Artist: The Gentle Act Incident
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Two of my biggest weaknesses: 1) well-played emo-pop and 2) songs that recall a certain (time and) place. "This city doesn't know me" could be about anywhere -- it's not specific at all -- but I find comfort in thinking that it's about The Gentle Act Incident's hometown of Göteborg. It's an age-old story, being lost in the urban wasteland, and one that I know well. I left, I'm much happier for it, but I do miss it. Spending last weekend in NYC for CMJ made me feel like a relapsed junkie. As for the emo-pop side of this, I hold all comers up to Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American", a perfect example of emotional hardcore/pop music, and The Gentle Act Incident definitely swims in similar waters. The shadow of Sunny Day Real Estate is immediately apparently and further perusing of their influence list yields acts such as Last Days of April and Texas is the Reason; that seals the deal. There's no shame though, despite what you may think when you hear that 3-letter word, at least not in my world. I hear a bit of The Book of Daniel too, but that could also be geographical proximity rearing its head. Anyway, if you like hooky indierock, it all came from more or less the same place way back when. Draw lines, keep score, you'll figure it out. Besides, as I like to say, good music is good music and this is good music. Catchy melodies come in all sorts of packaging.
The Gentle Act Incident - This city doesn't know me
Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Bröderna Lindgren - Annan sort (feat. Britta Persson)
02. TALK 1
03. Rigas - Tonite
04. Sienna Root - The road to Agatha (Ahir Bhairav)
05. The Gentle Act Incident - The city doesn't know me
06. Asha Ali - Hurricane
07. TALK 2
08. Agent Side Grinder - Die to live
09. Moloken - My enemy
10. Boys of Scandinavia - Good looking
11. TALK 3
12. Sivert Høyem - Moon landing
13. Moonbabies - Take me to the ballroom
14. The Movements - Save me
15. TALK 4
16. Mikkel Meyer - Tunge (feat. Non)
17. Sahara Hotnights - Impressed by me
18. Samuraj Cities - The weekend is almost over
19. TALK 5
20. Adjagas - Mánu rávdnji
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Check out The Gentle Act Incident's new video for "The city doesn't know me": http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=61509939
It's not too visually interesting IMO, but the song sounds great -- they've got a really good, classic indierock sound.
Swedish indierockers The Gentle Act Incident are prepping for the release of their new album "Like silk burns" (due out late September, Germany/Belgium only so far) and will be streaming new tracks at myspace on a regular basis at their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/gentleactincident
Also check the live section for a few upcoming German tourdates.
Halo of Pendor, the solo act of Daniel Öhman (Ef, Convoj, When We Fall), will be heading out on a European tour in a few days:
11/21 - Hasenschaukel, Hamburg (GER) w/The Gentle Act Incident (acoustic)
11/22 - Az Conni, Dresden (GER) w/Kom
11/23 - Gallerie Durchlauferhitzer, Halle (GER)
11/24 - Take Five, Maastricht (NL) w/The Gentle Act Incident (acoustic)
11/25 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
11/26 - Student House of Sten's, Ghent (BEL) w/The Gentle Act Incident (acoustic)
11/27 - Kino Im Walzenlager, Oberhausen (GER)
11/28 - Hafen 2, Offenbach am Main (GER)
11/29 - Chez Heinz Salon, Hannover (GER) w/The Gentle Act Incident (acoustic)
11/30 - NBI, Berlin (GER) w/This Town Needs Guns
Members of Ef, Immanu El and The Gentle Act Incident will make up the backing band. Samples here: http://www.myspace.com/haloofpendor
Göteborg-based artists The Gentle Act Incident are streaming their new single "This city doesn't know me" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/gentleactincident
New tourdates for Jeniferever:
03/11 - Jaz, Rostock (GER)
03/12 - Astra Stube, Hamburg (GER)
03/13 - Antje Öklesund, Berlin (GER) w/The Gentle Act Incident
03/14 - Schokoladen, Berlin (GER)
03/15 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig (GER) w/The Gentle Act Incident
03/16 - AZ Conny, Dresden (GER) w/Ter Haar
03/17 - Atomino, Chemnitz (GER) w/Urlaub in Polen
03/18 - Postgarage, Graz (AUS)
03/19 - Gustav, Maribor (SLO)
03/20 - B 72, Vienna (AUS)
03/21 - Sunny Red, München (GER)
03/22 - Grabenhalle, St. Gallen (CH)
03/23 - Bett, Frankfurt (GER)
03/24 - Anorak 21, Kassel (GER)
05/03 - Treibhaus, Luzern (CH)
05/21 - d:qliq, Luxembourg (LUX) w/Hal Flavin