Standfast

Standfast is a two-piece Swedish band, formed in 1997 and comprising singer Suzanne Mosson and guitarist Patrick Tucker. The duo are best known for their 2001 single, "Carcrashes".

History

In 1997, Suzanne Mosson met Patrick Tucker, then a studio and tour musician, in Stockholm and they decided to try their luck as a team. They rented a tiny rehearsal studio, acquired an 8-track recorder and a cheap red plastic organ and started writing and recording. They soon had a bunch of songs and set out to get a record deal.

Suzanne and Patrick wanted to present their songs to a record company in person, but EMI refused telling them to send a demo or "forget it". Two days later they called and said they liked "No Longer" and wanted to sign the band.

Their self-titled debut album was released in 2001 and several years later their follow up album "Beneath & Beyond" was released on August 28, 2008, on their own label - Beastie Music Records. It was recorded by Christoffer Lundqvist at his Aerosol Grey Machine studio on and off between September 2005 and July 2006.

Patrick's brother Ava plays a number of various and odd-looking keyboards, Jens Jansson drums and CL recorded, produced, mixed, mastered and plays bass plus a large variety of instruments. The first single to be released from the album is "Devil".

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

• "Carcrashes"
• "Look At Me Now"
• "No Longer"

Singles "Beneath & Beyond"

• "Devil" (Swedish release)

• "Bring Me Home" (Swedish release)

• "The Unknown" (Swedish release)

In popular culture

• Standfast is well known in the Mandarin music scene due to the appearance of their track "Lullaby for Lucas" in the Hong Kong/Singapore movie Turn Left, Turn Right.
• The single Carcrashes has been covered by Taiwanese singer Valen Hsu.
• Standfast's song "Skin to Skin" was recently featured on an episode of The L Word.

External links

• Official website (offline)