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Approved: Balkans

By | Published on Tuesday 8 February 2011

Balkans

Bands are supposed to have an interesting back story to make themselves stand out these days; like the drummer was saved by the bassist when he was attacked by a rabid swan, then they met the singer in the hospital waiting room and the guitarist was the doctor in the hospital and he mended all their injuries with medical guitar solos, or something. But, actually, it’s quite nice to learn that Balkans just grew up together and decided to form a band one day.

Since then, they’ve spent a couple of years crashing around their home town of Atlanta, Georgia, playing gigs and releasing the odd seven-inch on a variety of local labels. Somewhere along the way, their slightly shambolic sound got noticed by people who lived in other cities and other countries. And that pretty much brings us up to where we are now. The band release their new single, ‘Edita V’, which hints not a little at a Walkmen influence, on 4 Apr via Double Phantom Records, followed by their debut album on 10 May. If you head to their website, you can hear the single, and if you dig around you’ll also find some free downloads, including a fabulously disinterested cover of ‘Kids In America’.

www.balkansbalkans.com



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