
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE!
Frontiers Records is excited to announce the release of the highly anticipated fourth album from THE POODLES entitled “Performocracy” on April 15th in Europe and May 5th in North America.
The title of the album is a combination of the words “Performance” and “Democracy”, meaning “The power of Performance” or “Rule by Performance”. The album was again produced by Mats Valentin, but this time Tobias Lindell (Europe, Mustasch) mixed the 12 outstanding tracks that make up the cd. “I think we have followed through on what we started with the last album, “Clash of the Elements”, explains singer Jakob Samuel. “Besides continuing to work with producer extraordinaire, Mats Valentin, we took a step further with some of the material that was hinted at on “Clash of the Elements”. On “Performocracy” there is a more epic and darker character to some of the songs that we wanted to explore in more detail. Having said this, we have definitely stayed with a lot of the signature melodic elements that are trademark of the band”.
The first single off “Performocracy” is “Cuts like a knife”, which promises to entice both Poodles fans and anyone with a passion for rock n’ roll. The song will impact at radio on February 21st and the single will be released digitally only on March 3rd. A video produced by Steve Ravic, who also shot and produced the band’s landmark DVD release “In the Flesh”, will accompany the release of the first single. After the gold and platinum records that the band was able to achieve in their home country Sweden, now it is time for them to take on the world !
“One important aspect of having a few releases in the bag is that you know more what you want as a band” adds bassist Pontus Egberg. “Someone once said that “if you want to dream big, you have to dream in great detail”. To us this means that we take all the knowledge and experience that we have acquired from our previous efforts and use that to plan ahead and make our dreams bigger.”
As the album title suggests, performing songs live is the reason for what The Poodles are as a band. A full European tour is planned for the early fall of 2011 and in conjunction to this The Poodles will also head to South America and Japan to support the release of “Performocracy”. For the summer of 2011 The Poodles will take part to festivals and shows with a focus on Sweden.
Om Krister Lindholm
Krister är uppväxt i Linghed, en mindre ort utanför Falun i Dalarna. Han lever tillsammans med sin sambo Helena och sin hund Mac i en lägenhet i Falun.
Yrkesmässigt är Krister sedan 2023 VD på reklam och marknadsföringsbyrån Cu29 i Falun där han delar ägarskapet med Marcus Hanser, Mikael Morén och Andrej Rosén.
Krister har jobbat med allt från lagerarbete till att gräva gravar. Under 15 år jobbade han tajt med hårdrocksbandet Sabaton från Falun, men valde att lämna det för ett jobberbjudande på en annan reklambyrå i Falun.
Innehållet på denna sida sträcker sig ända tillbaka till 2007 och kvaliteten på det mesta är under all kritik, men för Krister är det en levande dagbok så ta allt för vad det är, och ha skoj.
/Hälsar Krister Lindholm