit Lab, produced by Jorgen Traeen (Sondre Lerch, Poor Rich Ones), features over 70 minutes of classy and beautifully crafted pop/rock. With great depth and diversity, it’s a perfect blend of electronica and acoustic instrumentation. It’s undoubtedly the band’s best work so far.

The history started in 1994 when the members of the band met at Garage, the legendary club in the mythology of the so-called Bergen scene that would shake the world some years later. In 1997, the band signed to REC90 and released the debut album Why I feel She’s Not To Be Trusted, which was recorded with producer Jorgen Trceen at Duper Studio (legendary studio where many great artists later on recorded: Royksopp, Kings Of Convenience, Cornelius, etc). While everybody expected more rock-oriented music from the band, they made one of the most low-key album, Lovesongs, in 1999. The album was released in the U.S. by Jetset Records and entered the Top 10 of the CMJ college radio charts, and the band’s first U.S. tour followed, including a stunning performance at SXSW. The next album, While Others Dance, was critically acclaimed by music press in Norway. This time the band left the gloomy and dark atmosphere that dominated the previous album and took a more pop-orientated direction with references such as The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev. The album won a prize for Best Pop Album of the year at the alternative Alarm Awards, and was also nominated for the Norwegian equivalent to the Grammies. Throughout the year 2000 the band continued touring and played summer festivals. All the while surprising people with a few creative unique EPs, the band spent lots of time in their hometown and a farm in South Denmark during 2001 to record their fourth album, The Bandit Lab. The record ended up becoming a double-album, a two-record set on one CD, as they like to surprise people with every release and have been very well-received in Norway and Europe. The album is also set to be released in Japan on July 3rd through Avex.