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Save The Date- February 29th: FRØKEDAL ANNOUNCES BRISTOL DATE ON ‘HOLD ON DREAMER’ UK/EU TOUR

February 18, 2016

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FRØKEDAL ANNOUNCES BRISTOL DATE ON ‘HOLD ON DREAMER’ UK/EU TOUR

Crofters, Bristol – February 29th 2016

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“There’s a tranquillity to Frøkedal’s latest offering that belies the lyrical gravitas, and the result
is a track that’s haunting and beautiful in equal measure.”
– The Line Of Best Fit

‘HOLD ON DREAMER’ 2016 UK DATES

Feb 25th | The Islington, London (UK) Tickets: DICE.FM

Feb 26th | The Basement, York (UK) Tickets: SEETICKETS

Feb 28th | The Castle, Manchester (UK) ALT-TICKETS

Feb 29th | Crofters, Bristol (UK) Tickets: ALT-TICKETS

Following on from a couple of busy London performances in 2015 and the announcement of her first full length record ‘Hold On Dreamer’, Frøkedal takes to the road with her band “Familien” in the first half of 2016. Dates include London and several regional UK performances, as well as a tour of Germany and a spot on Norway’s renowned Øya Festival. Full dates below…

Stripping arrangements to their bare bones, Frøkedal’s taste for sparse production carries through to the live performance – her band Familien(Norwegian for Family) fill the stage with delicate strings, percussion and harmonies that cocoon Frøkedal’s electric guitar and timeless sounding songs. It’s all about beauty in simplicity and great musicianship.

Having fronted successful Norwegian outfits Harrys Gym and Grammy-nominated I Was A King (who count Sufjan Stevens, Robyn Hitchcock and Norman Blake among past collaborators), Frøkedal approached her solo descent differently, almost defiantly. “Almost everything I’d done in the past I tried to avoid,” she says. “Harrys Gym had a huge pop sound with lots of instruments, so the new songs had to be simple. I wanted a stripped-down sound that was still dynamic.

“Because everyone has a computer these days, there’s no limit to how many times you can multi-track. I’m sick of that. Big, busy songs don’t touch me emotionally anymore. I hoped to go the other way – to remove as much as I could and be left with a beating heart.”

The end result is ‘Hold On Dreamer’ – a worthy successor to Frøkedal’s debut EP of September, ‘I See You’, which was promptly praised by the likes of BBC Radio 6music, The Line of Best Fit, Clash, The 405 and Notion Magazine.

New single ‘Kid’ is out now – the first taste of Frøkedal’s forthcoming debut LP, slated for release on February 26 via Propeller Recordings. Stream the track via Spotify // iTunes //

 

– FRØKEDAL w/ Familien –
‘Hold On Dreamer’ EU Tour 2016

25th Feb 2016 – London, The Islington (UK)
26th Feb 2016 – York, The Basement (UK)
28th Feb 2016 – Manchester, The Castle (UK)
29th Feb 2016 – Bristol, Crofters (UK)
31st Mar 2016 – Røros, Ungdommens Hus (NO)
1st Apr 2016 – Trondheim, Brukbar/Blæst (NO)
2nd Apr 2016 – Stokkøya, Strandbaren (NO)
4th Apr 2016 – Berlin, Kantine am Berghain (DE)
5th Apr 2016 – Hamburg, Mojo Jazz Cafe (DE)
6th Apr 2016 – Cologne, Studio 672 (DE)
8th Apr 2016 – Munich, Ampere (DE)
12th Apr 2016 – Bergen, Lille Ole Bull (NO)
13th Apr 2016 – Haugesund, Skapåbar (NO)
14th Apr 2016 – Stavanger, Tou Scene (NO)
15th Apr 2016 – Egersund, Mungåt (NO)
16th Apr 2016 – Kristiansand, Vaktbua (NO)
22th Apr 2016 – Kongsberg, Energimølla (NO)
23rd Apr 2016 – Oslo, Parkteatret (NO)
9th/13thAug 2016 – Oslo, Øyafestivalen (NO)

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