Swedish synthpunks Quit Your Dayjob are back with the new album "World domination", now confirmed for release on May 11 via . Check out the single "Environmental" at SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/flagstone/quit-your-dayjob-environmental
New tourdates for Quit Your Dayjob:
09/18 - Tsunami, Köln (GER)
09/19 - Kulturladen, Konstanz (GER)
09/20 - Babalu, Munchen (GER)
09/21 - Szene Wien, Wien (AUS)
09/23 - SO36, Berlin (GER)
09/24 - Chemiefabrik, Dresden (GER)
09/25 - Pretty Vacant, Düsseldorf (GER)
09/26 - Amp, Münster (GER)
09/27 - Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg (GER)
Quit Your Dayjob will play support to The Hives for a batch of dates before setting off on a string of their own headlining shows:
11/19 - Docks, Hamburg (GER) w/The Hives
11/20 - Columbia halle, Berlin (GER) w/The Hives
11/22 - ABC, Glasgow (UK) w/The Hives
11/23 - Hammersmith, London (UK) w/The Hives
11/24 - Apolo, Mannchester (UK) w/The Hives
11/25 - Academy, Birmingham (UK) w/The Hives
11/27 - Le Bataclan, Paris (FRA) w/The Hives
11/28 - Palladium, Cologne (GER) w/The Hives
11/29 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL) w/The Hives
11/30 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER) w/The Hives
12/02 - AB, Brussels (BEL) w/The Hives
12/11 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
12/12 - Mains D'Oeuvres, Paris (FRA)
12/13 - Belle Vue Café, Brussels (BEL)
12/14 - State X Festival, The Hague (NL)
12/15 - Patronaat, Haarlem (NL)
12/22 - Henriksberg, Göteborg (SWE)
01/25 - Transformateur, Fribourg (CH)
01/26 - Sedel, Luzern (CH)
The Floor Is Made of LavaThis oh-so-hyped trio from Copenhagen, Denmark relies on energetic indiepop with the basic elements that follow. Taking their name from an episode of The Simpsons and naming their songs "Told her I'm from Compton" and "Tango in my tummy", it's obvious that they're not taking themselves too seriously. And that itself is liberating, but you got to have the music to back it up. Where bands like Quit Your Dayjob go full circle in their craziness, it feels like "All juice no fruit" is a manufactured article. The band is apparently the next huge, up-and-coming act in Denmark and I can see why. This easygoing pop music is not for the brain, but for your feet and they're great for the indie dance floor. Sort of like a Danish b-version of Franz Ferdinand, and that's a compliment. "Sucker love" and "IKEA did a job on you" are nice, poppy numbers, but you need more than handful semi-hits to convince me. This is not for me. At all.
- Jonas Appelqvist
Quit Your DayjobRiding a huge wave of success and acknowledgement, the freaks are out and back again. This, the follow up to 2005's "Sweden we got a problem", is, despite its simplicity, a more complex record. The hardcore fans, however should not be alarmed by this, the trademark madness QYD do so well is intact throughout all 13 tracks. The impression I get when listening to "Tools for fools" is that the songwriting has improved. For better and worse, I must add. The head-on, full-frontal punkrock with surf vibes, the all-or-nothing feeling is lost on this album at times. And to be really honest, this is one band that is more suited for just releasing EPs. When the band sounds like a date between Dead Kennedys and The Cramps on speed in "Danger! Fire kills children", it's like coming home again. Robert Johnson & the Punchdrunks would be proud of a song like "Medieval monsters in the modern man" and "Bodypoppers" is a smart move as the first single, being co-written with The Sounds. To sum it up, these maniacs are enjoying recognition from all sorts of characters including Blag Dahlia from The Dwarves, Ok Go, The Hives and, more surprising, R.A. The Rugged Man who is also featured on the opening track "Warmachine". I salute them as well! If they had just weeded out some of the weaker material, the grade would've been higher, for sure.
- Jonas Appelqvist
Check out the new Quit Your Dayjob video for "Bodypoppers": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GB_phmM7qw
Stream the new Quit Your Dayjob album "Tools for fools" at MTV's website: http://www.mtv.se/overdrive.php?StoryId=22341
Quit Your Dayjob has officially wrapped up production on their new album "Tools for fools", due out for release in September via Bad Taste Records. The record featured collaborations with fellow Swedes The Sounds as well as NY-based rapper R.A. The Rugged Man.
Quit Your Dayjob on tour in the UK:
01/30 - The Fly, London
01/31 - Night n Day, Manchester
02/01 - Korova Liverpool
02/04 - Koko London w/Ok Go
Upcoming shows for Quit Your Dayjob:
11/29 - Voxhall, Arhus (DK) w/Gogol Bordello
11/30 - Vega, Copenhagen (DK) w/Gogol Bordello
12/01 - Klubb Perfektion, Karlskoga (SWE)
01/30 - The Fly, London (UK)
01/31 - Night&Day, Manchester (UK)
02/01 - Korova, Liverpool (UK)
02/02 - Underground, Southport (UK)
Quit Your Dayjob is keeping a blog while they tour the US supporting Ok Go: http://blog.myspace.com/qyd
Download the mp3 or watch the video for the new Quit Your Dayjob single "Sperms are germs": http://www.quityourdayjob.org/
