Playground Noise were a Greek band formed in 2006 and have been through several lineup changes before settling on their current lineup which consists of: Nikos Ntentopoulos (keyboards), Theodoros Papadopoulos
(guitar), Timon Kardamas (bass), Andreas Lampropoulos (drums) and Vasilis Sbilias (vocals, guitar). The five piece originates from Patras and they have already won the Greek audience with their live performances during the last three years. Two years after the release of their first 7” single, “Flowers/Sundays”, they return with a highly anticipated debut album, entitled after the name of the band, ready to leave their own mark on the Greek indie music scene.
The company of Playground Noise grew to include three friends that have contributed to the creation of
this album (Playground Noise 2010): Konstantinos Pavlopoulos plays the trumpet and has taken the album cover photograph, Sofia Ioannidi plays the cello and Eirini Valaoritou plays the violin. The album was produced and mixed by the band’s bassist, Timon Kardamas. Both their English lyrics and their music style reveal their strong emotional bonds with the United Kingdom. The favourite bands of their record collection include among others: Radiohead, Arcade Fire, Interpol and The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.
The sounds of “Playground Noise” sometimes flow slowly in rhythms similar to those of the process of introspection and other times they travel at full speed like the colourful landscapes ‘in transit’, outside the windows of a train. The bright days of “Today” and “April 24” dip the sunny freshness of love into the fragile, grey hours of “Isolation” and “Divers” and the loneliness of “Last Cigarette” blends into the agony of “Whisper In My Head”. And all these through the romantic glance of a band that above all loves music.
PLAYGROUND NOISE - PLAYGROUND NOISE 2010
Label: Inner Ear – INN017, Inner Ear – 5200347 7003 4 1
Format: CD, Album
Country: Greece
Released: Mar 2010
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock
TRACKS
01. April 24 3:21
02. Last Cigarette 4:10
Mixed By [Additional], Vocals [Additional] – Spyros Papaioannou
03. The Divers 9:28
Violin – Eirini Valaoritou
04. Today 4:00
05. Distance 4:46
06. Night-Blooming Cereus 3:32
Music By – Timon Kardamas
Violin – Eirini Valaoritou
07. Hearts' Circus 4:57
08. Covered With Snow 4:22
Trumpet – Konstantinos Pavlopoulos
09. Whisper In My Head 4:02
Music By, Lyrics By – Nikos Ntentopoulos
10. Isolation 9:26
Cello – Sofia Ioannidi
Trumpet – Konstantinos Pavlopoulos
Violin – Eirini Valaoritou
LINE - UP
Vocals, Guitar, Lyrics By, Music By – Vasilis Sbilias
Bass, Mixed By, Producer, Arranged By [Strings] – Timon Kardamas
Drums – Andreas Lampropoulos
Guitar – Theodoros Papadopoulos
Keyboards – Nikos Ntentopoulos
Vocals [Additional] – Spyros Papaioannou
Cello – Sofia Ioannidi
Trumpet – Konstantinos Pavlopoulos
Violin – Eirini Valaoritou
Flac Size: 346 MB
PLAYGROUND NOISE - 8 SONGS 2013
Label: Inner Ear – INN074L, Inner Ear – 5200347701197
Format: CD, Album
Country: Greece
Released: Apr 2013
Genre: Rock
Style: Indie Rock
TRACKS
01. Wide Dreamy Screens 4:05
02. Drowning 4:39
03. Close My Eyes 2:35
04. Swinging Lowdown 5:20
05. The Plan 4:44
06. Cars Go By 4:03
07. Bodies (Like Empty Houses) 3:42
08. How Does It Make You Feel? 4:41
LINE - UP
Lyrics By, Vocals, Guitar – Bill Sbilias
Bass, Programmed By, Keyboards – Timon Kardamas
Cello, Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Sofia Ioannidi
Drums, Percussion – Andreas Lampropoulos
Guitar – Théodoros Papadopoulos
Keyboards – Nikos Ntentopoulos
Trumpet, Photography By – Kostas Pavlopoulos
Violin – Eirini Valaoritou
Music By – Bill Sbilias (tracks: A1, A3 to B4), Theodoros Papadopoulos (tracks: A2)
GREAT - I've already got both in my shopping cart at the regular prices.
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This is an amazing band. I adore them 😻.
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