This week, QRO crosses the Oresond Bridge to check out Denmark's indie-pop outfit, the Figurines.

Name: Figurines

Hometown: Copenhagen, Denmark

Members: Christian Hjelm, Claus Salling Johansen, Mads Kjærgaard, Jens Ramon, Kristian Volden

Albums:  The Detour EP (2001), Shake a Mountain (2003), Skeleton (2005), When the Deer Wore Blue (2007)

Has toured with: Cold War Kids, Dappled Cities, Kaiser Chiefs, Tapes 'n Tapes

If the band was an animal, they'd be: An unkindness of white-speckled ravens

Related Articles:

Review of When the Deer Wore Blue

Interview with Mads Kjærgaard and Kristian Volden

Photo gallery from Mercury Lounge in New York, NY on November 1st, 2007

Tour dates:

10/28/08 - Berlin - Admiralpalast
10/29/08 - Cologne - Subway
10/30/08 - Dresden - Beatpol
10/31/08 - Kaiserslautern - Kammgarn
11/1/08 -  Aarau - Kiff

 

MP3 Stream: "Drove You Miles"

 

Figurines playing "Let's Head Out" live @ Mercury Lounge:

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