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Picture from Dagbladet
Dagbladet has an interesting interview with Magne and Paul today, where they talk in detail about the new direction they have taken with the new album.
“Foot Of The Mountain is an album which makes its mark in a good way, there is more vitality here than in a long time. The album can almost be heard as a tribute to the original idea of a-ha”, Magne says in the interview.
A full English translation is now available here.
ABC Nyheter reports that a-ha will be holding a press conference at the Norwegian embassy in Berlin next Thursday, 11 June.
This is not the first time a-ha are doing a press conference at the Norwegian embassy. They did the same back in 2002, to promote the release of the Lifelines album.
I mentioned yesterday that the download version of the new album would be available on Platekompaniet.no in Norway three days before the CD release. But someone has changed their mind, and the album won’t be available for download until 15 June, the same day as the CD.
But not to worry, as it seems that the whole album will be streamed for free on Universal Norway’s website this coming Monday, June 8th.
Some chart updates:
“Foot Of The Mountain” enters the Austrian single chart at number 28, while it enters the Swiss single chart at number 33.
a-ha will sign copies of their new album Foot Of The Mountain at Oslo City shopping center on Monday, 15 June at 17.00.
This will take place at the same Platekompaniet record store where Morten did his Letter From Egypt signing session last year.
And Platekompaniet’s online store will have the new album available for download in Norway three days before the CD is released. June 12th at 12.00, to be precise.
Some great news from Germany:
a-ha.com reports that “Foot Of The Mountain” has entered the official German Top 100 single chart at number 3!
This is the highest single entry in Germany for a-ha since “Take On Me” in 1985, and is a result of a big promotional campaign, lots of radio airplay and two high-profile TV-performances.
In Norway the single remains at number 4 on the airplay chart in its fourth week, while it re-enters the single chart at number 17.
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Amazon.de has posted a small video clip of a-ha to promote the new album. It can be seen here.
Foot Of The Mountain is currently number 3 on Amazon.de’s Top 100 bestselling music chart, ten days before the album is released.
Over on YouTube there is a clip of a-ha meeting the German band Reamonn and its lead singer Rea Garvey backstage at “The Dome” in Munich on 22 May. You may remember Reamonn as one of the support bands during the German leg of the “Minor Earth | Major Sky”-tour back in 2000.
And here is a short clip from “Taff”, backstage at “Germany’s Next Top Model” on 21 May.
BTW, the “Foot Of The Mountain” music video is currently set to premiere on German television on 11 June.
Morten and Paul on “The Dome”
a-ha’s performance of “Foot Of The Mountain” on the German TV-show “The Dome” was broadcast on RTL2 last night.
It can be seen on YouTube here.
Morten and Inez’ appearance on the UK TV-show “All Star Mr & Mrs” was also broadcast last night on ITV.
They ended up scoring 3 out of 9 correct answers, and decided to donate their £5000 to the Norwegian Refugee Council.
A video of the show is available here.
Two upcoming a-ha specials on German TV have been announced:
– 19 June: WE LOVE in Concert: a-ha – “Foot of the Mountain” (Pro7)
– 28 June: Music Special: “a-ha Documentary – Foot Of The Mountain” (Sat1)
And the Norwegian release date of the album has also been changed now – it will be out on 15 June.
a-ha on Brisant
30-second audio samples of all ten songs on the upcoming album are now available on Amazon.de.
And the “Brisant” report which was originally scheduled to air last Friday was shown on SAT1 today. Although most of the footage is from 2005, we also get a glimpse from the FOTM video shoot in Berlin last week.
The “Brisant” clip can be seen on YouTube here.
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Chart positions for “Foot Of The Mountain” in Norway so far:
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Hit 40 |
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And be sure to read these interesting new interviews on a-ha.com:
– Martin Kvamme on the new a-ha cover designs
– Short interview with Karl Oluf Wennerberg
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Picture from Dagbladet
Dagbladet has an interview with a-ha in today’s paper edition.
They talk about the new album, the new music video and promotion plans.
Morten says about the new album:
“This album represents a clear decision when it comes to choosing a specific direction. We have tried to limit ourselves and returned to a more synth-based sound. That’s been a wonderful thing to do. I see it as a revitalization of us as band.”
A full translation of the Dagbladet interview is now available here.
A press release posted on Bandweblogs.com reveals that the upcoming album Foot Of The Mountain will be released in the UK on 13 July. And the single gets a UK release the week before, July 6.
Paul says about the single lyrics:
“It’s the dilemma of loving a city life, yet secretly wondering if we’d be happier being surrounded by open fields and sweeping mountains.“
