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Wake The President
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Your Expressions
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Miss Tierney
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Elaine
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She Fell Into My Arms
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Mail, Alice
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Wake The President formed in Glasgow by brothers Björn and Erik Sandberg in 2003 before disbanding amicably (depending on which twin you ask) in 2012 following the release of their final single 'Bill Drummond'.
In preparations for their swan song, the brothers emailed Bill to enlist him in production duties for the recording of 'Bill Drummond'. He replied three years later, apologising for the tardy response - Bill and Björn are now neighbours in North London. Erik was the lyricist and main vocalist; Bjorn the guitarist and focuses on things musical. As with their first album, the Sandbergs enlisted Paul Savage, producer extraordinaire (and former drummer of The Delgados) to produce Zumutung! at Chem19 Studios. The ten tracks the brothers crafted were sonically and emotionally diverse. "Elaine" the most straightforward indie pop song whilst the albums first four tracks, "She Fell Into My Arms", "Your Expressions", "In Youth There Is Pleasure" and "This Is New" are at the more raucous edge of post punk guitar pop. "Sort of Blonde" is an acoustic music hall sing-along, and "Stockholm's Archipelago", the album's bittersweet closer, shows that the band can nail the grand-scale post rock pop song. Following the split and the commercial flop of their second album, Björn continued to work in the music industry and now resides in North London. Erik is now an author based in Stockholm. The twins keep an eye on their inboxes for the $1 Million offer from Coachella to reform the band.