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Artist
København Store
12+ albums
post-rockshoegazepost-popAllitalian
about
There is a thread running through the continent, from the north of Europe to the north of Italy. A long, long thread, made of chilly melodies, bedroom post-rock and lo-fi electronica. A thread spun by København Store, one of Italian indie’s best-kept secrets. Born as a duo at the beginning of 2003, after a journey in Scandinavian territory (which explains the bizarre moniker), in time the band evolved to a fuller line-up. After the first two electronica-tinged demos, København Store re-discovered guitar sound and moved towards a mutated, subtly nuanced form of post rock. Like Mùm in a lockdown with cLOUDDEAD and Godspeed You!Black Emperor. “Action, Please!”, their first full-length album, was released in February 2008 by Italian label 42 Records. It was produced by Giacomo Fiorenza (who also worked with Yuppie Flu, Giardini di Mirò, Austin Lace and Fuck, among others), and features vocals by Jonathan Clancy (of Settlefish, A Classic Education and His Clancyness), Alessandro Raina (of Giardini di Mirò and Casador), Fabio Campetti (of Edwood) and Simone Magnaschi, formerly the singer in Italian punk legends Stinking Polecats, and now a fulltime member of København Store. Its peculiar genesis makes “Action, Please!” come across as the “You Forgot it in People” of the Italian Broken Indie Social Scene. The album immediately became a hot item on the national music press, obtaining enthusiastic reviews on the most widely-read magazines and webzines. Some of the songs included in t
