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Choir of Young Believers

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Danish indie band Choir Of Young Believers made their debut in 2007, with the EP “Burn The Flag”, which earned them heavy airplay and great reviews in their homeland. Other highlights of 2007 included a memorable performance at Roskilde Festival, a National Radio Award for “talent of the year” and a Critics Choice Award for “hope of the year”.

In 2008 the band released their debut album “This Is For The White In Your Eyes”. The reviews of “This Is For The White In Your Eyes” were amazing and critics all agreed, that it was “Best Danish Album” of the year. After another performance at one of Europe´s largest festivals, Roskilde Festival, they ended in the top of the charts in 2008. In 2009 Choir Of Young Believers were nominated in a record 7 categories at the Danish Music Awards (Grammies) and took home the award for “Best New Act”.

In 2009 they signed with US record label Ghostly Int., who released the album world wide during 2009, to further critical acclaim and much airplay, especially in US and UK. They also signed a world wide publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

The band toured intensively for two years, including 3 tours in the US, performing at SXSW in both 2009 and 2010.

The music of Choir Of Young Believers has been used in a number of US TV shows, such as Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place and Numb3ers and a couple of European feature films.

On March 20th, 2012 they will release their second album world wide, followed by live touring the rest of the year.


Discography

“Burn The Flag” EP (2007)
“This Is For The White In Your Eyes” (2008/2009)
“Rhine Gold” (2012)

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