Until Tomas Kubowicz , that is. The Swedish guitarist and songwriter was li… Read Full Bio ↴Until Tomas Kubowicz , that is. The Swedish guitarist and songwriter was living in his native Norrköping when, years after it had first come and gone, he heard this music for the first time. "Sweden is, musically, quite Anglo-inspired; many of my friends listened to this kind of music, and that's the way I got hooked on it," he recalls. "Stone Roses was kind of an introduction - I never had any high thoughts of their debut album when I first listened to it, but when I picked up the album again a couple years later and had a listen, it totally exploded. It's a masterpiece. I've never left them since."
In 2005, Tomas relocated to Stockholm, where he met bassist Anton Lindberg. Unable to find simpatico bandmates after a year of searching, the pair moved to London in summer of 2006. "We struggled quite hard to find the right people," says Tomas. "The music we had to offer was [perceived as] being a bit uncool in London, which was more into post-punk, thousands of sub-Libertines and Arctic Monkey bands, and also the nu-rave scene was at its peak. But I never was disheartened by it, and just continued to write songs."
Eventually, however, they found drummer Alfonso Tammaro, and the newly solidified trio (with Tomas also providing vocals) quickly made an impression upon producer Mark Wallis, who has worked with the Smiths, the La's, the Go-Betweens, and many others. Also whilst in London the trio found Jonathan Sutcliffe (main vocals) and Andrew Needle (rhythm guitar). The fruits of the band's sessions with Mark make up their official debut, Tour de Force, a limited-edition CD/7-inch released by Shelflife Records.
In 2005, Tomas relocated to Stockholm, where he met bassist Anton Lindberg. Unable to find simpatico bandmates after a year of searching, the pair moved to London in summer of 2006. "We struggled quite hard to find the right people," says Tomas. "The music we had to offer was [perceived as] being a bit uncool in London, which was more into post-punk, thousands of sub-Libertines and Arctic Monkey bands, and also the nu-rave scene was at its peak. But I never was disheartened by it, and just continued to write songs."
Eventually, however, they found drummer Alfonso Tammaro, and the newly solidified trio (with Tomas also providing vocals) quickly made an impression upon producer Mark Wallis, who has worked with the Smiths, the La's, the Go-Betweens, and many others. Also whilst in London the trio found Jonathan Sutcliffe (main vocals) and Andrew Needle (rhythm guitar). The fruits of the band's sessions with Mark make up their official debut, Tour de Force, a limited-edition CD/7-inch released by Shelflife Records.
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Back In Bloom
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Warren Jason Carling
These lads stand out to be honest, very talented!
srmucho
Haven't heard a guitar-sound like that in ages. Thank you Sulk.
Jeffrey Hodgson
This song (and video) is fantastic. It's absolutely fantastic. Finally some ambition in British music. It's been years....years! Looking forward to more. Bring it to North America please.
felixthemarshcat
Freakin love this tune and the video is sweet as well. Heard it only this week for the first time on Tom Robinson's Introducing show on BBC 6 Music and having downloaded the podcast find myself listening to it over and over again which is a GOOD sign! Nice one Sulk. More please!
David Phillips
Great stuff, love the sound!
Oscar Robertson
Such a retro Stone Roses sound! I get the feeling people would appreciate this band much more if the Roses hadn't got back together very recently. But this is the sort of music that i could listen to constantly and never get bored! Great band still.
Rustem X
Amazing sound. Waiting for your album, guys!
DJ BFAD
It's already been mentioned but wow! Amazing throwback sound...
Julia H.
Thanks SULK for your music :)
Jorge Luevano
What a great band