Neighboring Sounds is an
indie band from
Bergen,
Norway. 2004-2006 the band was called The First Cut and before 2004 the band was called ''Crash (n)''.
''Crash (n)'' was formed in 2000 in Bergen, Norway. The band released two 7", one 10" and a CD, toured Europe and Scandinavia once and the UK twice. After Aaron Arjuna Rudra left the band in 2003 the band chose to change name and continued as The First Cut. The band did numerous shows and released a CD in 2006 called "Silence afterwards", but due to different circumstances the band found it hard to carry on with touring and kept a low profile throughout 2005 and 2006.
The First Cut was on a hiatus from 2005 until 2014. Thomas Santuna Larssen played bass in
Datarock, and
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Career
The band was formed in 1997. They released a 7" and a 12" on Telle Records.
In 2002, they were signed by the U.S. label Emperor Norton Records and ...
while Kristian Gundersen used to play in the band I.O.U. Arild Eriksen sang and played bass in Bouvet.
In 2014 the band reformed under the name Neighboring Sounds.
Yngve Andersen from the band
Blood Command
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played bass. The band first recorded a few songs with
Kenneth Ishak of
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in 2016 but only released the song Everyone's From Somewhere Else digitally. Thomas Larssen joined the band again in 2016. The band recorded another few songs with
Kenneth Ishak in 2019 and released the single Spolia in 2020 on the label Sound Fiction.
Anders Blom from the bands Flight Mode,
Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson
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History
Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson came to be when a group of four classmates—Morten ...
, Islandsgate and Ben Leiper joined on bass in 2021.
Neighboring Sounds recorded the album "Cold in the smart city", which was released in autumn 2023 on the labels Friend Club (US), strictly no capital letters (UK),
Bcore disc
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(ES), Friend of mine (JPN), Adagio830 (GER), Lilla Himmel (N) and Sound fiction (N).
Discography
; As ''Neighboring Sounds''
*''Polis'' Digital (2023)
*''No commons'' Digital (2023)
*''Holiday palaces'' Digital (2023)
*''Everyone's From Somewhere Else'' 7" (2021)
*''Spolia'' Digital (2020)
*''Everyone's From Somewhere Else'' Digital (2020)
; As ''The First Cut''
*''Silence Afterwards'' CD (2006)
; As ''Crash (n)''
*Crash (2000) 7" on
Sound Fiction.
*
Young Boy I Can Help You Through Your Exams (2001) 10" on
Sound Fiction and
Premonition Records
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Premonition(s) or The Premonition may also refer to:
Film and television
* "Premonition" (''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''), an episode of ' ...
.
*
Split with Solea (US) (2002) 7" on
Sound Fiction.
*
Young Boy I Can Help You Through Your Exams and more (2003) CD on *
Firefly Recordings.
References
External links
Official websiteReview in major Norwegian newspaperYouth magazine Spirit mentions The First Cut and interviews Arild EriksenAftenposten mention The First Cut as important emo band in Norwaythe band featured on this is music from NorwayVideo for the song Last Year's Ambulance - Copyright 2006 The First CutReview of the song Holiday palaces in No EchoReview of the song Holiday palaces in Idioteq
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Norwegian musical groups