The Kissaway Trail - ＂SDP＂

Name: The Kissaway Trail - ＂SDP＂
Uploaded: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released in early 2010 as the lead single and album opener for Sleep Mountain, 'SDP' emerged at a peak moment of international interest in Scandinavian indie rock. The Kissaway Trail — formed in Odense, Denmark, originally as Isles — had earned considerable UK and European acclaim with their 2007 self-titled debut, named debut album of…

2010 · Late-2000s Anthemic Indie Rock Surge (2009–2010) · music video

2010Late-2000s Anthemic Indie Rock Surge (2009–2010)Post-2000s Anthemic Indie Rock / Scandinavian Indie International Crossover

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Released in early 2010 as the lead single and album opener for Sleep Mountain, 'SDP' emerged at a peak moment of international interest in Scandinavian indie rock. The Kissaway Trail — formed in Odense, Denmark, originally as Isles — had earned considerable UK and European acclaim with their 2007 self-titled debut, named debut album of the year by The Independent. Sleep Mountain was produced by Peter Katis, known…

Why it matters

SDP is a defining artifact of the late-2000s wave of Scandinavian anthemic indie rock that sought — and partially achieved — international crossover via UK tastemaker press (NME, Pitchfork, The Independent) and festival exposure. Its slow-build, multi-layered guitar architecture and dual-vocal…

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