It's been quite a long time since I last posted something here.
What's happening at the moment is that I'm working on an album. So far it's turning out great, over my expectations actually, but the process is slow and a lot of work is still left to do. I'm about nine songs in, and I'll keep recording until I feel I have material that works good enough together in the context I envision it in.
I'll get back to you. I'm eager to share the new stuff!
/Gustaf
Watch three live songs from our latest gig on Pet Sounds Bar, Stockholm.
Today, we released a brand new song via the italian webzine Ondarock.
The song is called "Pegasus" and is a part of a compilation, put together by the people at Ondarock themselves, called OndaDrops Vol. 5: Postcards from the North.
The comp, which is available for FREE includes other amazing artists, and I highly recommend you to download it.
LISTEN TO PEGASUS HERE
DOWNLOAD THE COMPILATION HERE
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OK, here it goes! Some relevant stuff happening next week;
On Monday, British radio station Amazing Radio will feature TFP in their Audition Show. From the little I know this is apparently a weekly show that picks the best new songs they've heard the past seven days.
The broadcast is 1 PM to 3 PM in the UK. If the genius mathematic part of my brain has calculated this correctly it will be 14.00 in Sweden.
Here's a link on how to listen to the broadcast online, on your iphone, or any other futuristic device you may own.
Thursday, October 6th, we'll be playing at Hos Kaj in Stockholm, Hammarby Sjöstad. Here's the facebook event for the night. Except for us, The Carpets will play, as well as DJ-sets from The Sonnets, Jerry Boman and Le Muhr.
See you there!
/Gustaf
Hello, you!
Today, UK-based online magazine/music blog (connections with BBC?) The Recommender wrote a great article and review of Sirens EP. It's not great only because it puts the spotlight on The Fiery Piano, but it lights a little candle of hope for all of the small indie bands trying to get coverage without a label or any promotional help backing them up, if you only play your cards right. Read what the author has to say about it here.
And to those of you who live in Stockholm; Don't forget that we're playing on Wednesday the 14th of September at Landet with Grenades for the wall. Facebook event here.
See you!
/Gustaf
Hello, dear friends!
A couple of days ago, AppleJuice Magazine wrote an article called Making Waves. It lists a few "bands [the writer] thinks are gonna be making noises at bigger venues quite soon", and supposedly The Fiery Piano is one of those bands, altough I leave that unsaid.
Well, let's hope Daniel Oswin is right, and read his words in the article here.
Tack än en gång så mycket till alla som kom på spelningen på Twang i lördags. Det var en fantastisk kväll.
Vi jobbar febrilt för att få tag på något sorts filmklipp från kvällen, hittills utan vettigt resultat. Här kommer i alla fall ett bar bilder.
Quick translation: A big bunch of "thank-you"'s
Hej vänner!
Nu på lördag (6/8) spelar vi på musikaffären Twang i Stockholm. Med oss har vi det eminenta new wave-bandet Ben Hogun. Lyssna på deras musik HÄR.
Det kommer finnas öl och vin till godo för den ringa summan av 20 kr. Inträdet är 50 kr, och observera att det INTE går att betala med kort. Endast kontanter alltså, på gammalt hederligt manér.
Twang ligger på Katarina Bangata 25 på söder. Deras hemsida finner du HÄR.
FACEBOOK-EVENT FÖR KVÄLLEN HITTAR DU HÄR
Kom och häng med oss!
/Gustaf
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Quick translation:
On Saturday, 6/8, we'll be playing at Twang Music Store, together with Ben Hogun.
Doors open at 7, entrance 50 SEK, CASH ONLY. There will also be seriously cheap beer and wine. Twang is located at Katarina Bangata 25 in Stockholm.
FACEBOOK-EVENT OVER HERE
See you there!
Esau from music blog Esau.se included The Fiery Piano in his latest "Poptimist" blog post. It's a great blog, you should really go and check it out (only in swedish, though).
Below is a sneak-preview of a second acoustic live video we recorded some days ago for the song "A Murderous Consequence". Keep your eyes fixed on Youtube if you want to see it.
Hello.
A quick mini-update:
Swedish music blog Meadow Music posted a thing about The Fiery Piano today.
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| Recording of acoustic version of Sirens |
Hello again, brothers and sisters.
I don't want to be crude with all this posting, but since the majority of life-style bloggers writes several times a day, I guess I can't be accused for spamming. After all, you can choose to not continue reading.
Enough! To the point;
What I wanted to tell you was that the music blog Pigeons & Planes wrote about me in a post they made yesterday. Read yourself onwards, and click your way cross the universe HERE.
Good evening, fellow listeners and friends.
Today, the great people at the noteworthy music blog Largehearted boy included Sirens EP in their "Daily Downloads" post, alongside tracks from great bands like The Antlers and Okkervil River. Check out the blog, and view the post HERE.
I also forgot to tell you that the Chicago-based blogger Faronheit did a similar thing last week, only they call their section "Pick your poison". If you want to read more about that, push THIS big button.
This is great news for me, since it's kind of hard reaching out to people without big bucks and major labels backing you up. Fortunately there are nice people out there who write about music that isn't all about generating a cash flow.
Lastly, I would like to take the opportunity, seize the moment (poetry side: ON), or whatever, to announce that we're going to shoot some video footage with the band, hopefully resulting in some series with live versions of TFP songs you have or have not heard, starting next week.
More info about that later.
Good evening, dear listeners and followers!
I've simply got two things I'd like to tell you;
I've started rehearsing with a band of three great musicians and friends, taking baby steps towards our premiere gig which will happen sometime this summer. I'll let you know when, where and how later on, when we're getting closer. So, stay tuned for that.
Until then, not to sound like a TV commercial, Sirens EP is now on Spotify, as well as on iTunes and several other places in the outer space. It would be stupid to download it from iTunes, though, because the EP is actually still free of charge HERE.
If you still just can't refuse that strong urge to download it from iTunes, I would be more than thankful for the donation. It's like four bucks (=36 SEK) for the whole thing.
Hello hello hello!
It''s been two days since the release of Sirens EP. I hope you've been enjoying it so far, but would also like to take the opportunity to encourage you to listen to the songs more than just once. There are lots of cool things to discover in them, sounds to explore, lyrics to decode etc.
Anyways;
In their latest entry, the music blog Swedesplease wrote a short notice about me. If you like to, you can read it HERE.
Have a great day!
/Gustaf
Good evening!
I am very proud, a little scared, but mostly happy, to present to you my debut release as The Fiery Piano. It's called Sirens EP and is a four-track album about growing up, be the last one to die, mental illness and so on.. It's all in there, the lyrics speak for themselves, and the sounds sound like they should.
All instruments on the EP I play myself. The vocals are sung by me solely, except on the fourth and last track, "A Murderous Consequence", where Tove Fröberg contributes with her magnificent voice.
I've mixed everything myself, but got lots of professional input by Wallentin Richardson, who also mastered the EP at Discrete Motion Recordings in Malmö.
The idea for the cover artwork was Tove's, I created it, and Philip Blomqvist extended a helping hand.
I would like to shout out some special thankyou's to everyone who have supported me during the months I've been working on the recordings(in no particular order):
Tove Fröberg (for coping with recording sessions and late night mixing)
Oscar Montelius (for helping out with basically everything on this EP, even when it was just a thought)
Daniel Nilsson (my Feldt-mate, friend and inspiration)
To download Sirens EP for FREE, in the best possible quality, just click HERE!
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The Fiery Piano started out in 2011, releasing his first collection of songs on the self-released Sirens EP.
Intricate productions with catchy guitar melodies, distorted vocals and electronical details share ground on elaborate DIY pop songs, everything recorded and mixed in a small apartment in Stockholm.
Instead of drum machines and a real drum kit, the one original member Gustaf Montelius mostly used chopped-up field recordings and cut-and-paste samples as the foundation and driving force behind the productions, creating a warm analogue sound, but with somewhat of a digital groove.
To play the songs live, Kristoffer Byström, Max Anderhell and Daniel Nilsson joined the band.
The Fiery Piano is currently in the progress of writing and recording new songs.