Headphones On

Looking to kill a small time gap during the first night of SxSW I spied the name "Slaraffenland" followed by the always magical word "Denmark" on the schedule. After trying to figure out where exactly "The Gibson Room" at Maggie May's was... I found myself totally enraptured by five Danish boys I'd never even heard of before.
My intention was to just check out a few minutes of their set, hop on over to see Ed Harcourt and then Peter Moren. The second they started though I was overwhelmed with the mashup of horns, 5 part harmonies, synths and all around Scandinavian love that was freely flowing through the room. I could not be torn away from that set, no matter how many text messages or calls of "Where Are You?" came through. I picked up their record Private Cinema from Waterloo while I was still in Austin but honestly, it can't match the intensity of this band live.
I don't normally make flat out music recommendations like the average music blogger (why do i always want to type blooger instead of blogger?) so here goes... Slaraffenland is starting a rather extensive US tour in a few weeks and I definitely advise popping in on their live show if you can.

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Buy some: Slaraffenland