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Ewert and The Two Dragons — Circles (February 24, 2015)

Ewert and The Two Dragons — Circles (February 24, 2015)

   Ewert and The Two Dragons — Circles (February 24, 2015)Ewert and The Two Dragons — Circles (February 24, 2015)•   Sympatická kapela z Tallinnu, “European Border Breakers Award” winning band from Estonia. Její současné album Circles bylo vyhodnoceno v jistém periodiku jako album měsíce. Opravdu mi zlepšilo náladu. Zejména písně “Pictures” a “Waiting For The Weather To Change”. Stylově podobnou a snad i o kousek lepší, máme i my v Česku, Artmosphere z Lysé n. Labem. Estoňané ovšem obrážejí mezinárodní festivaly, tím se dostávají do povědomí západních promotérů. V roce 2013 získali cenu European Border Breakers Award. Každoročně se cenou EBBA (European Border Breakers Awards) odměňuje deset začínajících zpěváků nebo hudebníků, kteří už mají své publikum i mimo svou zemi (vydali v uplynulém roce už své první mezinárodně vydané album). Cenu EBBA např. obdrželi Adele, Tokio Hotel, The Baseballs, Zaz, Lykke Li, Milow, Katie Melua, Damien Rice, Caro Emerald, Stromae nebo Mumford and Sons. Teď už i Ewert and The Two Dragons. Kritéria pro výběr vítězů jsou dost tvrdá, posuď sám: zpěváci nebo skupiny nominovaní na cenu EBBA se vybírají na základě těchto kritérií:
•   Album interpreta, vydané v uplynulém roce, mělo úspěch v Evropě (tedy nejen u domácího publika).
•   Tvorba daného interpreta má vysokou poslouchanost na rozhlasových stanicích, které jsou členy Evropské vysílací unie.
•   Interpret byl úspěšný na evropských festivalech ETEP mimo svou zemi.
≡   Od roku 2009 se slavností ceremoniál předávání cen koná vždy v lednu, během festivalu Eurosonic Noorderslag, v nizozemském Groningenu. Letos na něm byla přítomna Vítězka Tais Awards Iva Jonášová (kategorie Radio DJ–ing / Podcast / Journalism).Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Album release: February 24, 2015
Record label: Sire Records Groups
Genre: Indie Rock
Duration:     41:56
Tracks:
01. Million Miles      3:44
02. Pictures      4:41
03. Speechless      4:13
04. Getting Older      4:03
05. Gold Digger      3:50
06. Circles      4:33
07. Could Have Been      4:13
08. Waiting For the Weather To Change      4:05
09. Stranger      4:41
10. Warhorses      3:53
Personnel:
•   Ewert Sundja — vocals, keyboards
•   Erki Pärnoja — guitar, backing vocals
•   Ivo Etti — bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
•   Kristjan Kallas — drums, percussion
Additional live members:
•   Aarne Ots — trumpet (2011–present)
•   Johannes Kiik — trombone (2011–present)
•   Indrek Varend — saxophone (2011–present)≡   “Circles” is the third album from EWERT AND THE TWO DRAGONS. Previous winners of the 2013 European Border Breakers Award, the band’s received international critical acclaim, not limited to their hometown in Estonia, where they’ve sold over 30,000 albums. The album, produced by Ryan Hadlock (The Lumineers, Vance Joy) will feature the single “Pictures” impacting Triple A, Non–Comm, and College radio in February, with US touring plans throughout the year.REVIEW
AUTHOR Elliott Sharp
•   Following 2009's "The Hills Behind the Hills" and 2011's "Good Man Down," it is the Estonian rock band's third full–length album. The day "Circles" drops, Ewert and the Two Dragons will begin a North American tour, running from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.
•   Today, we are excited to premiere Ewert and the Two Dragons' "Circles" album a week in advance of its official release date. 
•   Unlike the band's previous two albums, which were recorded in Estonia without a strict timeframe, "Circles" was made in Seattle, at Bear Creek Studio, in a few fast weeks. The deadline didn't intimidate them much, says band member Erki Pärnoja, because the band was ready to rip in the studio after being on the road almost nonstop for the previous two years, where they'd evolved into a tighter, stronger and braver unit.
•   "Circles" is an album about going through changes. "I really felt I had been walking in a circle for years and years," says Pärnoja about the idea behind the title-track and the album. "So I just had to say it out loud, and saying it out loud liberated me from that circle. I'm leading a totally different life now." http://www.redbull.com/
Also:
SCHUYLER ROOTH, FEBRUARY 25, 2015
•  http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/ewert-and-the-two-dragons-release-sparkly-third-album-circles-stream/
Website: http://www.ewertandthetwodragons.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ewert2dragons
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewertandthetwodragons?_rdr=p
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ewertandthetwodragons
Discography:
•   The Hills Behind the Hills (2009)
•   Good Man Down (2011)
•   Circles (February 20th, 2015)
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX3UmSAGY4I_____________________________________________________________

Ewert and The Two Dragons — Circles (February 24, 2015)

 

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