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Not to be confused with Mountain (band).
The Mountains
OriginDenmark
GenresSynthpop
Years active2013–present
LabelsWarner Music Denmark
MembersMichael Møller
Fridolin Nordsø
Frederik Nordsø
Websitethemountainsmusic.com

The Mountains are a Danish electronic trio made up of Michael Møller and the twins Fridolin Nordsø and Frederik Nordsø who joined forces to form a synth-pop and electronic music band. The band is signed to Warner Music Denmark and its debut album released on 10 March 2014 is The Mountains, the Valleys, the Lakes. Two singles have been released from the album, "The Mountains" followed by "The Valleys".

"The Valleys" was featured on the FIFA 15 soundtrack.[1]

Members

The trio have had earlier musical success. The twin brothers Fridolin and Frederik Nordsø were members of The William Blakes,[2] a Danish pop and rock group formed in 2006 that also included Kristian Leth and Bo Rande with five studio albums to their name: Wayne Coyne (2008), Dear Unknown Friend (2009), The Way of the Warrior (2010), Music Wants to Be Free (2011) and An Age of Wolves (2013) all on the Speed of Sound record label. They are also well known record producers who have worked with many artists including Burhan G, Brandy, Fallulah and others.[3]

As for Michael Møller he was part of Moi Caprice[2] (stylized as moi Caprice), a Danish indie rock group that also included David Brunsgaard, Jakob Millung, Casper Henning Hansen and earlier Christian Hillesø. The band released four albums, Once Upon a Time in the North (2003), You Can't Say No Forever (2005), The Art of Kissing Properly (2006) and We Had Faces Then (2008) in addition to a number of EPs, Daisies and Beatrice (2002), Summerfool (2002) and Artboy Meets Artgirl (2003) and an album of remixes titled To the Lighthouse.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Certification Notes
DEN
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2014 The Mountains, the Valleys, the Lakes 8 Tracklist:
  1. "The Mountains" (3:28)
  2. "They're Too Many" (3:10)
  3. "A Good Place to Bury Your Dreams" (4:02)
  4. "The Valleys" (3:39)
  5. "Ivalo" (3:47)
  6. "Someone Else's Room" (1:06)
  7. "Can We Make It Work" (3:43)
  8. "Love and Fame and Death" (3:52)
  9. "The Sound of Our Guns" (3:56)
  10. "Between Two Fires" (3:47)
  11. "The Lakes" (4:35)
2016 When We Were Kings Tracklist:
  1. "The Major Leagues" (3:16)
  2. "There Is Always Hope (feat. Disa)" (3:46)
  3. "Changes" (3:22)
  4. "Champagne Sadness" (3:35)
  5. "Black Holes" (4:17)
  6. "The European Fog" (3:21)
  7. "Kings" (3:44)
  8. "You Don't Really Know Me" (4:13)
  9. "Horizons" (3:40)
  10. "Painless" (4:09)
  11. "Dark Matter" (4:35)
  12. "When We Were Kings" (4:22)

References

  1. ^ "Listen to the FIFA 15 Soundtrack". EA Sports. EA Sports. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b GoodBecauseDanish.com: The Mountains - Review of The Mountains, the Valleys, the Lakes
  3. ^ FrostFestival Denmark: The Mountains // King Christian IV’s Brewery — early show
  4. ^ "The Mountains discography". danishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
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