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Glasvegas

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Glasvegas are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow. The band consists of James Allan (vocals), Rab Allan (lead guitar) and Paul Donoghue (bass guitar), with Swedish drummer Jonna Löfgren joining the group in 2010 until her departure in 2020. Their platinum-selling debut album, Glasvegas, released in September 2008, was well received by critics and reached No. 2 in the UK Albums Chart. It was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in September 2009. The album went on to enjoy further critical and commercial success in North America and in Sweden (where it went Gold). On 1 December 2008, less than three months after the release of their debut album, the band released the mini-album A Snowflake Fell (And It Felt Like a Kiss), a 6-track Christmas EP, which was recorded in Transylvania.

On 4 April 2011 the band released their second album, Euphoric Heartbreak, which was recorded in a beach house in Santa Monica. The album reached No. 10 in the UK and No. 1 in Sweden. The album received mixed reviews and was not as commercially successful as the band's debut album. Several months later the band and their major label, Sony parted company. In June 2013, the band announced that they had signed a major record deal with BMG. The band released their third album Later...When the TV Turns to Static in September 2013. It received generally favourable reviews from critics but failed to match the commercial success of previous albums.

In 2018, the band announced a UK tour celebrating the ten-year anniversary of their self titled platinum-selling debut album. The album was also reissued with new artwork in gold. On 14 August 2020, Glasvegas released their first single in seven years, "Keep Me a Space". The single is taken from their fourth album, Godspeed, which was released in April 2021 by the band's own label Go Wow Records.

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Glasvegas est un groupe écossais de rock indépendant, originaire de Glasgow. Il est constitué de Jammes Allen (chant), Rab Allan (guitare), Paul Donoghue (basse) et Jonna Löfgren (batterie). Glasvegas a reçu de bonnes critiques pour son premier album, Glasvegas, sorti en septembre 2008, qui a atteint la 2e place des UK Album Charts et a été nommé pour le Mercury Music Prize en septembre 2009.

Le magazine NME a déclaré que, "Si The Libertines a marqué le début de la décennie et Arctic Monkeys le milieu, alors Glasvegas va certainement définir la fin et au-delà." Leur premier album rencontre un beau succès au Royaume-Uni (où il devient disque de platine et en Suède (où le groupe reçoit le disque d'or). L'impact du groupe au Royaume-Uni et la réussite de son premier album n'est pas passé inaperçu en Amérique du Nord, qui a accueilli Glasvegas pour une mini-tourné de six dates entre octobre 2008 et septembre 2009. Les membres du groupe ont souvent répété durant des interviews leur volonté de percer aux États-Unis et au Canada. Le 14 décembre 2010, le groupe annonce l'arrivée d'une nouvelle batteuse, Jonna Löfgren, originaire de Boden en Suède, en remplacement de Caroline McKay.

Le deuxième album de Glasvegas, intitulé Euphoric Heartbreak sort le 4 avril 2011 et se classe à la 10e place au Royaume-Uni et à la première place en Suède. Malgré de nouvelles critiques positives de cet album, les ventes sont plus faibles que pour le premier album et, six semaines plus tard, Columbia Records annonce au groupe qu'il souhaite arrêter leur partenariat avec eux. Glasvegas et Columbia Records se séparent officiellement le 4 août 2011. Ils sont toujours sans label actuellement.

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