Founded by Calle Thoor and Cristian Ekman in 2005 in Alingsås, Sweden due to their love of British shoegaze and American indie rock. Their first self-released EP, The Great Exposition EP, came out in July 2005 and was recorded in only two days. It was a mix of spacerock, neo-psychedelia and alternative rock/pop. The following year, Postcard EP, revealed a darker, less psychedelic, and more shoegazy and introspective side of 1969 Armstrong. The latest EP, Salient Night, was released on myspace.com in April 2007. Again, rather than threading water, the band tried out new grounds wit…
read more