Crying Day Care Choir

December 9, 2011

Through hard times comes great music. A band with an old soul, yet still young at heart classify their sound as “folk flower power”. They have named their latest single “Where did John Lennon go?” in honor of the great John Lennon and have released it on the day he died thirty one years later. Their inspiration comes anywhere from the beauty in simple things to finding it within each other. The beautiful quartet; Crying Day Care Choir has gone through a fantastic journey, and have chosen to share some of  it with us.

Your name is very peculiar, does it have any particular meaning? And how did you come up with the name.
We initially chose the name due to a great love of word play, as well as due to the phenomenon of a group of children crying together and randomly hitting the same note; musical magic. But recently we have found that our band name perhaps means so much more; and that it is actually reaching out to us; because in these “Crying Days”, any one could surely need a “Care Choir”.

You have some history together. How long have you known each other and what drove you to start a band together?
We have known each other in different constellations for some five years or so. Two years ago, the four of us were traveling Argentina together and we all were moving from or hometown Stockholm to Malmö upon our return to Sweden, moving away from some of our musical life in Stockholm. As people get bored and sad without a fair amount of music in their lives, we decided to not let that happen to us and TA DA, meet Crying Day Care Choir.

You’re originally from Stockholm, Sweden? What drove you to move down to Malmö?
We all needed a change and word on the street was that the farther south one gets, the more relaxed are the people you meet. Parts of that might be true, we don’t really know, none of us made it further than to Malmö.

How would you define your music? Do you feel like it identifies with a previous music genre?
Personally, we would like to think of our music as flower-folk. As the name implies, we find some common traits between our music and the folk flower power wave during the 60’s and 70’s. The people and musicians of that movement were very politically involved at the same time as the level of “We can do it” spirit were building blocks of the flower wave. It is the music, the songs of that time; the ones filled with “We can do it” that affect us, that inspire us. We strive to do the same, and that is probably why we identify our music with that genre.

Could you tell us a bit about your songs. Where does the inspiration for the lyrics come from?
Our songs are; gentle on the ears, they carry an important message, and at the same time strive to make you feel as happy and blissful as a child inside. When it comes to inspiration; Sara finds it everywhere around her, and look for beauty in the simplicity of everyday life. Whereas Jack, (the one who always knows what to say) finds it solely within his beautiful wife Sara.

In regards to the release of your new single this week, could you tell us a bit about it?
We are releasing a single titled “Where Did John Lennon Go?” for free digital download on Thursday, the 8th of December.

The song will be released on the day he died, is there a special meaning behind this? Do you feel a special connection to John Lennon and his music?
The fact that we are releasing a single titled “Where did John Lennon Go?” on the day he died, 31 years ago, is very well thought through. However, the song was written long before any thought of this had popped up in Jacks head. We thought it was a great opportunity to get or song heard, as well as reminding people of what that great man represented. He was a musical genius as well as a very influential peace activist, and even though we adore his music, it is mostly due to his spirit we want people to notice this day.

Your latest gig was in Stockholm, how does it compare to playing in Malmö?
When playing in Stockholm, it is more family and old friends coming to the shows, whereas in Malmö new friends are watching and you can be a bit more anonymous. Both cities have their perks. It can be comforting to play for people you know love you, as well as it can feel like you have more to prove than to strangers. But it is always fun to play regardless where we are playing.

What are your thoughts on the Swedish indie music scene today?
It’s like a Swedish smorgasbord! If your from anywhere in the world outside of Sweden it’s exotic and delicious; if you’re a Swede, you’re not sure what most of it is.

What favorite bands have inspired you throughout the years?
We spent most of our youth listening to music and still do, any kind of music. Therefore we find it very hard to identify certain bands that have inspired us more than others.

What’s next for Crying Day Choir? Could you tell us about anything we should be looking out for? Gigs, EP’s, Singles etc?
The single is available for free download today at our campaign website wheredidjohnlennongo.com

We’re planning a little something come Christmas as well, and so on and so on… we don’t want to ruin all the surprises! but just make sure to keep in touch on the intraweb.

http://www.cryingdaycarechoir.com

By Vanessa Gil

Published by: The Swede Beat