PETER, BJORN & JOHN w/ Clientele

PETER, BJORN & JOHN
w/ Clientele
September 19, 2007
Tickets $22.00 adv / $25.00 dos
Crystal Ballroom * 1332 W. Burnside * PORTLAND * 503-225-0047
8:00pm
All Ages
Peter Moren from Dalarna in the North of Sweden and Bjorn Yttling from
Vasterbotten - even further to the North - had been playing music together for 8
years when they in 1999 met John - from Norrbotten - which would you believe it
is yet even further to the North! The following year they started a band and
simply called it Peter, Bjorn and John - not due to lack of better names - but
because it felt right. Band names are often ridiculous - so why not just go for
your own name? First they thought that they would recruit a bass player but
after the well known saying "3 is a crowd" thus more than enough - the keyboard
player Bjorn began playing bass. Live the band have learned to use the little
format to its advantage and in the studio well let's just say they have been
known to do overdubs...! With Writer's Block Peter Bjorn and John have made one
of the best albums 2006. These words are sung convincingly by Peter Moren in the
self-reflective "Objects of My Affection". It's as much about the band's
development since they started in 1999 as it is about his personal self.
Writer's Block is Peter Bjorn and John's third album and finds them laughing and
crying more, exposing more of their true selves. Anyone that has not come across
the band before will find their sound and expression is unique, playful and
alive and those familiar with PBJ will only agree that this time they have
changed the musical course and have by far surpassed the previous efforts.