 Pihlaja on 21-vuotias hieman helsinkiläistynyt mutta sydämeltään tamperelainen pop-artisti. Flippaan-ensisinkku viettelee kuulijansa intensiiviseen ihastukseen metropolin sykkiessä taustalla. Pihlajan elektronisilla sävyillä silattu tanssittava pop johdattaa sinut drinkki kädessä Helsingin baarien tanssilattioille. Ilta jatkuu pikkutunneille ja värivalojen täyttämään aamuyöhön. Pihlajan biisien tekstit esittelevät nuoren naisen sielunmaailma. Tuo maailma on täynnä salaattilounaita ja salitreenejä, joiden vastapainoina juhlitaan pitkiä, kosteita viikonloppuja. Flippaan kertoo yöllisestä ihastumisesta, joka on niin voimakas että tilanne voi mennä ylikierroksille. Biisit kumpuavat Pihlajan ja tuottaja Kiron kynistä. KIRO ponnahti tammikuussa ihmisten tietoisuuten, kun hänen tekemänsä remix soi huippusuositun tubettajan Sparklesin videon taustalla. Sparklesin Counter Strike: Global Offensive-peliä markkinoivalla kanavalla on yli 1,5 miljoonaa tilaajaa. Pihlaja ja Kiro kohtasivat viime vuonna Tampereen yössä. Kiro toimi DJ:nä tapahtumassa, jossa Pihlajan ystävä oli tanssijana. Yhteisessä pöydässä alettiin puhua musiikista ja pikkutunneilla sovittiin yhteistyöstä. ”Kiron tultua mukaan mun musiikki löysi sen terävimmän elektronisen kärjen. Olin tehnyt aiemmin paljon piano-lauludemoja, mutta tiesin että halusin tehdä jotain iskevämpää. Oon tykkäillyt paljon esimerkiksi Major Lazerista, Ellie Gouldingista ja Zara Larssonista, joista voikin kuulla vähän vaikutteita mun musiikissa” Pihlaja kertoo. https://www.instagram.com/pihlajatitta https://www.facebook.com/pihlajaofficial/
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 The Lumineers have returned with an epic comeback which has knocked Adele off the No.1 Album spot in the Official UK Charts! After three years of touring and writing music, following on from their platinum selling self-titled debut, 'The Lumineers', the band's incredible follow up album, 'Cleopatra', is since last Friday the UK's official No.1 selling album and has been met with acclaim from critics and fans alike. The band has returned with not only a sensational second album, but have reignited their status as one of the best bands in the live arena, proven by their headline UK tour which sold out in less than 24 hours. Wesley Shultz comments: "We want to give a massive thank you to all the fans for their loyalty and support for the new album. We are humbled and grateful for all of the love in the UK. It is always one of our favourite places to perform live. We are so excited for this tour and upcoming festivals." The album is set to also take the No.1 spot in the US, while internationally is soaring high in the charts in Canada, Australia, Ireland, Norway and New Zealand, to name just a few territories. This summer will see them third from headline at the main stage at Latitude and return for the Sunset performance on The Other stage at Glastonbury, where the band are excited to relive their show-stopping performance in 2013. HEADLINE UK 2016 TOUR DATES: Thur Apr 14 – Bristol, O2 Academy – SOLD OUT Fri Apr 15 – Glasgow, Barrowlands – SOLD OUT Tue Apr 19 – Manchester, Albert Hall – SOLD OUT Sun Apr 24 – London, O2 Brixton Academy – SOLD OUT www.thelumineers.com  Platinum-selling enigmatic band, The Lumineers, released their highly anticipated second album, "Cleopatra", the follow up to their multi-Grammy-nominated, self-titled debut. Today, "Cleopatra" shot straight to the top of the iTunes charts around the world and currently sits at #1 in the US, Canada, Australia, Ireland, plus #2 in the UK, New Zealand, Norway to name just a few territories. To celebrate the album release, the band has just announced a string of exclusive in-store performances throughout the UK as well as a landmark takeover of Spotify's homepage. The Americana pack-leaders are surprising fans by holding a series of intimate gigs and signings at HMV stores across the UK. The first performance at HMV Oxford Street, London will kick off their UK return, just 24 hours before their sold out opening headline show in Bristol. Please visit http://www.hmv.com/hmvlive/the-lumineers for details on how to attend. IN-STORE PERFORMANCE & SIGNINGS Wed Apr 13, 6-7.30pm - HMV, 363 Oxford Street, London Fri Apr 15, 1-2.30pm - HMV, Argyle Street, Glasgow Tue Apr 19, 1-2.30pm – HMV, Manchester Images of the in-store performance to follow. For further detail and information on how to attend please visit http://www.hmv.com/hmvlive/the-lumineers HEADLINE UK 2016 TOUR DATES: Thur Apr 14 – Bristol, O2 Academy – SOLD OUT Fri Apr 15 – Glasgow, Barrowlands – SOLD OUT Tue Apr 19 – Manchester, Albert Hall – SOLD OUT Sun Apr 24 – London, O2 Brixton Academy – SOLD OUT www.thelumineers.com  Platinum-selling, Denver outfit, The Lumineers, return with their long-awaited return second album "Cleopatra" – the follow up to their multi-Grammy-nominated, self-titled debut – and a much anticipated headline UK tour, which brings them back to London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire and sold out in less than 24 hours. The first music from the group came in the form of the video for current single, 'Ophelia', instantly recognisable as The Lumineers with its syncopated piano rolls and sing-along chorus. The video for the track features singer Wesley Schultz in an out of body experience as he dances in the streets, the video has currently been viewed over 2.8 million times, with the single at over 13 million streams on Spotify. After exploding onto the scene with their monster single, 'Ho Hey', and its follow-up, 'Stubborn Love' (recently featured on President Barack Obama's Spotify playlist), The Lumineers spent a solid three years touring six of the seven continents. During that time, the band earned a pair of Grammy nominations (Best New Artist, Best Americana Album), contributed two songs to The Hunger Games franchise (including the hit Jennifer Lawrence/James Newton Howard collaboration, 'The Hanging Tree') and sold an impressive 3 million+ albums worldwide.
The Lumineers took the UK by storm with the release of their first album in 2012, which propelled them from appearing at Hoxton Bar & Grill as relative unknowns, to playing two consecutive sold-out nights at Brixton Academy and headlining the 10,400 capacity Alexandra Palace as household names. And it was their show-stopping performance on the Other Stage at Glastonbury in 2013 that cemented their position as one of the biggest breakout bands in the world. Now Cleopatra proves original members Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites – who founded the band in Ramsey, New Jersey back in 2002 – along with cellist/vocalist Neyla Pekarek, are neither taking their good fortune for granted, nor sitting back on their laurels. With the help of producer Simone Felice (The Felice Brothers, The Avett Brothers), the band ensconced themselves in The Clubhouse, a recording studio high atop a hill in rural Rhinebeck, NY, not far from Woodstock. The Lumineers then set about trying to make musical sense of their three-year-plus rollercoaster ride. Their skill at setting a visual story to music comes through amidst the delicate, deceptively simple acoustic soundscapes. "We took the same approach this time as we did with the first album, recording demos in a small house we rented in the original Denver neighbourhood where we first moved," explains Wesley, contributing the lyrical ideas while collaborating on the music with Jeremiah, who tackled a variety of instruments, including guitar, the very prominent piano and trademark tribal drums. There is something timeless about this band that links their songs to 18th century pastorals, 19th century work songs, 20th century folk narratives and 21st century post-modern cinematic soundscapes. Success hasn't spoiled The Lumineers; rather, it's inspired them to follow their muses even further. HEADLINE UK 2016 TOUR DATES: Thur Apr 14 – Bristol, O2 Academy – SOLD OUT Fri Apr 15 – Glasgow, Barrowlands – SOLD OUT Tue Apr 19 – Manchester, Albert Hall – SOLD OUT Sun Apr 24 – London, O2 Brixton Academy – SOLD OUT |
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