Postrock, emo-postpop, experimental-instrumental-music, none-vocal
music - the list goes on... Music
journalists are coming up with new subgenre names pretty much every day and as we're in the middle
of the most important global discussion ever, at least according to some - about the importance not
to label bands as something they are not but letting the music speak for itself, there are those who
just wish that that was a "sooo last year opinion".
Originally formed in 2001 Swedish instrumental 4-piece Molia Falls are one of those bands where you,
if feeling extra creative, have the chance to come up with your own genre name. They're instrumental,
but not postrock. Catchy, but not pop. Rock, but no distortion. "Dawson's creek-core"? Don't know...
Having recorded their five song debut demo in early 2002 - it found it's way out on the internet and got
in the hands of several American indie labels by early spring, while the band still was in high school.
A full lenght album was set to be released in the US, fall of 2002. It never happened. Everything from
there to mid-spring 2005 is pretty blurry. College abroad, work, shady label owners, the band
themselves not being pleased with recordings and what not, played some kind of part in it all.
Eventually Molia Falls recorded "A Support Entry Title EP" with producer Mathias Oldén (Last Days Of
April, Logh, Switchblade etc) at Mission Hall Studio in the south of Sweden.
Even though not having finished the recording, they parted with the US label that was supposed to
put it out just months before the label went out of business and the band were left on their own with
a recording too good to just throw away.
Without any label supporting, Molia Falls started to tour in Europe. With five tours down the road, shows
in 6 european countries, or eight to be exact after the upcoming tour in may 2006, the band somewhere down
the timeline decided to put out the EP independently, as demands of a release started to come in.
Without a single copy sent to any press, no website, with just three short snippets up on MySpace and only
sold by the band itself, "A Support Entry Title" has sold +500 copies just by the word of mouth.
Videos for the songs "Allay Avril" and "Exterior Estate" were produced by band members themselves and
are now available online on the new, actually the first real website of Molia Falls along with a ton
of other stuff including live, and non live, video footage from tours, recordings etc.
Late summer of 2005 Molia Falls recorded nine new songs with producer Richard Larsson (The Sounds,
Soilwork etc.) at Caesar Studio. Two of them ended up on a three track limited 7-inch released in november
'05 by Swedish label Jezebel Recordings. Some of songs will be on a yet untitled tour EP that will be
available at shows on the may tour.
With "A Support Entry Title" now being sent out to the press, a 7-inch out, a new EP coming up, touring
i may, recordings of new material in the summer and a fall euro tour being booked things have just begun...
