The Sound of Arrows are a Swedish
electronic music
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duo originally from
Gävle, and now based in
Stockholm. The duo, consisting of Oskar Gullstrand and Stefan Storm,
have remixed tracks for artists such as
Lady Gaga,
Alphabeat
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,
The Naked and Famous
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The band has released four studio albums: '' Pass ...
,
Natalia Kills
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and
Nicole Scherzinger
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. They also produced the song "Shoot the Bullet" for electropop artist
Queen of Hearts
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Queen of Hearts or The Queen of Hearts may refer to:
Books
* "The Queen of Hearts" (poem), anonymous nursery rhyme published 1782
* ''The Queen of Hearts'', an 1859 novel by ...
.
The band's song "
Into the Clouds
''Into the Clouds'' is a single by Swedish duo The Sound of Arrows. Later in December 2, 2009 was released EP.
Video clip
* ''Artist'': The Sound of Arrows
* ''Title'': Into The Clouds
* ''Director'': The Sound of Arrows, Mattias Erik Johansso ...
" was among the most downloaded songs in the United Kingdom for the week of 20 September 2009.
Their major-label debut single, "
Nova", was released in March 2011 by
Geffen Records, and its accompanying music video premiered on
Popjustice on 21 February 2011. The follow-up single "
Magic
Magic or Magick most commonly refers to:
* Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces
* Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic
* Magical thinking, the belief that unrel ...
" was released in August 2011, having previously been used in a television commercial for the
Mitsubishi Outlander car. The duo's debut album, ''
Voyage
Voyage(s) or The Voyage may refer to:
Literature
*''Voyage : A Novel of 1896'', Sterling Hayden
* ''Voyage'' (novel), a 1996 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
*''The Voyage'', Murray Bail
* "The Voyage" (short story), a 1921 story by ...
'', was released in November 2011. In 2015, the band announced plans to release a second album. On 17 March 2017, the band released the single "Beautiful Life", their first in five years. Their second album ''
Stay Free'' was released on their own label in October 2017 on transparent vinyl record and CD through the band's website and in digital form, to mixed reviews.
The Sound of Arrows have been compared to English
synthpop duo
Pet Shop Boys,
and their music has been described as "more heavenly Swedish
dream-pop".
Discography
* ''
Voyage
Voyage(s) or The Voyage may refer to:
Literature
*''Voyage : A Novel of 1896'', Sterling Hayden
* ''Voyage'' (novel), a 1996 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
*''The Voyage'', Murray Bail
* "The Voyage" (short story), a 1921 story by ...
'' (2011)
* ''
Stay Free'' (2017)
Awards and nominations
Musiclip Festival
The Musiclip Festival is an annual Spanish festival of music, audiovisual arts and music video.
, -
, 2011
, "
Magic
Magic or Magick most commonly refers to:
* Magic (supernatural), beliefs and actions employed to influence supernatural beings and forces
* Ceremonial magic, encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic
* Magical thinking, the belief that unrel ...
"
, Best International Music Video
,
P3 Guld Awards
The P3 Guld award is an annual music award held by Swedish
Sveriges Radio.
, -
, 2012
, ''Voyage''
, Best Pop Artist
,
Scandipop Awards
The Scandipop Awards are an annual British online music award.
, -
, rowspan="3", 2012
, The Sound of Arrows
, Best Group
,
, -
, ''Voyage''
, Best Group Album
,
, -
, The Sound of Arrows
, Readers Favourite of 2011
,
Miscellaneous accolades
See also
*
List of dream pop artists
This is a list of dream pop artists. Individuals are alphabetized by their surname.
A–M
*Air
*All About Eve
*Alvvays
*A.R. Kane
*Atlas Sound
*Au Revoir Simone
*The Autumns
*Azure Ray
*Basement Revolver
*Bat for Lashes
*Beach Fossils
*Beach H ...
*
List of Geffen Records artists
*
List of Swedes in music
*
List of synthpop artists
References
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2006 establishments in Sweden
Dream pop musical groups
Electronic music duos
Gävle
Geffen Records artists
Musical groups established in 2006
Musical groups from Stockholm
Remixers
Swedish indie pop groups
Swedish musical duos
Swedish synthpop groups