Those Dancing Days

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Name = Those Dancing Days

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Img_capt = Those Dancing Days at the Ung 08 festival in 2007
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Origin = Stockholm, Sweden
Genre = Indie pop
Years_active = 2007-present
Label = Wichita Recordings
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URL = [http://www.myspace.com/thosedancingdays Myspace page]
Current_members = Linnea Jönsson: Vocals
Lisa Pyk: Hammond Organ
Rebecka Rolfart: Electric Guitar
Mimmi Evrell: Bass Guitar
Cissi Efraimsson: Drumscite web |url=http://www.wichita-recordings.com/artist.php/thosedancingdays/ |title=Wichita Recordings artist page |accessdate=2007-12-30 ]
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Those Dancing Days are an indie pop band with Northern Soul and girl-group influences, from Nacka, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2005.cite web |url=http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2159023,00.html |title=First Sight: Those Dancing Days by Maddy Costa, The Guardian |accessdate=2007-12-30 ] They are currently signed to Wichita Recordings. The band consists of five young girls from Stockholm. Their name derives from the Led Zeppelin song "Dancing Days".cite web |url=http://www.neumagazine.co.uk/articles/1760/Interview-Those-Dancing-Days.html |title=Those Dancing Days: Interview (video) from Neu magazine |accessdate=2007-12-30 ]

Two of the band members completed school as late as summer 2008,cite web |url=http://www.new-noise.net/those-dancing-days_2793.html |title=Those Dancing Days: Interview with the band by Tom Mendelsohn, from new-noise.net |accessdate=2007-12-30 ] and they received a lot of publicity during 2007 including being featured in NME and on MTV2. They were also nominated for the Best Swedish Act prize at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007.cite web |url=http://www.mtvbase.com/mtvbaseafrica.com/news/article.jhtml;jsessionid=MM0ABM33XTORNQFIAIISFE4AVABBEIV0?id=105139994 |title=MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 nominations |accessdate=2007-12-30 ] The band has played many gigs in their native Sweden as well as in the United Kingdom and Germany.

They released a 5-track EP in Sweden before being signed by UK label Wichita Recordings, who released a self-titled single in October 2007 (described as "Blondie backed by the Attractions",cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/features/band_of_the_day/2007/10/071023_thosedancingdays/ |title=Artist of the day: Those Dancing Days, Spin magazine |accessdate=2007-12-30 ] and "The Slits rehearsing with Bow Wow Wow whilst breaking in a new drummer"cite web |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/single_reviews/s/1018932_those_dancing_days__1000_words |title=Single reviews: Those Dancing Days - 1,000 Words, by Steve Barker, Manchester Evening News |accessdate=2007-12-30 ] ), with a second single, "Hitten". Their debut full length album "In Our Space Hero Suits" was released on October 6th 2008, preceded by a single "Home Sweet Home" on September 29th.cite web | url=http://www.nme.com/news/those-dancing-days/38642 | title=Those Dancing Days announce debut album details | accessdate=2008-08-28]

Discography

Studio albums

*2007: "Those Dancing Days EP"
*2008: "In Our Space Hero Suits"

References

External links

* [http://www.artrocker.com/node/861 Gig Review: Those Dancing Days, 3rd Nov 07 - The Water Rats, London from Artrocker]
* [http://www.thelipster.com/articles/those-dancing-days Those Dancing Days rate pretty boys on The Lipster]
* [http://media.libsyn.com/media/lowslungradio/Low_Slung_Podcast_Episode_5.mp3 Hear Those Dancing Days on the Low Slung Podcast]