Small Time Giants is an alternative rock band from
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland i ...
. Besides Greenland, the band is popular in Denmark where it has developed great following with their mainly English-language songs. Their EP ''Six Shades of Heart'' was released in February 2012 and their debut studio album ''Stethoscope'' was released on DIGIDI, the digital distribution network in October 2014. In 2015, the band won the contest for the official song of the
Arctic Winter Games
The Arctic Winter Games is a biennial multi-sport and indigenous cultural event involving circumpolar peoples residing in communities or countries bordering the Arctic Ocean.
Background
The Arctic Winter Games were founded in 1969 under the lea ...
, which was held in
Nuuk
Nuuk (; da, Nuuk, formerly ) is the capital and largest city of Greenland, a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities from other coun ...
, Greenland in 2016.
The song, entitled "We Are the Arctic", was formally released in October 2015.
The band released the Christmas-themed single "Angerlarlanga" on December 12, 2016. The song reached No. 1 on the Danish iTunes chart that month.
Members
The band is made up of young musicians from
Qaqortoq
Qaqortoq, formerly Julianehåb, is a city in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland, located near Cape Thorvaldsen. With a population of 3,050 in 2020, it is the most populous town and the municipal capital in southern Greenland and the ...
in South Greenland. But the band's newest member, drummer Jonas Nilsson, is from
North Jutland. The members are:
*Miki Jensen - lead vocals
*Pilutannguaq Hammeken - keyboards, guitar
*Jakob Skovaa - bass
*Jonas Lundsgaard Nilsson - drums
Discography
Albums
EPs
*2012: ''Six Shades of Heart''
Album
*2014: ''Stethoscope''
*2020: ''Formed by Mistakes''
References
External links
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Greenlandic musical groups
Greenlandic rock music groups
Alternative rock groups