"standing at the end of the line waiting for another chance..."
"Fading Out" (radio edit) by Sweden's Strange Tales sounds exquisitely 80's and it makes sense since that is the decade that these guys cut there teeth in, got the bug, was inspired by the likes of Depeche Mode, Robert Palmer, The Pretenders, The Vapors, John Fox, The Human League just to name a few. Stepping into this song, it sounds like a blend of new wave and, I would say, euro wave. There is a polished shining pants feel here, the synth orchestrations have a grand, fantasy sound. The song takes you on a heady pop journey and I thought of diverse artists like The Buggles, Murray Head, Duran Duran, Thomas Dolby, Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark and ABC.
At the same time Strange Tales infuses a sense of disco, of late night clubbing, of the metro. Put your tight suits and sparkling dresses on and go out into the night.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM
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The story began back in 1979, when Tobbe met Kalle in the 5th grade, 11 years old. Our interest in music brought us together listening to Robert Palmer, Bob Marley, Pretenders & The Vapors. In 1980 we heard John Foxx, and in 1981 Depeche Mode – and we immediately hooked up with this futuristic sound. In 1984 we bought a BOSS DR-55 drum-machine, borrowed a Yamaha CS-5, overdubbed a tape time after time and made some covers. In may 1984 we made our first gig, with covers from DAF, The Twins and Human League. Strange Tales -87 The same year we met Jonas Berg, and our band Etage took off. In 1985 we changed the name to Strange Tales (taken from a Smash Hits story about Depeche Mode) After a few gigs and a 5 track demo cassette, we took a break -87, and we all took on different careers after finishing high school. Tobbe Lander started the legendary ROMO NIGHT club in Gothenburg, that booked all major acts to play live, like Human League, Howard Jones, Boytronic, Twins to name a few. We then started the record label ROMO NIGHT RECORDS, just for the fun of it, we all missed being part of music somehow. The first release on limited edition vinyl 500 copies only, was ”A Collection of the New Brat Pack vol.1”, that featured unsigned acts and bands in the new romantic spirit in 2019. For that release, we made a brand new track from Strange Tales called ”NASA”. That led to taking up music making again.
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7M0YyKiwZq5hXQsi1HgH6P
https://www.instagram.com/strange_tales_the_band/
The story began back in 1979, when Tobbe met Kalle in the 5th grade, 11 years old. Our interest in music brought us together listening to Robert Palmer, Bob Marley, Pretenders & The Vapors. In 1980 we heard John Foxx, and in 1981 Depeche Mode – and we immediately hooked up with this futuristic sound. In 1984 we bought a BOSS DR-55 drum-machine, borrowed a Yamaha CS-5, overdubbed a tape time after time and made some covers. In may 1984 we made our first gig, with covers from DAF, The Twins and Human League. Strange Tales -87 The same year we met Jonas Berg, and our band Etage took off. In 1985 we changed the name to Strange Tales (taken from a Smash Hits story about Depeche Mode) After a few gigs and a 5 track demo cassette, we took a break -87, and we all took on different careers after finishing high school. Tobbe Lander started the legendary ROMO NIGHT club in Gothenburg, that booked all major acts to play live, like Human League, Howard Jones, Boytronic, Twins to name a few. We then started the record label ROMO NIGHT RECORDS, just for the fun of it, we all missed being part of music somehow. The first release on limited edition vinyl 500 copies only, was ”A Collection of the New Brat Pack vol.1”, that featured unsigned acts and bands in the new romantic spirit in 2019. For that release, we made a brand new track from Strange Tales called ”NASA”. That led to taking up music making again.
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