Viva Voce will re-release their critically acclaimed second and third album, “Lovers, Lead The Way!” and “The Heat Can Melt Your Brain”, with new bonus tracks on both cds. The albums will be released on the band’s own label Amore!Phonics on Nov. 13. The albums were originally released in 2003 and 2004, and they have long been out of print. The bonus tracks on the albums are:

Paper Doll (unreleased)
Wrecking Ball (Tunng Remix)
Lesson No.1 (original demo)
Red D-Lish (live)
Fashionably Lonely (live)
Wrecking Ball (live)
Doo-Wap Death Trap (unreleased)
Tonight You Belong To Me (live)

Here is one of them, the Tunng-remix:

Viva Voce – Wrecking ball (Tunng-remix)

…and we’ll add one song from each of the reissued albums:

Viva Voce – Fashionably lonely (from lovers, lead the way)
Viva Voce – Free Nude Celebs (from the heat can melt your brain)

I’m not going to say much. It’s Saturday and I have other things to do than to sit in front of my computer…

Visit the Friendly Noise-label, get their latest free mp3-single (2 songs + cover) and enjoy a perfect weekend with perfect music. This is the label’s description, and it is very accurate:

““Sol genom lövverket”. Medium tempo bossanova, sunshine, dreaming, careless, playful, innocent, melodic, romantic, wordless female vocals. “Hemlig ljudupptagning”. Syncopated waltz, dramatic, melodic, big brass section, repetitive guitar, wordless female vocals.”

Enheten för musik och melodi – “Sol genom lövverket” (= “sunshine through the leaves”, or something like that)

Enheten för musik och melodi – “Hemlig ljudupptagning” (=”secret sound recording”)

More free mp3-singles over at the Friendly Noise site.

Letterbox Records, home of bands like California Snow Story and Penny Century has released another free mp3 single from one of their bands. This is a song from Morning Bride called “Stepping out in front of cars”, and it’s the third single-release from the band’s latest album “Lea Valley Delta Blues” (album released march 2007).

Morning Bride – Stepping out in front of cars

The 5-piece rock band Melody Marshals from Stavanger, Norway, has been around in the local music scene for several years, but 2007 will be the year when they finally release their debut album. "Songs From A Tin Laboratory" will be in the shops from October 15, and I guess the album will get the band’s name out to more than a limited  Stavanger-audience. Their sound is dark and melancholic, but at the same time highly melodic. When I listen to their songs, I’m reminded of bands like Muse, Mew and Placebo or more well known Norwegian bands like the Seigmen or Delaware. The first single from the album is called "Space Cobain", a song I bet will be a live favorite on future concerts. Speaking of concerts, -  Melody Marshals will do a small tour in Norway to follow up the album release. You will find their tour schedule on myspace.

Melody Marshals – Space Cobain

As some of you may remember, the Norwegian artist Egil Olsen won first prize the Norwegian short film festival for his music video to the song "Singer-songwriter" earlier this year. Now he’s back with a new song and a new video, and this time he has made the video all by himself.

This is not his first video-production, but it is the first time he has made an animated one. Egil Olsen is an excellent musician, but he’s very good at drawing, and he does it all with his own special style. This video was recently shown on the filmfestival in Volda, and it is now nominated for the best animated film for the animation film-festival in Fredrikstad. Egil Olsen’s new album will be released Oct. 15.

Egil is a kind man, so he always gives us some goodies for free.
Here’s the song:

Egil Olsen – Wannabe

…and here’s the nominated video:

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