Mette Lindberg: The Tour continues
It seems that one of the finest Danish pop exports, the band with an unforgettable sci-fi name ‘The Asteroids Galaxy Tour’ is back on track. Creating modern electronic pop music and finding a perfect balance between the big commercial successes of catchy hits and demonstrating perfect taste is the trademark of The Asteroids Galaxy Tour as we know them.
The band was formed in 2007 when producer Lars Iversen met singer Mette Lindberg in Copenhagen and they decided to try to do something together. After releasing some music, they found a way to millions of listeners when their songs ‘Golden Age’ and ‘Under the Bend’ were chosen for Heineken and Apple advertising campaigns. Already enjoying the status of pop-stars, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour released their debut album ‘Fruit’ in 2009, which showcased them in their best shape and caught the world’s attention – they had produced a liberatingly weird cocktail of indie pop and soul. This was followed by an intensive world tour, with highlights like opening shows for Amy Winehouse and supporting Katy Perry’s tour and receiving love from Elton John.
The second album ‘Out of Frequency’ helped them to develop the status of one of the most adventurous modern bands. It was a kind of concept album, with numerous interconnected tracks and lyrics reminiscent of a crime novel with a powerful and dramatic sound full of horns and funky bass-lines, which reminded listeners of blaxploitation-esque and cinematic song-collages from a bygone era.
Their third album ‘Bring Us Together’ was released in 2014, and opened a more innovative and futuristic side of The Asteroids Galaxy Tour to the world. The album had much more electronic sound than the previous work and incorporated genres such as trip-hop, disco and funk, but at the same time had all these recognizable catchy melodies and the incomparable voice of Mette Lindberg for which The Asteroids Galaxy tour is known.
After a few years break, during which Mette dedicated and Lars to other projects, the band makes a remarkable comeback with a new song and space style, Stanley Kubrick influenced video “Surrender”. The new album is under construction and is planned to be released in the near future. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour have enjoyed this summer touring with gigs at big European festivals and shaping their new musical ideas in the studio. The frontwoman, powerful and beautiful Mette Lindberg was able to talk with All Andorra about plans for new music, her work on the top-rated shows on Danish TV, musical roots and inspirations and views on the option of The Asteroids Galaxy Tour performing in Andorra.
Interview: Dmitry Tolkunov
Hi Mette! Thank you for finding time to talk with us. How are you? What is new and interesting going on in The Asteroids Galaxy Tour world?
Yes, we just released two singles and are planning to have a new album probably at the beginning of next year. The Asteroids Galaxy tour have performed this summer, which we didn’t do for a while, at a bunch of festivals in Denmark and Eastern Europe. Also, we have spent a lot of time in the studio composing and recording new music.
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