aaamusic | On 01, Jun 2010

Since the release of their third studio album Magic Chairs, Copenhagen tour de force Efterklang have spent most of 2010 on the road playing shows all over the world. Their summer schedule is set to continue in a similar vein with the band confirmed to play a string of festivals across Europe including two special Performing Parades events (performing their 2007 album Parades in its entirety in collaboration with a classical orchestra) and three visits to the UK.

A full list of dates can be found below:

June:
19th – Holland Festival, Amsterdam (Performing Parades w. Metropole Orkest)
21st – Festspillene Nord-Norge, Norway
28th – Serpentine Sessions, London (w. Grizzly Bear)

July:
1st – Roskilde Festival, Denmark
4th – Traumzeit Festival, Germany
5th – Club Schocken, Stuttgart
7th – Les Tombées de la Nuit, Rennes
8th – Cour du Cloître, Vendôme
9th – Festival de la Cité, Lausanne
10th – Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Denmark
18th – Benicassim, Spain
31st – Den Grimmeste Festival, Denmark

August:
4th – New Note Festival, Hillerød
5th – Skanderborg Festival, Denmark
6th – Off Festival, Poland
7th – Micro Festival, Liege
8th – Standon Calling Festival, Standon
11th – Stockholm Kulturfestival, Sweden (Performing Parades w. Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra)
14th – Haldern Pop Festival, Germany
15th – Exit07, Luxemburg
19th – Sønderborg, Denmark
20th – Malmö Festivalen, Sweden
22nd – Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons

Efterklang have also joined forces with fellow Danish friends Slaraffenland and are releasing an EP Prinser & Vikinger Live at The Royal Danish Playhouse under the guise SlaraffenKLANG. A live recording of the 12-strong group’s performance in one of Copenhagen’s most illustrious theatres, the EP is free to download here: http://rumraket.tumblr.com/post/634329465/new-free-slaraffenklang-ep

TRACKLISTING:1. Miragone (a mash-up of Efterklang’s ‘Mirador’ and Slaraffenland’s ‘Long Gone’)
2. Cutting Ice To Snow (Slaraffenland covers Efterklang)
3. Postcard (Efterklang covers Slaraffenland)
4. Falling Mirror (a mash-up of Slaraffenland’s Falling Out and Efterklang’s ‘Mirror Mirror’)
5. Away

Efterklang‘s latest video for ‘I Was Playing Drums’ can be found here:

Their 4AD Session (filmed at Vega in Copenhagen) can be viewed here: