Shout Out Louds return on February 26 with Optica.
Following their 2010 album Work, Adam, Bebban, Ted, Carl, and Eric headed out on their most successful tour ever and then returned home to their own pursuits. Families were expanded, side projects were launched, and homes outside of Stockholm were explored. When the time came to work on another Shout Out Louds record they wanted to return to the playful spirit that first brought them together ten years ago. Instead of "work," they wanted to dance!
Rather than rehearsing and then recording in the studio as they'd always done, everyone felt free to write and work on their own parts individually as Optica as taking shape. Also, the band worked with a string composer to achieve lush arrangements described by Carl as "Disney on drugs" and by Adam as "like warm mayonnaise."
Shout Out Louds took their time with these songs, recording for about 1.5 years in a small Stockholm studio and producing themselves for the first time with help from Johannes Berglund. A theme emerged and?Optica?was born, an album celebrating color and light from a band confident in its sound.
Following their 2010 album Work, Adam, Bebban, Ted, Carl, and Eric headed out on their most successful tour ever and then returned home to their own pursuits. Families were expanded, side projects were launched, and homes outside of Stockholm were explored. When the time came to work on another Shout Out Louds record they wanted to return to the playful spirit that first brought them together ten years ago. Instead of "work," they wanted to dance!
Rather than rehearsing and then recording in the studio as they'd always done, everyone felt free to write and work on their own parts individually as Optica as taking shape. Also, the band worked with a string composer to achieve lush arrangements described by Carl as "Disney on drugs" and by Adam as "like warm mayonnaise."
Shout Out Louds took their time with these songs, recording for about 1.5 years in a small Stockholm studio and producing themselves for the first time with help from Johannes Berglund. A theme emerged and?Optica?was born, an album celebrating color and light from a band confident in its sound.
05/23/13
This weekend, Shout Out Louds are wrapping up the US tour in support of their new album, Optica. However, there are still multiple chances to see and hear the band before they return to Sweden. Tonight, they will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Watch live on NBC beginning at 11:30 pm EST or set your DVR!
Also, Shout Out Louds will visit KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic tomorrow morning to perform live and chat with host Jason Bentley. Listen live beginning at 11:15 am PST. The band will also drop in at KEXP in Seattle on Saturday, May 25 at 5pm PST.
Watch Shout Out Louds’ recently released video for “Illusions” , too.
Optica is available on CD, LP and digital now in the Merge store.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
May 23 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 24 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 25 George, WA Sasquatch Festival
Also, Shout Out Louds will visit KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic tomorrow morning to perform live and chat with host Jason Bentley. Listen live beginning at 11:15 am PST. The band will also drop in at KEXP in Seattle on Saturday, May 25 at 5pm PST.
Watch Shout Out Louds’ recently released video for “Illusions” , too.
Optica is available on CD, LP and digital now in the Merge store.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
May 23 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 24 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 25 George, WA Sasquatch Festival
04/22/13
Today, Shout Out Louds premiered the new video for “Illusions” via RollingStone.com. The band will kick off their US tour in support of their new album Optica on May 7 at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.
The video follows a woman on a speed dating adventure ending in a dance party. Frontman Adam Olenius told RollingStone.com, “In Sweden, to get 25 people to dance and act or even show up for a video shoot or anything in that area you have to buy them copious amounts of booze and lure them with money. In L.A., the city of dreams, they show up for nothing and shimmer!”
Shout Out Louds took their time with these songs, recording for about one-and-a-half years in a small Stockholm studio and producing themselves for the first time with help from Johannes Berglund. A theme emerged and Optica was born, an album celebrating color and light from a band confident in its sound, filled with real strings, trombones, trumpets and flutes.
NPR’s Stephen Thompson writes, “Listening to ["Illusions] in 2013, it’s as if a young band is tapping into our shared nostalgia by rehashing a hit that’s somehow been lodged in our memory banks all along. ‘Illusions’ may be brand-new, but it already feels eternal.”
Optica is available on CD, LP and digital now in the Merge store.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 10 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 20 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
May 21 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 24 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 25 George, WA Sasquatch Festival
The video follows a woman on a speed dating adventure ending in a dance party. Frontman Adam Olenius told RollingStone.com, “In Sweden, to get 25 people to dance and act or even show up for a video shoot or anything in that area you have to buy them copious amounts of booze and lure them with money. In L.A., the city of dreams, they show up for nothing and shimmer!”
Shout Out Louds took their time with these songs, recording for about one-and-a-half years in a small Stockholm studio and producing themselves for the first time with help from Johannes Berglund. A theme emerged and Optica was born, an album celebrating color and light from a band confident in its sound, filled with real strings, trombones, trumpets and flutes.
NPR’s Stephen Thompson writes, “Listening to ["Illusions] in 2013, it’s as if a young band is tapping into our shared nostalgia by rehashing a hit that’s somehow been lodged in our memory banks all along. ‘Illusions’ may be brand-new, but it already feels eternal.”
Optica is available on CD, LP and digital now in the Merge store.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 10 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 20 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
May 21 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 24 Los Angeles, CA El Rey
May 25 George, WA Sasquatch Festival
02/28/13
Merge Records will host a showcase at the annual SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX at our favorite music venue The Parish. As usual, we will have the best showcase of the festival. If you are in Austin, come see a few of your favorite Merge bands and meet our new additions! Divine Fits will also be performing at SXSW, too. A full list of Merge band performances is below.
Visit the Merge store to sample the most recent albums from all of the bands, and to pre-order their upcoming releases! Check out the Merge SoundCloud page for songs to hear now, too!
Merge 2013 SXSW Showcase
Thursday, March 14
The Parish (214 E. 6th St.)
8pm BARREN GIRLS
9pm WILLIAM TYLER
10pm MIKAL CRONIN
11pm MOUNT MORIAH
12am TELEKINESIS
1am SHOUT OUT LOUDS
Tuesday 3.12
9:30 pm DIVINE FITS Cirque du Soleil event – ACL Live at the Moody Theater (310 W. Willie Nelson)
12:30 am DIVINE FITS VICE showcase (401 E. Cesar Chavez)
Wednesday 3.13
1:35 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Under the Radar party – Flamingo Cantina (515 E. 6th)
2 pm MOUNT MORIAH Urban Outfitters (2406 Guadalupe)
5 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Paste party – The Stage on Sixth (508 E. 6th)
1 am DIVINE FITS IFC showcase – Vice Bar (302 E. 6th)
Thursday 3.14
9:30 am DIVINE FITS KGSR broadcast – W Austin (200 Lavaca)
12:10 pm WILLIAM TYLER Chicken Ranch party – Hole in the Wall (2538 Guadalupe)
12:30 pm MOUNT MORIAH Paste party – The Stage on Sixth (508 E. 6th)
2 pm WILLIAM TYLER End of an Ear (2209 S. 1st)
2:05 pm MIKAL CRONIN Pitchfork party – 1100 Warehouse [inside] (1100 E. 5th)
4 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Filter party – Cedar Street Courtyard (208 W. 4th)
4:30 pm TELEKINESIS Music by the Slice – Home Slice Pizza (1415 S. Congress)
4:30 pm WILLIAM TYLER Flatstock Stage curated by Panache – Convention Center (500 E. Cesar Chavez)
8 pm MERGE SHOWCASE The Parish (214 E. 6th)
12 am DIVINE FITS Filter showcase – Lustre Pearl (97 Rainey)
Friday 3.15
12 pm DIVINE FITS Public Radio Day Stage – Convention Center (500 E. Cesar Chavez)
12 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Rolling Stone party – La Zona Rosa (612 W. 4th)
1:30 pm TELEKINESIS KEXP live broadcast – Mellow Johnny’s (400 Nueces)
1:30 pm WILLIAM TYLER Music by the Slice – Home Slice Pizza (1415 S. Congress)
2 pm MIKAL CRONIN Trouble in Mind showcase – Tillery Park (801 Tillery)
2 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Brooklyn Vegan party – Old Emo’s (E. 6th & Red River)
2:10 pm MOUNT MORIAH Music by the Slice – Home Slice Pizza (1415 S. Congress)
5 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Filter party – Clive Bar (609 Davis)
6 pm DIVINE FITS w/ Jim James – Auditorium Shores (800 W. Riverside Dr.)
8:25 pm MIKAL CRONIN Panache showcase – Hotel Vegas [outside stage] (1500 E. 6th)
Saturday 3.16
1 pm MIKAL CRONIN Waterloo Records (600A N. Lamar)
1:30 pm MOUNT MORIAH KDHX Twangfest – Broken Spoke (3201 S. Lamar)
5:15 pm TELEKINESIS A.V. Club party – The Mohawk [inside] (912 Red River)
Visit the Merge store to sample the most recent albums from all of the bands, and to pre-order their upcoming releases! Check out the Merge SoundCloud page for songs to hear now, too!
Merge 2013 SXSW Showcase
Thursday, March 14
The Parish (214 E. 6th St.)
8pm BARREN GIRLS
9pm WILLIAM TYLER
10pm MIKAL CRONIN
11pm MOUNT MORIAH
12am TELEKINESIS
1am SHOUT OUT LOUDS
Tuesday 3.12
9:30 pm DIVINE FITS Cirque du Soleil event – ACL Live at the Moody Theater (310 W. Willie Nelson)
12:30 am DIVINE FITS VICE showcase (401 E. Cesar Chavez)
Wednesday 3.13
1:35 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Under the Radar party – Flamingo Cantina (515 E. 6th)
2 pm MOUNT MORIAH Urban Outfitters (2406 Guadalupe)
5 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Paste party – The Stage on Sixth (508 E. 6th)
1 am DIVINE FITS IFC showcase – Vice Bar (302 E. 6th)
Thursday 3.14
9:30 am DIVINE FITS KGSR broadcast – W Austin (200 Lavaca)
12:10 pm WILLIAM TYLER Chicken Ranch party – Hole in the Wall (2538 Guadalupe)
12:30 pm MOUNT MORIAH Paste party – The Stage on Sixth (508 E. 6th)
2 pm WILLIAM TYLER End of an Ear (2209 S. 1st)
2:05 pm MIKAL CRONIN Pitchfork party – 1100 Warehouse [inside] (1100 E. 5th)
4 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Filter party – Cedar Street Courtyard (208 W. 4th)
4:30 pm TELEKINESIS Music by the Slice – Home Slice Pizza (1415 S. Congress)
4:30 pm WILLIAM TYLER Flatstock Stage curated by Panache – Convention Center (500 E. Cesar Chavez)
8 pm MERGE SHOWCASE The Parish (214 E. 6th)
12 am DIVINE FITS Filter showcase – Lustre Pearl (97 Rainey)
Friday 3.15
12 pm DIVINE FITS Public Radio Day Stage – Convention Center (500 E. Cesar Chavez)
12 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Rolling Stone party – La Zona Rosa (612 W. 4th)
1:30 pm TELEKINESIS KEXP live broadcast – Mellow Johnny’s (400 Nueces)
1:30 pm WILLIAM TYLER Music by the Slice – Home Slice Pizza (1415 S. Congress)
2 pm MIKAL CRONIN Trouble in Mind showcase – Tillery Park (801 Tillery)
2 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Brooklyn Vegan party – Old Emo’s (E. 6th & Red River)
2:10 pm MOUNT MORIAH Music by the Slice – Home Slice Pizza (1415 S. Congress)
5 pm SHOUT OUT LOUDS Filter party – Clive Bar (609 Davis)
6 pm DIVINE FITS w/ Jim James – Auditorium Shores (800 W. Riverside Dr.)
8:25 pm MIKAL CRONIN Panache showcase – Hotel Vegas [outside stage] (1500 E. 6th)
Saturday 3.16
1 pm MIKAL CRONIN Waterloo Records (600A N. Lamar)
1:30 pm MOUNT MORIAH KDHX Twangfest – Broken Spoke (3201 S. Lamar)
5:15 pm TELEKINESIS A.V. Club party – The Mohawk [inside] (912 Red River)
02/18/13
On February 26, new albums from Mount Moriah and Shout Out Louds will be available in stores. Thanks to the magic of the internet, you can listen to both albums in their entirety now!
Where 2011′s Mount Moriah tended towards the simpler, Miracle Temple boasts fuller arrangements, replete with forceful vocals and lyrics that read like prize-winning poetry. The instrumentation’s more soulful, the choruses more rambunctious, and the band’s vision of the South is even more intricate — and conflicted — than it was before. No stone goes unturned: whether it’s meditations on gender or reminisces of ex-lovers, Miracle Temple supplies both eloquence & rock ‘n’ roll in abundance. Mount Moriah was chosen as one of Spin’s 5 Best New Artists and Popmatters deems the album “a lush, deeply layered, sunburst of a record.”
Listen to Mount Moriah’s Miracle Temple now at Pitchfork Advance
When the time came to work on the songs that would become Optica, Shout Out Louds wanted to return to the playful spirit that first brought them together ten years ago. Instead of “work,” they wanted to dance! NPR’s Stephen Thompson writes, “Which brings us around to Optica, the new fourth album by the Swedish band Shout Out Louds, and particularly its song ‘Illusions.’ Listening to it in 2013, it’s as if someone traveled back in time 30 years and slipped The Thompson Twins the biggest hit of their career, and now a young band is tapping into our shared nostalgia by rehashing a hit that’s somehow been lodged in our memory banks all along. ‘Illusions’ may be brand-new, but it already feels eternal.”
Listen to Shout Out Louds’ Optica now at NPR’s First Listen
Full tour dates for both bands are listed below. Mount Moriah’s Miracle Temple and Shout Out Louds’ Optica are both available for pre-order on CD and LP now in the Merge store.
Mount Moriah on tour:
March 6 Charleston, SC Tin Roof
March 7 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
March 8 Orlando, FL Will’s Pub%
March 9 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn%
March 10 Mobile, AL Alabama Music Box&
March 11 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon&
March 13-17 Austin, TX SXSW
March 18 Chicago, IL Schubas
March 19 Detroit, MI Magic Stick Lounge
March 20 Toronto, ON The Drake
March 21 Montreal, QC Casa del Popolo
March 22 Boston, MA Cafe 939
March 23 New Haven, CT Cafe Nine
March 25 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
March 26 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
March 27 Washington, DC DC 9
April 4 Winston-Salem, NC Phuzz Fest
April 12 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
April 21 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge*
April 24 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill*
April 25 Los Angeles, CA The Echo*
April 27 San Diego, CA Casbah*
April 28 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom*
April 30 Austin, TX The Parish*
May 1 Denton, TX Dan’s Silverleaf*
May 3 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree*
% = w/ William Tyler
& = w/ William Tyler & Dent May
* = w/ Telekinesis
Shout Out Louds on tour:
March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13-16 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 10 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los, Angeles, CA El Rey
May 24-27 George, WA Sasquatch Festival
Where 2011′s Mount Moriah tended towards the simpler, Miracle Temple boasts fuller arrangements, replete with forceful vocals and lyrics that read like prize-winning poetry. The instrumentation’s more soulful, the choruses more rambunctious, and the band’s vision of the South is even more intricate — and conflicted — than it was before. No stone goes unturned: whether it’s meditations on gender or reminisces of ex-lovers, Miracle Temple supplies both eloquence & rock ‘n’ roll in abundance. Mount Moriah was chosen as one of Spin’s 5 Best New Artists and Popmatters deems the album “a lush, deeply layered, sunburst of a record.”
Listen to Mount Moriah’s Miracle Temple now at Pitchfork Advance
When the time came to work on the songs that would become Optica, Shout Out Louds wanted to return to the playful spirit that first brought them together ten years ago. Instead of “work,” they wanted to dance! NPR’s Stephen Thompson writes, “Which brings us around to Optica, the new fourth album by the Swedish band Shout Out Louds, and particularly its song ‘Illusions.’ Listening to it in 2013, it’s as if someone traveled back in time 30 years and slipped The Thompson Twins the biggest hit of their career, and now a young band is tapping into our shared nostalgia by rehashing a hit that’s somehow been lodged in our memory banks all along. ‘Illusions’ may be brand-new, but it already feels eternal.”
Listen to Shout Out Louds’ Optica now at NPR’s First Listen
Full tour dates for both bands are listed below. Mount Moriah’s Miracle Temple and Shout Out Louds’ Optica are both available for pre-order on CD and LP now in the Merge store.
Mount Moriah on tour:
March 6 Charleston, SC Tin Roof
March 7 Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
March 8 Orlando, FL Will’s Pub%
March 9 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn%
March 10 Mobile, AL Alabama Music Box&
March 11 Baton Rouge, LA Spanish Moon&
March 13-17 Austin, TX SXSW
March 18 Chicago, IL Schubas
March 19 Detroit, MI Magic Stick Lounge
March 20 Toronto, ON The Drake
March 21 Montreal, QC Casa del Popolo
March 22 Boston, MA Cafe 939
March 23 New Haven, CT Cafe Nine
March 25 New York, NY Mercury Lounge
March 26 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda’s
March 27 Washington, DC DC 9
April 4 Winston-Salem, NC Phuzz Fest
April 12 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
April 21 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge*
April 24 San Francisco, CA Bottom Of The Hill*
April 25 Los Angeles, CA The Echo*
April 27 San Diego, CA Casbah*
April 28 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent Ballroom*
April 30 Austin, TX The Parish*
May 1 Denton, TX Dan’s Silverleaf*
May 3 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree*
% = w/ William Tyler
& = w/ William Tyler & Dent May
* = w/ Telekinesis
Shout Out Louds on tour:
March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13-16 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 10 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los, Angeles, CA El Rey
May 24-27 George, WA Sasquatch Festival
02/07/13
Today, Shout Out Louds have shared “Illusions” a new song from their highly anticipated new album Optica which will be in stores later this month. Also, Shout Out Louds have announced new US shows in May including a New York show as well as an appearance at the Sasquatch Festival.
The Line of Best Fit describes the song, “‘Illusions’ is vintage Shout Out Louds with razor-edged guitar hooks and cyclical drum patterns providing the rhythmic thrust for Adam Olenius’ sweet croon to float over; although the unashamedly up tempo jangles are tempered by multi-instrumentalist Bebban Stenborg’s sensitive, aching backing vocals.”
Listen and share now via SoundCloud and watch a video clip to accompany the song via YouTube.
Shout Out Louds will soon hit the road for worldwide touring including a multitude of shows at this year’s SXSW. Those performances will be announced soon. The band’s first show in support of Optica will take place in Brooklyn, NY, at the Music Hall of Wiliamsburg on March 11, and they have confirmed a full stateside tour for May 2013, beginning May 7 in Washington, DC. They have also added a confirmed appearance at the Sasquatch Festival as well as a headlining date at New York’s Webster Hall.
Pre-order Optica on CD or LP now in the Merge store.
Shout Out Louds – “Illusions”
Shout Out Louds on tour:
March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13-16 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 10 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los, Angeles, CA El Rey
May 24-27 George, WA Sasquatch Festival
The Line of Best Fit describes the song, “‘Illusions’ is vintage Shout Out Louds with razor-edged guitar hooks and cyclical drum patterns providing the rhythmic thrust for Adam Olenius’ sweet croon to float over; although the unashamedly up tempo jangles are tempered by multi-instrumentalist Bebban Stenborg’s sensitive, aching backing vocals.”
Listen and share now via SoundCloud and watch a video clip to accompany the song via YouTube.
Shout Out Louds will soon hit the road for worldwide touring including a multitude of shows at this year’s SXSW. Those performances will be announced soon. The band’s first show in support of Optica will take place in Brooklyn, NY, at the Music Hall of Wiliamsburg on March 11, and they have confirmed a full stateside tour for May 2013, beginning May 7 in Washington, DC. They have also added a confirmed appearance at the Sasquatch Festival as well as a headlining date at New York’s Webster Hall.
Pre-order Optica on CD or LP now in the Merge store.
Shout Out Louds – “Illusions”
Shout Out Louds on tour:
March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13-16 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 10 New York, NY Webster Hall
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los, Angeles, CA El Rey
May 24-27 George, WA Sasquatch Festival
01/18/13
Swedish pop maestros Shout Out Louds have shared a great new video for the first single, the instantly memorable, flute infused “Walking In Your Footsteps,” from their soon-to-be-released new record, Optica.
Watch & share the new video for Shout Out Louds’ “Walking in Your Footsteps” now via YouTube
Optica will be in stores on February 26. The album is the band’s fourth and marks 10 years since Shout Out Louds released their debut. The band will soon hit the road for worldwide touring including a multitude of shows at this year’s SXSW. Those performances will be announced soon. Shout Out Louds’ first show in support of Optica will take place in Brooklyn, NY, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 11 and tickets are going fast! They have confirmed a full stateside tour for May 2013, beginning May 7 in Washington, DC, and ending on May 23 at the El Rey in Los Angeles, CA. The complete list of tour dates is below.
Following their 2010 album Work, the band (Adam Olenius – lead vocals; Bebban Stenborg – keyboards; Ted Malmros – bass; Carl von Arbin – guitar; and Eric Edman – drums) headed out on their most successful tour ever and returned home to their own pursuits. Families were expanded, side projects were launched and homes outside of Stockholm were explored. When the time came to work on another Shout Out Louds record they wanted to return to the playful spirit that first brought them together 10 years ago.
Instead of “work,” they now wanted to dance!
Pre-order Optica now on CD or LP in the Merge store. LP Preorders will include a free Merge Records LP slipmat and a poster while supplies last.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13-16 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los, Angeles, CA El Rey
Watch & share the new video for Shout Out Louds’ “Walking in Your Footsteps” now via YouTube
Optica will be in stores on February 26. The album is the band’s fourth and marks 10 years since Shout Out Louds released their debut. The band will soon hit the road for worldwide touring including a multitude of shows at this year’s SXSW. Those performances will be announced soon. Shout Out Louds’ first show in support of Optica will take place in Brooklyn, NY, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 11 and tickets are going fast! They have confirmed a full stateside tour for May 2013, beginning May 7 in Washington, DC, and ending on May 23 at the El Rey in Los Angeles, CA. The complete list of tour dates is below.
Following their 2010 album Work, the band (Adam Olenius – lead vocals; Bebban Stenborg – keyboards; Ted Malmros – bass; Carl von Arbin – guitar; and Eric Edman – drums) headed out on their most successful tour ever and returned home to their own pursuits. Families were expanded, side projects were launched and homes outside of Stockholm were explored. When the time came to work on another Shout Out Louds record they wanted to return to the playful spirit that first brought them together 10 years ago.
Instead of “work,” they now wanted to dance!
Pre-order Optica now on CD or LP in the Merge store. LP Preorders will include a free Merge Records LP slipmat and a poster while supplies last.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13-16 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los, Angeles, CA El Rey
01/02/13
We have a very exciting year ahead, so let’s get this party started with new songs from our first five releases of 2013. All are available for pre-order now in the Merge store. Happy New Year!
Amor de Días - “Jean’s Waving” from The House at Sea
Radar Brothers – “If We Were Banished” from Eight
Shout Out Louds – “Blue Ice” from Optica
Mount Moriah – “Younger Days” from Miracle Temple
William Tyler – “Cadillac Desert” from Impossible Truth
Amor de Días - “Jean’s Waving” from The House at Sea
Radar Brothers – “If We Were Banished” from Eight
Shout Out Louds – “Blue Ice” from Optica
Mount Moriah – “Younger Days” from Miracle Temple
William Tyler – “Cadillac Desert” from Impossible Truth
12/04/12
Shout Out Louds will release their fourth album, Optica, on February 26, 2013. Last week, the band gave away “Blue Ice” from Optica as a 7” actually made of ice.
Watch the official music video, directed and animated by Johan Toorell, for “Blue Ice” now
Shout Out Louds’ first show in support of Optica will take place in Brooklyn, NY, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 11 leading up to the SXSW Music Festival, and they have confirmed a full stateside tour for May 2013, beginning May 7 in Washington, DC, and ending on May 23 at the El Rey in Los Angeles, CA.
Following their 2010 album Work, the band (Adam Olenius – lead vocals; Bebban Stenborg – keyboards; Ted Malmros – bass; Carl von Arbin – guitar; and Eric Edman – drums) headed out on their most successful tour ever and returned home to their own pursuits. Families were expanded, side projects were launched and homes outside of Stockholm were explored. When the time came to work on another Shout Out Louds record they wanted to return to the playful spirit that first brought them together 10 years ago.
Shout Out Louds took their time with these songs, recording for about one-and-a-half years in a small Stockholm studio and producing themselves for the first time with help from Johannes Berglund. A theme emerged and Optica was born, an album celebrating color and light from a band confident in its sound, filled with real strings, trombones, trumpets and flutes.
Shout Out Louds explain:
“In our eagerness to please no one but ourselves this time around, we decided to take on the challenge of producing our own music for the first time ever. Our close friend and sound aficionado of choice Johannes Berglund and his studio in Stockholm presented us with an ideal package for the endeavor. A secluded work space close to home, but off the earth’s surface, a more than generous timeline, and the patient and brilliant sixth member we needed to get through the whole thing safely. Together we made up a downstairs world of explosive colors, big, warm sounds and a very, very uninhibited work process. We never worried about following a clear path, trusting that the conscious decision not to worry would be enough to lead us right, and that right doesn’t necessarily have to mean rational or even reasonable…We all set prestige and skillfulness aside in favor of experimentation and sheer gusto. That will probably come across live too. I don’t think we’ve ever been this excited to take an album on tour.”
Pre-order Optica now on CD or LP in the Merge store. LP Preorders will include a free Merge Records LP slipmat and a poster. Preorders will ship to arrive on or around the release date of February 26, 2013. Don’t forget . . . the Merge Holiday Code works on pre-orders, too!
Optica track listing:
1. Sugar
2. Illusions
3. Blue Ice
4. 14th of July
5. Burn
6. Walking In Your Footsteps
7. Glasgow
8. Where You Come In
9. Hermila
10. Chasing the Sinking Sun
11. Circles
12. Destroy
The dates for the spring US tour are below. Tickets will be available beginning December 7, 2012.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13-16 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los, Angeles, CA El Rey
Watch the official music video, directed and animated by Johan Toorell, for “Blue Ice” now
Shout Out Louds’ first show in support of Optica will take place in Brooklyn, NY, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 11 leading up to the SXSW Music Festival, and they have confirmed a full stateside tour for May 2013, beginning May 7 in Washington, DC, and ending on May 23 at the El Rey in Los Angeles, CA.
Following their 2010 album Work, the band (Adam Olenius – lead vocals; Bebban Stenborg – keyboards; Ted Malmros – bass; Carl von Arbin – guitar; and Eric Edman – drums) headed out on their most successful tour ever and returned home to their own pursuits. Families were expanded, side projects were launched and homes outside of Stockholm were explored. When the time came to work on another Shout Out Louds record they wanted to return to the playful spirit that first brought them together 10 years ago.
Shout Out Louds took their time with these songs, recording for about one-and-a-half years in a small Stockholm studio and producing themselves for the first time with help from Johannes Berglund. A theme emerged and Optica was born, an album celebrating color and light from a band confident in its sound, filled with real strings, trombones, trumpets and flutes.
Shout Out Louds explain:
“In our eagerness to please no one but ourselves this time around, we decided to take on the challenge of producing our own music for the first time ever. Our close friend and sound aficionado of choice Johannes Berglund and his studio in Stockholm presented us with an ideal package for the endeavor. A secluded work space close to home, but off the earth’s surface, a more than generous timeline, and the patient and brilliant sixth member we needed to get through the whole thing safely. Together we made up a downstairs world of explosive colors, big, warm sounds and a very, very uninhibited work process. We never worried about following a clear path, trusting that the conscious decision not to worry would be enough to lead us right, and that right doesn’t necessarily have to mean rational or even reasonable…We all set prestige and skillfulness aside in favor of experimentation and sheer gusto. That will probably come across live too. I don’t think we’ve ever been this excited to take an album on tour.”
Pre-order Optica now on CD or LP in the Merge store. LP Preorders will include a free Merge Records LP slipmat and a poster. Preorders will ship to arrive on or around the release date of February 26, 2013. Don’t forget . . . the Merge Holiday Code works on pre-orders, too!
Optica track listing:
1. Sugar
2. Illusions
3. Blue Ice
4. 14th of July
5. Burn
6. Walking In Your Footsteps
7. Glasgow
8. Where You Come In
9. Hermila
10. Chasing the Sinking Sun
11. Circles
12. Destroy
The dates for the spring US tour are below. Tickets will be available beginning December 7, 2012.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 13-16 Austin, TX SXSW Music Festival
May 7 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
May 8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
May 11 Boston, MA Paradise
May 13 Montreal, QC La Sala Rosa
May 14 Toronto, ONT The Opera House
May 15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
May 16 Chicago, IL Metro
May 17 Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater
May 22 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
May 23 Los, Angeles, CA El Rey
11/27/12
Today, Shout Out Louds released “Blue Ice,” their first new song in three years, as a 7-inch single made of ice with an instructional video and stream of the song at Pitchfork.
Of the song “Blue Ice,” The Line of Best Fit said, “The track, a delicate shuffle, with Adam Olenius musings recounting the end of a tenuous love affair and fading devotion – “it always ends in the same way” – maintaining pace throughout, the ballad floats gently against a bed of swooning strings and muted guitar lines. It’s lovely, delicate stuff but don’t be fooled by its mid paced nature – the forthcoming album is stacked full of the usual anthemic qualities we’ve come to expect from the group, whilst the quality of songwriting and production takes another bold step towards eternal greatness.”
10 kits to produce these 7″s of ice were manufactured and we have one to give away! For a chance to win, send your mailing address to merge@mergerecords.com with “Blue Ice Giveaway” in the subject line*. The contest ends Monday, December 3. Over 350 people have entered already since the contest began a few hours ago.
Watch Adam from Shout Out Louds demonstrate how to make the 7″ below and listen to “Blue Ice” via Soundcloud, Spotify or iTunes.
A new Shout Out Louds full-length will be available early next year. The record arrives as Shout Out Louds celebrates 10 years as a band, and is a follow-up to 2010’s acclaimed Work.
* – by entering the contest, you are agreeing to receive the Merge Records newsletter
Click here to view the embedded video.
Of the song “Blue Ice,” The Line of Best Fit said, “The track, a delicate shuffle, with Adam Olenius musings recounting the end of a tenuous love affair and fading devotion – “it always ends in the same way” – maintaining pace throughout, the ballad floats gently against a bed of swooning strings and muted guitar lines. It’s lovely, delicate stuff but don’t be fooled by its mid paced nature – the forthcoming album is stacked full of the usual anthemic qualities we’ve come to expect from the group, whilst the quality of songwriting and production takes another bold step towards eternal greatness.”
10 kits to produce these 7″s of ice were manufactured and we have one to give away! For a chance to win, send your mailing address to merge@mergerecords.com with “Blue Ice Giveaway” in the subject line*. The contest ends Monday, December 3. Over 350 people have entered already since the contest began a few hours ago.
Watch Adam from Shout Out Louds demonstrate how to make the 7″ below and listen to “Blue Ice” via Soundcloud, Spotify or iTunes.
A new Shout Out Louds full-length will be available early next year. The record arrives as Shout Out Louds celebrates 10 years as a band, and is a follow-up to 2010’s acclaimed Work.
* – by entering the contest, you are agreeing to receive the Merge Records newsletter
Click here to view the embedded video.
12/02/10
It’s easy to miss out on some of the digital-only releases we throw your way—the Internet is a pretty crowded place these days! Here’s a quick summary of what you may have missed:
The limited-edition Destroyer 12-inch “Archer on the Beach” is out-of-print in the Merge store, but you can now buy the songs via digital download!
Don’t miss out on Swim Remixes—Caribou’s answer to what happens when you put one of the year’s hottest dance records in the hands of some of the world’s best DJs! With reworks of some of Swim’s hottest cuts by Junior Boys, Fuck Buttons, Nite Jewel, DJ Koze, Walls, Gold Panda, Gavin Russom, and more, Swim Remixes contains over an hour-and-a-half of new, fresh takes on Caribou’s latest opus.
Let’s Wrestle bring us a tasty piece of next year’s sophomore record with the “Getting Rest”/“When I Was In Hospital” digital single. Be warned: these young Londoners are not to be missed.
Shout Out Louds’ Fall Hard EP expands upon Work’s catchy first single with non-album cuts “Fall Hard Pt. 2” and “Can’t Explain.”
Lou Barlow + the missingmen’s = Sentridoh III is Lou’s first recorded output with new backing band the missingmen. Described by the band as “an almost live representation of the Lou Barlow + the missingmen live show,” this mini-album breathes new, rocking life into Sebadoh and Sentridoh classics, Lou’s solo material, and even a haunting cover of the timeless Skip James song “I’m So Glad.”
Tracey Thorn followed up this year’s gorgeous Love and Its Opposite with a pair of digital EPs, Why Does the Wind? and Opposites, that offer up wildly creative remixes of some of the album’s most-loved songs. Why Does the Wind? pairs the album track of the same name with remixes by Morgan Geist, Michel Clies, and André Lodemann, along with a radio edit and dub version. As for the Opposites EP, Tracey herself probably says it best: “If the remixes for the last single ‘Why Does the Wind?’ were aimed at the dancefloor, these are perhaps aimed more at the head.” Visionquest (“Swimming”), Walls (“Kentish Town”), and Blue Daisy (“Late in the Afternoon”) provide penetrating new takes presented alongside the originals.
Let’s also revisit Lambchop’s magnetic Live at XX Merge performance; Portastatic’s Make It Sound In Tune EP; digital reissues of Richard Buckner’s landmark albums Impasse, The Hill, and Bloomed; and The Ladybug Transistor’s fantastic Here Comes the Rain covers EP.
Our Holiday Coupon applies to digital releases, too, so download away!
The limited-edition Destroyer 12-inch “Archer on the Beach” is out-of-print in the Merge store, but you can now buy the songs via digital download!
Don’t miss out on Swim Remixes—Caribou’s answer to what happens when you put one of the year’s hottest dance records in the hands of some of the world’s best DJs! With reworks of some of Swim’s hottest cuts by Junior Boys, Fuck Buttons, Nite Jewel, DJ Koze, Walls, Gold Panda, Gavin Russom, and more, Swim Remixes contains over an hour-and-a-half of new, fresh takes on Caribou’s latest opus.
Let’s Wrestle bring us a tasty piece of next year’s sophomore record with the “Getting Rest”/“When I Was In Hospital” digital single. Be warned: these young Londoners are not to be missed.
Shout Out Louds’ Fall Hard EP expands upon Work’s catchy first single with non-album cuts “Fall Hard Pt. 2” and “Can’t Explain.”
Lou Barlow + the missingmen’s = Sentridoh III is Lou’s first recorded output with new backing band the missingmen. Described by the band as “an almost live representation of the Lou Barlow + the missingmen live show,” this mini-album breathes new, rocking life into Sebadoh and Sentridoh classics, Lou’s solo material, and even a haunting cover of the timeless Skip James song “I’m So Glad.”
Tracey Thorn followed up this year’s gorgeous Love and Its Opposite with a pair of digital EPs, Why Does the Wind? and Opposites, that offer up wildly creative remixes of some of the album’s most-loved songs. Why Does the Wind? pairs the album track of the same name with remixes by Morgan Geist, Michel Clies, and André Lodemann, along with a radio edit and dub version. As for the Opposites EP, Tracey herself probably says it best: “If the remixes for the last single ‘Why Does the Wind?’ were aimed at the dancefloor, these are perhaps aimed more at the head.” Visionquest (“Swimming”), Walls (“Kentish Town”), and Blue Daisy (“Late in the Afternoon”) provide penetrating new takes presented alongside the originals.
Let’s also revisit Lambchop’s magnetic Live at XX Merge performance; Portastatic’s Make It Sound In Tune EP; digital reissues of Richard Buckner’s landmark albums Impasse, The Hill, and Bloomed; and The Ladybug Transistor’s fantastic Here Comes the Rain covers EP.
Our Holiday Coupon applies to digital releases, too, so download away!
05/18/10
Shout Out Louds are on the west coast portion of their North American tour and in addition to their live shows, they performed in front of a live audience for KEXP in Seattle and stopped by Music Millenium in Portland for a free in-store performance.
Shout Out Louds will play live on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic tomorrow, May 19, at 11:15am Pacific, 2:15pm Eastern. Listen online at KCRW.com.
Listen to the archive at KEXP.org of a performance in front of a live audience at Seattle’s Triple Door club.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
18 May San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
20 May Los Angeles, El Rey
21 May Los Angeles, El Rey (Sold Out!)
22 May San Diego, House of Blues
24 May Pomona, Glasshouse
Shout Out Louds will play live on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic tomorrow, May 19, at 11:15am Pacific, 2:15pm Eastern. Listen online at KCRW.com.
Listen to the archive at KEXP.org of a performance in front of a live audience at Seattle’s Triple Door club.
Shout Out Louds on tour:
18 May San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
20 May Los Angeles, El Rey
21 May Los Angeles, El Rey (Sold Out!)
22 May San Diego, House of Blues
24 May Pomona, Glasshouse
05/04/10
Spring has sprung and it is time for a new free Merge sampler! Featuring hit songs from the latest albums of Radar Brothers, Spoon, Let’s Wrestle, She & Him and more, visit amazon.com now to download all fourteen free songs with special cover art by Let’s Wrestle’s Wesley Patrick Gonzalez!
As always, you can find new albums from all of these artists and more in our handy Merge store.
Free Merge 2010 digital sampler track listing:
1. Radar Brothers – Horses Warriors (from The Illustrated Garden)
2. Let’s Wrestle – I Won’t Lie to You (from In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s)
3. Destroyer – The Very Modern Dance (from Streethawk: A Seduction)
4. Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard (from Work)
5. Spoon – Written in Reverse (from Transference)
6. Lou Barlow – Don’t Apologize (from Goodnight Unknown)
7. She & Him – Thieves (from Volume Two)
8. Superchunk – Learned to Surf (from Leaves in the Gutter)
9. Alec Bathgate – Glide (from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox)
10. The Clientele – I Wonder Who We Are (from Bonfires on the Heath)
11. Caribou – Odessa (from Swim)
12. The Clean – In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul (from Mister Pop)
13. Wye Oak – I Hope You Die (from My Neighbor / My Creator)
14. Lambchop – Give It (from Live at XX Merge)
As always, you can find new albums from all of these artists and more in our handy Merge store.
Free Merge 2010 digital sampler track listing:
1. Radar Brothers – Horses Warriors (from The Illustrated Garden)
2. Let’s Wrestle – I Won’t Lie to You (from In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s)
3. Destroyer – The Very Modern Dance (from Streethawk: A Seduction)
4. Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard (from Work)
5. Spoon – Written in Reverse (from Transference)
6. Lou Barlow – Don’t Apologize (from Goodnight Unknown)
7. She & Him – Thieves (from Volume Two)
8. Superchunk – Learned to Surf (from Leaves in the Gutter)
9. Alec Bathgate – Glide (from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox)
10. The Clientele – I Wonder Who We Are (from Bonfires on the Heath)
11. Caribou – Odessa (from Swim)
12. The Clean – In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul (from Mister Pop)
13. Wye Oak – I Hope You Die (from My Neighbor / My Creator)
14. Lambchop – Give It (from Live at XX Merge)
04/30/10
With Shout Out Louds new album, Work, in stores and online now, the band begin their US tour this Sunday at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. NPR’s All Songs Considered will stream the full concert live! All dates for the upcoming North American tour will be supported by New York City’s Freelance Whales.
Also, Shout Out Louds are excited to offer the Fontän Rework of their acclaimed single “Walls.” As a remix of a song that Esquire Magazine recently named “Perfect Pop Song of the Month” for March, the Rework by Fontän, an acclaimed Swedish duo, is an electronic and progressive take on the track that compliments and builds on the exuberance of the original.
Shout Out Louds on tour!
02 May Washington, 9:30 Club
03 May Philadelphia, First Unitarian Church
05 May New York, Webster Hall
06 May Boston, Paradise
07 May Montreal, Cabaret Music Hall
08 May Toronto, Mod Club
10 May Chicago, Lincoln Hall
11 May Minneapolis, Varsity Theater
14 May Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
15 May Seattle, Neumos
16 May Portland, Doug Fir
18 May San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
20 May Los Angeles, El Rey
21 May Los Angeles, El Rey (Sold Out!)
22 May San Diego, House of Blues
24 May Pomona, Glasshouse
Also, Shout Out Louds are excited to offer the Fontän Rework of their acclaimed single “Walls.” As a remix of a song that Esquire Magazine recently named “Perfect Pop Song of the Month” for March, the Rework by Fontän, an acclaimed Swedish duo, is an electronic and progressive take on the track that compliments and builds on the exuberance of the original.
Shout Out Louds on tour!
02 May Washington, 9:30 Club
03 May Philadelphia, First Unitarian Church
05 May New York, Webster Hall
06 May Boston, Paradise
07 May Montreal, Cabaret Music Hall
08 May Toronto, Mod Club
10 May Chicago, Lincoln Hall
11 May Minneapolis, Varsity Theater
14 May Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom
15 May Seattle, Neumos
16 May Portland, Doug Fir
18 May San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
20 May Los Angeles, El Rey
21 May Los Angeles, El Rey (Sold Out!)
22 May San Diego, House of Blues
24 May Pomona, Glasshouse
| 05.24.2013 | Los Angeles, CA | El Rey | w/ Haerts |
| 05.25.2013 | George, WA | Sasquatch Festival | May 24-27 |
| 05.30.2013 | Mexico City, MEX | El Plaza Condesa | |
| 06.13.2013 | London, UK | XOYO |
Howl Howl Gaff Gaff :: CD/LP (Capitol) 2005
Combines :: EP (Capitol) 2006
Tonight I Have To Leave It :: CDEP (Merge) 2007
Our Ill Wills :: CD/LP (Merge) 2007
Impossible :: CDEP (Merge) 2008
Fall Hard :: digital EP (Merge) 2010
Work :: CD/LP (Merge) 2010
Optica :: CD/LP (Merge) 2013
Combines :: EP (Capitol) 2006
Tonight I Have To Leave It :: CDEP (Merge) 2007
Our Ill Wills :: CD/LP (Merge) 2007
Impossible :: CDEP (Merge) 2008
Fall Hard :: digital EP (Merge) 2010
Work :: CD/LP (Merge) 2010
Optica :: CD/LP (Merge) 2013
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