Marching Band is a musical duo consisting of Erik Sunbring and Jacob Lind from Linköping, Sweden.

History

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). Marching Band's song "Aggravate" was included on the indie compilation ''Indiecater'' Volume IV in August 2009. Marching Band's EP, 'Pop Cycle Naked - EP' was released November 9, 2010, on U & L Records. Marching Band's new EP, "And I've Never Seen Anything Like That", will be released on Jan 15, 2013.

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debuted the band's music video "And I've Never", Marching Band's, third full length "So Much Imagine", was released on Feb 21, 2014, digitally and as a double Vinyl containing 21 new tracks.

Members

*Erik Sunbring - Guitars, Vocals *Jacob Lind - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals

Supplemental Musicians

*Benjamin Forsberg - Guitars, Vocals *Ludvig Kennberg - Drums *Gustaf Nygren - Bass

Releases

Source:

Albums

*''EP 1'' as Second Language - 2004 *''EP 2'' as Second Language - 2005 *''EP 3'' - 2006 *''Spark Large'' - 2008, U & L Records, Inc. *''Pop Cycle'' - 2010, U & L Records, Inc. *''Pop Cycle Naked - EP'' - 2010, U & L Records, Inc. *''And I've Never Seen Anything Like That - EP'' - 2013, U & L Records, Inc. *
So Much Imagine
' - 2014, UNC Records (Europe), U & L Records, Inc. (North America), And Records (Japan) *''Heart Jewel'' - 2016, And Records.

References

NPR Second StageNPR World CafePitchfork Review on May 15th, 2008

Record Label

Indiecater Volume IV

MTV "And I've Never"

External links

Official Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marching Band (Band) Swedish rock music groups Musical groups from Linköping