HI, reader!

You might know one of my friends, RebekkaMaria? She was the fine female singer on my christmas-EP, and she has just released her 2nd album, “Sister Sortie”. It’s clubby, clever and sincere! Stream two more songs from the album here!

and watch the wonderful video for her hit “Corollaceous” below.

She has just kicked off her springtour, so if you happen to be in Sweden, Denmark or Germany any of the dates below, go see her and her beautiful band!
Wednesday 4/14 – Babel, Malmö, SE
Thursday 4/15 – Forbrændingen, Albertslund, DK
Friday 4/16 – Stars, Vordingborg, DK
Saturday 4/17 – Pitstop, Kolding, DK
Wednesday 4/21 – Lille Vega, Copenhagen, …DK
Thursday 4/22 – Pustervik, Gothenburg, SE
Friday 4/23 – Studenterhuset, Aalborg, DK
Saturday 4/24 – Gimle, Roskilde, DK
Thursday 4/29 – Sønderborghus, Sønderborg, DK
Friday 4/30 – Musikhuset, Århus, DK
Saturday 5/1 – Posten, Odense, DK
5/21-22 – SPOT Festival, Århus, DK
5/28 – Fermaten, Herning, DK
8/7 – Knust, Hamburg, DE

/with love/
Jonas

Dear reader,

Sunday was the last day on the springsupporttour with Murder. The grand finale. It had been sold out for months, so we were so excited.

Planeten is a venue that is normally used as a theater, a very cool place that holds 150 people, so it is quite intimate. And it’s painted black!

Without exaggeration I can say, that it was a fantastic night. Good concerts require good audience, and the Copenhagen made our concert one of the best experiences ever. I think Murder made their best performance of the tour too this evening. Overall it has been such an honour to be supporting these guys. They will release their 3rd album later this year! Can’t wait. Stay tuned on their Myspace.

I would have liked to show you some photos from the day, but unfortunately, there was a burglary in our backstageroom while Murder was playing. The idiot took some money, some wallets and my cellphone with my pictures on it. Shame on you!

Politiken were at Planeten to review the concert, and they gave 4/6 hearts to HfN and 5/6 hearts to Murder. If you speak Danish, you can read it here.

There are more musicblogs/newspapers reviewing the concerts (also in Danish, sorry!):

Blaa Vinyl , smårepetitioner , Lokalavisen Aarhus and of course, the 5 star review in GAFFA.

We will play three more shows this spring and we’re looking forward to it:
22/04 – Korsør (closed Arr.)
01./05 Ikast – Konnekt
08/05 Odense – Kulturmaskinen festival

We’re starting in the studio again on Monday, it will be nice to go back to work.

See you out there!
Jonas

There's only one Hymn from Nineveh

Hi, Reader.

Third day of the tour went to Odense. It got late before we got home from Aalborg, so we were tired. But also very excited about going to Odense, partly because Dexter is such a cool venue, partly because we had persuaded Mikael to join us once more. Jakob and Christel also came, so Hymns from Nineveh played as a quintet for the first time ever!

Mikael drove with the Murder tourbus from Aarhus, and Niko and I took the train from Aarhus. Jakob and Christel came from Copenhagen.

At the trainstation in Aarhus, we came across some people who were politically involved in getting more nuclear power to Denmark. As you can see below, Nikolaj has a different view on that question (for non-danish readers: His bag says “No to Nuclear Power”).

There was a good atmosphere at Dexter, and once again, the place was packed and nearly sold out. Magnificent. There were two downsides of the evening: 1) When we had played two songs, the electricity went out for twenty minutes! The Dexter crew had never experienced anything like it, so they panicked a bit. We thought about playing the rest of the show acoustic, but that wouldn’t work for Murder, because they had electric guitars and basses. The Odense audience were very patient, and when the lights came back on, they were eager to hear more music. Fantastic.

The other downside of the evening was, that it was so wonderful to have Mikael with us, that we are sad that he can’t join us at the last show in Copenhagen. Well, that wasn’t really a downside, was it. I can assure you that it isn’t the last time Hymns from Nineveh performs is a quintet.

Mikael, Jakob and Christel had to leave early, but Niko and I stayed for the whole Murder show, which was, once again a fantastic show. Jacob Bellens’s lowfrequency vocal literally made the floor shake beneath our feet. Murder were kind to offer us a ride home to Copenhagen. It was a good feeling to be back home in your own bed.

Now we have a couple of days off before the final show in Copenhagen. It has been sold out for weeks – what a privilege.

Danish readers can find a big interview with Hymns from Nineveh in today’s edition of Kristeligt Dagblad.

Love/The hymnboy

My Dear readers.

Photo by Mathies Brinkmann Jespersen

Aalborg was the next target on the springtour. And spring it was – sunshine and birds singing, lovers walking, flowers blooming, and the expectations in the HfN camp were high after the fantastic Aarhus-experience.

Huset in Aalborg is a much smaller place, but also has a much more intemate atmosphere.

The place was packed, and the audience was so quiet. Thank you!

Murder made a fantastic performance, perhaps better than the 5-star Aarhusgig.

Below you can see some pictures I took during the day + some photos from the concert…….

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Photo: David Bust (http://www.davidbust.dk)

Welcome, reader!

It’s the day after the fantastic Voxhall show. I’m sitting in Mikaels cozy livingroom drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes. I’ve just read GAFFA’s 5 star review. Life is good! The Aarhus audience was so good listeners, and it was a great experience to play for them. You can’t always expect the audience to listen, when you are the supporting act. You can see more pictures from last night here.

It was a loooong day yesterday, both Nikolaj and I were awake for nearly 24 hours. Well, Niko took a nap in the train.

We had to take an early train (06.50!) from Copenhagen because we needed to rehearse with Mikael, who had had little time to listen to the songs and read the instructions. But as the skilled musician he is, he had made some new guitarparts and some cool choirparts. We practised for 6 hours and drove to Voxhall, one of the finest and biggest venues in Aarhus.

Setlist

I’ve been a MURDER-fan for several years, so it was nice to finally meet them. And to be able to see them 4 times in a week. It’s Aalborg tonight – the third largest city in Denmark. I’ve never actually played in Aalborg, so I’m looking forward. Hope to see many people there too.

Love/Jonas

Hello Hello my dear reader.

Day 9 of the Album recording was an extraordinary day. Instead of recording at Pinligtavshed, Aske and I went to record in my appartment in Vesterbro. Here we did three small songs: “Eveningsong”, “Cocoon” and a brand new song called “Who can make a woeful heart to sing”.

We took a much more lo-fi approach to these recordings. Aske put up his Neumann mics in the middle of the room, and then I played the songs – guitar and vocal, that’s all. The idea is, that the listener will be able to go into different “soundrooms” when listening to the album.

/Jonas