The Tiny 'Starring Someone Like You' album

When it was time for us to make our second album we had a bunch of songs and bundles of ideas.We wanted to make our record grandiose and true to life in a cinematic way, taking each idea to a new level whilst still keeping our tiny personal identity. We wanted to make the album quirky with each song having its own universe, dirty and beautiful at the same time, enhancing each feeling with any means at our disposal. We wanted everyone to be happy with the result and that we enjoyed the creative process while we were in it. The process was both fun and painful at the same time and we are very pleased with the outcome.

Jari Haapalainen, whom we had worked with previously in other contexts, became our producer and sifted through our demos to pick the 14 tracks to work with. We rehearsed and travelled down from Stockholm to Christoffer Lundkvist’s “Aerosol Grey Machine” studios that he built in an old barn, in Vallarum in southern Sweden where we recorded for three days.

After this Leo and Johan wrote the string and horn arrangements and Ellekari took care of the backing vocal arrangements. We collected a group of musicians, recorded the arrangements and other small additions and went back to Christoffer to mix the tracks. The result is the album “Starring; Someone Like You” and the EP “My Mother EP”.

As with most songwriters many lyrics are deeply personal and omitting. I don’t want to explain in detail what each track is about as I prefer to give the listener the freedom to make his/her own interpretation.

So the following is a somewhat dry and stripped down explanation of each track on the album.

1. Kind Of Like You
Ellekari plays a toy piano, Johan synthesized bass and organ and Leo has plugged his cello into an amp. A “back-to-front-glockenspiel” comes in and out. Anja Bigrell and Lina Nyberg are harmonising…

2. My Mother
An uncomplicated recording. Ellekari plays a ragtime piano. Leo wrote an uplifting string arrangement.

3. Know Your Demons
On this track we have a lot of guesting friends.
Leo plays the pedal organ and sings harmony. Leo has written the song. Jari plays the drums. Ellekari piano and vocals, and Johan plays the contrabass.
Markus Krunegård, Ane Brun and others help out with additional vocals.

4. Everything is Free.
This track, which is written by Gillian Welch, was the last one we recorded on a late night in Vallarum. Jari and Christoffer put up mics all over the room which gives you a feeling of being present there with us.

5. Dirty Frames.
Here everyone’s ideas ran haywire in an inhibited and uncompromising way.

6. Sorry featuring Ed Harcourt
This track was recorded by Ellekari and Ed a late night in Stockholm. Leo’s string arrangement was recorded just after.

7. I don’t Like (the way you move me...)
Ellekari plays the pump organ. Johan has written the arrangements for strings and horns – to be exact for bassoon, oboe and French horn.

8. In Reality
Wurlitzer – piano, vibraphone, contrabass, cello and violin. Stripped down and wonderful.

9. They Say It’s Weird
Leo plays the saw and Ellekari a myriad of old Casio-synthesizers and piano. Johan on bass.

10. My Greatest Fear.
We thought of soundtracks when we made this. We got a really good take, added an echo like reverb in reverse and kept on building with additional sounds and Johan’s string and horn arrangements.

The Tiny are:
Ellekari Larsson-piano & vocals etc.
Leo Svensson-cello etc.
and Johan Berthling-contrabass etc.

The album is released on DetErMine Records, which Ellekari has together with Norwegian platinum recording artist Ane Brun and Canadian songstress and accordion player Wendy McNeill, in collaboration with COOP and V2 Music Scandinavia.

”If it wasn’t for the fact that there is a certain band from Gothenburg already calling themselves this, then we probably may have called the album the likes of ”the Soundtracks of our Lives” hohohoho.
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*****Members:
* Ellekari Larsson - vocals and piano and stuff.
Writes songs most of her free time.
Has also recorded and toured with "Heikki" (Producer Jari Haapalainen & Maria Ericsson (The Concretes)) "Vega" ,
Ed Harcourt , "Peter Bjorn and John" among other things...

* Leo Svensson - Cello and Musical Saw
Left the classical scene and the Royal Academy in Kopenhagen, and is now allergic to notes (maybe an exaggeration) Playes in "Gul3" , has done recordings with Ane Brun, "The Concretes", Ulf Sturesson, Nicolai Dunger, Sofia Karlsson, and many more. Is also a song-writer and a master of string-arrangements.

* Johan Berthling - Double bass
Runs the record-label "Häpna", plays in "Tape" .Has played in tons of bands. For instance with "David Grubbs", "Tim Barnes" members of "Sonic Youth" , "Stina Nordenstam" and many more.... Writes amazing arrangements. Seems to have the energy of ten people!
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