Shout Out Louds

Artist Description

Collective songwriting is vital to Shout Out Louds' sound. The members of the group rely on and complete each other in the creative process and say they wouldn't want to make music any other way. Listening to their new album, Our Ill Wills, you can sense that it is a cooperative effort. Both their personalities and instruments interlock like a team's group hug before a big game. They did let a few outsiders to join them, though, namely Swedish singers Lykke Li, Markus Krunegård and Dan from Absentee who offer backing vocals to the project. Their producer Björn (of Peter, Björn and John) even called in bandmate John Ericsson, to lend a hand on percussion. From the opening drum roll crescendo to the album's thunderous close, it is equally evident that the band shares Björn's passion for drums and rhythms to create moods. Shout Out Louds songs have what good pop music rests on: youth, infectious melodies, and of course songs about the universal search for love.

The band's original name was Luca Brasi but changed their name when they found out that another band had already used the name. All members have been friends since they were young. The band has toured extensively throughout the world in support of their debut album Howl Howl Gaff Gaff. Their second album, Our Ill Wills, has been released in Sweden and debuted in North America on September 11, 2007. They have also released several videos from their various singles, the majority of which were featured on either TV Guide's "M-Vids" or AOL's Music on Demand services.