Album Description
DANISH BEAT QUARTET THE BLUE VAN WILL RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM, THE ART OF ROLLING, ON APRIL 5. THE ART OF ROLLING COULD BE A COMPILATION OF NEWLY-DISCOVERED, BOMBASTIC 60S ROCK 45S WERE IT NOT CUT WITH THE WHIMSY AND POP SENSIBILITIES THAT RANGE FROM EARLY ELVIS COSTELLO UP TO HOT HOT HEAT. TRACKS LIKE "I REMEMBER THE DAYS" AND THE FIRST SINGLE, "REVELATION OF LOVE," MAKE YOU WANT TO DO YOUR BEST HULLABALOO GO-GO MOVES WITH THEIR BASHING BEATS AND PUMPING HAMMOND ORGAN. OTHERS LIKE "BABY, IVE GOT TIME" AND THE EPIC ALBUM-CLOSER "NEW SLOUGH" MAKE YOU ASK YOURSELF HOW A DANISH FARMBOY LIKE SINGER STEFFEN WESTMARK HAS SO MUCH SOUL.
THE BLUE VAN HAS BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER SINCE THE 6TH GRADE. NOW IN THEIR EARLY 20S, THEY SIGNED WITH TVT RECORDS IN MID-2004 AND IMMEDIATELY FLEW TO THE U.S., SET UP SHOP IN A BROOKLYN GHETTO LOFT TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, THEIR SONGS AND THEIR FEROCIOUS LIVE SHOW TO AMERICA. DURING THIS THREE MONTH STAY IN NEW YORK CITY THE BAND PLAYED AN EXHAUSTING SLATE OF 50+ SHOWS. HIP WEBZINE MELODYNELSON.COM NAILED THE REASON WHY THE BAND HADNT EXHAUSTED THEIR NEW SUPPLY OF FANS AFTER SO MANY GIGS: "WHY WOULD PEOPLE GO BACK TO SEE THEM SO OFTEN? AFTER 45 MINUTES, I REALIZED THAT IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE THESE FOUR GUYS ARE UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMERS, WHO PLAY LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW. THEY FEED OFF THE CROWD AND VICE VERSA, IT'S HARD TO RESIST GOING BACK FOR MORE."
