Hi, everyone!

Christmas is here! Copenhagen is all covered in snow and disappointment. So – if your head is hanging low, then go to GAFFA.dk to see the mixtape, I have made for you.

It is 6 songs, that maybe’ll make your christmas a little better. (in addition to the uncomplicated ones, of course )

My favorite christmassongs (apart from the beautiful Danish psalms and hymns) are:

Bob Dylan: Winter wonderland
Beach Boys: God only knows
Mechanical Bird: Winter Light
Wham!: Last christmas
Lennon: Happy X-mas/War is over
Sufjan Stevens: That was the worst christmas ever!

If you should make a mix-tape, what would it look like?!

Love/The hymnboy

10.08 AM: Woke up, realised I had overslept. Should have been @ Good Tape to have a meeting at 10 o’ clock!

10.40 AM: Meeting with labelboss Mads + Caspar and Aske. We brainstormed on the subject “What to do with the coming album”. We had a good dialogue. Decided to organize ideas and choose songs in January+February, so we would know what to do, when recordings begins in March. Exiting!

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Hi, everyone!

For English readers: What a crazy christmastime this is for Hymns from Nineveh! Currently, HFN is #1 on the overall-chart at Myspace Denmark!
And – “Uncomplicated Christmassongs” are now available through iTunes. So go!

Below, there is a message in Danish, but you can get a small recap here: Hymns from Nineveh is humbled and honored by being #2 on the alternative hitlist, Det Elektriske Barometer on Danish National Radio!

Til de danske: Hymns from Nineveh har gået basærkergang op ad rangstigen på Det Elektriske Barometer på P3 og ligger pt. nr 2 – tusind, tusind tak for hjælpen! Som i sidste uge, vil jeg gerne have hjælp fra DIG, nu for at kunne blive på listen..

Send senest onsdag d. 16 december en mail til barometer@dr.dk med dine 3-5 favoritter i prioriteret rækkefølge.

Det kunne se sådan ud:

1. Hymns from Nineveh – Christmas is here
2. Band Ane – en dag i skolen
3. Jónsi – Boy Lilikoi
4. Efterklang – Modern Drift
5. Mew – Silas and the magic car.

Tusind tak for din stemme!

Til slut: endnu en dejlig anmeldelse – 5/6 U’er hos Undertoner, hvor herligt!

Hurra og julesne
/hymnedrengen

Beloved followers!

A good friend of mine, Martin Kobbersmed has sent me some nice pictures, he took at the concert in Aarhus. It was a truly fantastic night.

…some wonderful things about the “Uncomplicated Christmassongs” today, and gives it 4/6 hearts! 

If you’re a dane, you can go here to read it. If you aren’t, then go to the reviews-section and see a small resume.

You can still vote for “Christmas is here” to be a part of “Det elektriske barometer”. See blogpost below.

All the best

The Hymnboy

HI!

Recap of the message below: Hymns from Nineveh is being tested this week on Danish National Radio P3′ alternative hitlist, “Det elektriske Barometer” – this is huge!

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Søndag fik Hymns from Nineveh æren af at blive testet på P3s Det Elektriske Barometer. Det ville være en stor hjælp, hvis du ville stemme på sangen Christmas is Here, så æteren kan fyldes af julemusik, der har noget på julehjertet.

Du gør således:

Send en mail til barometer@dr.dk og skriv dine 3 forslag fra listen i prioriteret rækkefølge. Det kunne evt. se sådan ud, og du kan bare copy/paste det ind:

1) Hymns from Nineveh – Christmas is here
2) Lykke LI – Possibility
3) Kashmir – Mouthful of wasps

Du kan også gå ind på Barometerets hjemmeside og se hele listen og selv vælge dine favoritter.
Tak for din stemme!
Alt det bedste fra en glad hymnedreng

There’s a greeeeat review at the biggest Danish music magazine,  GAFFA.dk today. 5/6 stars

I’m very happy and proud! -listen here, buy here

Looking forward to the show tonight in Aarhus  - hope to see YOU!

With love,
The Hymnboy

Hello everyone

According to this article, Hymns from Nineveh has made one of the 24 best new christmassongs this year. (see number 14). What an honour.

If you want to read more reviews and reactions on the new Christmas-EP, go to the reviews – section.

Did I mention, that you can buy the record here? In fact, it is the best selling release on klicktrack right now. Wonderful!

For fans living in Jylland, my three friends and I will come to Aarhus on friday to give a concert. It will be great to come to Aarhus again.

Christmas is here – enjoy!

Phew, it has been some buzy days, so I haven’t had much time to write. Anyway – one of the things, I’ve been doing is rehearsing with a small band, who are going to play some concerts with me in december. It will be a band that will accompany me on tour in 2010 also. Yey!

Two of the people have already been playing a role on the EP, and also here on the blog: Jakob Brixen and Nikolaj Paakjaer. The third person is a highly skilled girl, who have accompanied me before, namely Christel Voldby Winther. I’m thrilled about what they have been capable of doing for the songs.

So, on Sunday, we played at a great venue in Copenhagen, called Huset i Magstraede. We had one of the best soundengineers I’ve ever met – the sound was great. Any musician knows how important this is. The audience was one of the most exited assembly, I have played for. Three encores and intense listening. It’s a gift to play for such an audience.

It was a good experience to play the songs with a band. Until now, I have been on my own, apart from the shows I did with Christel in spring 2008 and a couple of guest-apps. We haven’t have time to really get the songs under our skin, but I figure, that when we’ve played more concerts together, it will be truly fantastic!

Come to Aarhus next Friday (the 4th of December) and listen, if you’re in the neighbourhood. My dear friend, Mikael of Munich and In a city by the sea will play a couple of songs before our show. Mikael is truly one of the most talented songwriters in Denmark right now.

mess is more

With love
The hymnboy