A band to watch from Norway

I just love the world getting smaller by all the bands popping up from every country.  I didn't expect to have such cleaned up English language melodic music coming from Norway. I was actually thinking they were from either Portland or the East Coast.  Team Me is the band and their album is called To The Treetops!. I know they played at this year's SXSW.  I've been listening to them since March and I guess they haven't caught on here in the US yet.  They remind me a lot Freelance Whales.

"Show Me" is their first big single from To Tree Tops!.  This song is catchy and damn infectious like bird flu. I listened to it off and on for about a month when it first came out.  If you haven't heard them yet, waste no time and click the link.

The melody on "Daggers" is what made me recall Freelance Whales the most.  I'm betting if some placement agent heard these guys they would be getting played in a ton of TV commercials. Sometimes, you hope bands like this just stay a secret so you don't hear them during the next Taco Bell ad. Yes, I'm talking about you, Passion Pit. "They gotta eat!"

"Patrick Wolf & Daniel Johns" is another great track from this LP.  These three songs should be convincing enough for you to find out more about Team Me.

Just in case you haven't heard of the Patrick Wolf they refer to it in the song title, here's "Time of My Life."  I only link this for the benefit of the American readers.  I'm always a sucker for girls who play violin.  Just saying.