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Rock this moon

May 2005. The new release from K. Burnshee and Matt Thornside. (The funky "Steely Dan Duo" from Sweden.) The new album is a joyful mix of jazz-soul, funky jazzrock and some beautiful ballads, along with intelligent, funny and out-of-the-ordinary lyrics. "How did they come up with that? That's not something you can write a song about... Or? I guess they just did...".

During a period of 10 months, 15 songs have been selected and recorded at Resaro Studios. Burnshee Thornside will take you through the story of Errol Flynn ("Dear Errol"), the tragic life of the first woman to make plastic surgery ("Consuelo") and the life of a man who can't seem to avoid having sex with every woman he meets (Tennis in Venice).

And there's more. "Wish I could write lyrics like Bob Dylan" is a philosophic and bitter statement, while "Rock This Moon" is about a great party in space. Not forgetting "Doodelido", about how to write love poems, and "Bang I Shot Him", the Wild West epic about The Meaning Of Life.

You'll have a surprising voyage with Burnshee and Thornside, no doubt :-)

Instruments have been played, guitars have been choosen, drums have been beaten. Take after take has been evaluated and, sometimes kept, sometimes put in the bin. It's been lovely hard work and now it's your time to listen. Please enjoy and do not hesitate to send us an e-mail and tell us what you think.

You can buy the record from us, or from www.magnatune.com.

Please give a big hand to the players that made this album possible:
Tomas Bergquist, the amazing drum player and basist (and keyboard player and percussionist and singer), who is the most important brick in the house of Burnshee Thornside. Lars Lundell, Keyboards, Hammond and piano. Hans Olofsson, saxophones. Åsa Henrksson, trombone. Niklas Öhrner, keyboards on "Rock This Moon". Lilling Palmeklint, backing vocals and brilliant lead vocals on "Miss your love" and "Time Flies Away". Kia Wedin Nilsson, backing vocals. Martin Eriksson, flute. Katarina Seger, backing vocals and extra cool vocals on "In your loop". Peter Borgén, saxophone on "Bad Bad Luck".

K. Burnshee, all guitars (and some keyboards). Matt Thornside Vocals, trumpet, keyboard, kazoo and banjo. All Music & Lyrics by Burnshee/Thornside (Nilsson/Henriksson. ©) Arrangements by Burnshee/Thornside. Horn Arrangements by Thornside.

The songs, in mighty detail:
1. Bad Bad Luck
Vocals: Matt Thornside.
Drums, percussion and bass: Tomas Bergquist.
Guitars and keyboards: K. Burnshee
Backing Vocals: Katarina Seger
Saxophone solo, saxophone wail: Peter Borgén
Hammond organ: Lars Lundell

"This is about a serious subject: gambling. Stay away from it."

2. Rock This Moon
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Backing Vocals: Matt Thornside and Tomas Bergquist
Drums and bass: Tomas
Bergquist.
Keyboards and keyboard arrangement: Niklas Öhrner
Guitar (wahwah): K. Burnshee
Trombone: Åsa Henriksson
Saxophone: Hans Olofsson
Trumpet: Matt Thornside
Cheering: Tomas Bergquist, Matt Thornside, K. Burnshee

"Rock This Moon. Soon in a future near you. Check out the mad soloing from ALL three horn players. At the same time. Tasty keyboards by Dr. Nic.
Tasty horn arrangement by Thornside (as always)."

3. Doodelido
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Drums, percussion and bass: Tomas Bergquist
Backing Vocals: Lilling Palmeklint, Katarina Seger
Trumpet: Matt Thornside
Guitars: K. Burnshee
Synth: Matt Thornside
Clavinet solo: Tomas Bergquist
Xylophone solo: Tomas Bergquist

"About the search for that perfect line. In this case: Doodelido My
Hochicoo... It's poetry! :-) (You'll get it when you listen.) Great clavinet
solo by Tomas!"

4. Dear Errol
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Backing Vocals: Lilling Palmeklint
Drums, percussion and bass: Tomas Bergquist.
Electric Piano: Lars Lundell
Guitars: K. Burnshee

"Errol Flynn. Also true story. Inspired by an essay by Peter Englund.
Brilliant keyboard playing by Lars Lundell."

5. Consuelo
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Drums and bass: Tomas Bergquist
Electric piano, hammond and piano: Lars Lundell
Guitars: K. Burnshee
Trombone: Åsa Henriksson
Saxophone: Hans Olofsson
Trumpet: Matt Thornside
Percussion: K. Burnshee

"True story. Consuelo, a woman who lived 100 years ago, tried to preserve
her beauty with the help surgey.. it didn't work. The song is Inspired by an
essay by Peter Englund. Note the subtle piano arrangement by Lars Lundell."

6. Wish I could write lyrics like Bob Dylan
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Guitars: K. Burnshee
Drums programming: K. Burnshee
Percussion: K. Burnshee
Bass programming: K. Burnshee
Bass: Niklas Öhrner
Whistling: Matt Thornside

"Hommage to Bob Dylan, and other legends. Sometimes you just have to admit
it. You are swimming in the pool of mediocraty."

7. Bang I Shot Him
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Drums and percussion: Tomas Bergquist
Synth Bass: K. Burnshee
Piano: Lars Lundell
Guitars: K. Burnshee
Banjo: Matt Thornside
Saxophone: Hans Olofsson
Trombone: Åsa Henriksson
Trumpet: Matt "Send in the cavallery" Thornside

"Rather die upon my feet, than be living in my knees. This is a Wild West
Epic... Note that Matt plays Banjo, and note honky tonk piano by Lars Lundell. (And tasty soloing by Hans on sax.) In our former lives we were country stars in Alabama."

8. Miss your love
Vocals: Lilling Palmeklint
Drums, bass, percussion and keyboards: Tomas Bergquist
Guitars: K. Burnshee

"A sad love ballad. You have to write one of these once in a while.
Lilling does it just perfectly. And Tomas plays very inspiring electric piano."

9. Tennis in Venice
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Drums, percussion and bass: Tomas Bergquist
Guitars: K. Burnshee
Trombone: Åsa Henriksson
Saxophones: Hans Olofsson (and solo)
Trumpet: Matt Thornside
Keyboards: K. Burnsee

"Sometimes had to leave before I came :-) A funky tune about a funky, but hectic, life."

10. I know this feeling
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Guitars: K. Burnshee
Bass: Tomas Bergquist
Synth solo: Tomas Bergquist
Backing Vocals: Lilling Palmeklint, Katarina Seger, Kia Wedin.
Keyboards: K. Burnshee
Trumpet: Matt Thornside

"We all know this feeling. We all get it. Make it a lullubay. Make it a
repetitive meditation song. Then snap your fingers, wake up and be happy.
Note the wailing in the end - Katarina Seger."

11. City Girls
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Drums and bass: Tomas Bergquist
Percussion and handclap: Matt Thornside and K. Burnshee
Guitars: K. Burnshee
Backing Vocals: Lilling Palmeklint
Kazoo: Matt Thornside

"As we said. In our former lives we were country stars in Alabama. And Matt
was the local Kazoo-king."

12. Put me in your Loop (Featuring K. Seger)
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Vocals: Katarina Seger
Bass: David Nordén
Drums: Loops!
Guitars: K. Burnshee
Synth Bass: K. Burnshee
Synth: K. Burnshee
Percussion: Loops!

"Started with a loop, which is popular these days... So we figured...
let's write a song about it. Katarina Seger does a very cool vocal track."

13. Time Flies Away
Vocals: Lilling Palmeklint
Piano: Tomas Bergquist
Guitar: K. Burnshee

"If you knew how much time you hade on this earth, what would you do with
it? Good question. Think about it. Lilling sings, again. Perfect, again."

14. Where's the beef?
Drums and bass: Tomas Berquist
Guitars: K. Burnshee
Flute: Martin Eriksson
Trombone: Åsa Henriksson
Saxophone: Hans Olofsson
Trumpet: Matt Thornside

"Instrumental. A follow up from the song 'Spanish Brass & Fury' (a crazy
punk hard rock jazz instrumental from the album 'The Art Of Not Blending
In'). Want more? Check out www.the-beef.net."

15. Took me by surprise
Vocals: Matt Thornside
Backing Vocals: Matt Thornside and Katarina Seger
Drums: Tomas Bergquist
Keyboard programming: Matt Thornside/K. Burnshee Synth Bass: Matt
Thornside/K. Burnshee
Perc: K. Burnshee
Synth solo: Matt Thornside

"A nice pop-song with a exotic rythmic hook (fits in 4/4, no strange odd meters). About love at first sight. Matt does a wonderful Juno 2 synth solo."

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Samples

Here are a handfulof short samples from the album: Play, 3.4 MB

Video

Burnshee cut together a cool video for Rock this moon. Check it out! (You need the RealPlayer or QuickTime plug-in): Play!, 7 MB

Lyrics

All lyrics from the album in a PDF: Lyrics

Buy the album

You can buy our music from the following places:

From Magnatune, www.magnatune.com. Here you can buy complete albums as mp3s for direct download.

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From iTunes. Here you can separate mp3s for direct download.

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Rock this moon

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Rock this moon

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