LIFE ON EARTH!
Discography:
LIFE ON EARTH!: Look!!! There is... (SUBCD20 2007) CD
LIFE ON EARTH!: Look! There is… (XMLP-SUB21) LP
LIFE ON EARTH!: A Space Water Loop (SUBCD28 2009) CD
LIFE ON EARTH!: A Space Water Loop (XMLP-SUB31 2009) LP
LIFE ON EARTH! /(LIV PA JORDEN!)!: Blomkraftens Frukt (SUB-067-S 2010) 7"
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A SPACE WATER LOOP
The follow-up to the acclaimed debut ”Look!! There is Life on Earth!” The first album was something of a journey past summer green hills and skipping lambs; a celebration of the imperishable eternal beauty and a romantic observation of the world around us. Now the telescope is turned inside out. The focus is on the captain of the project, Mattias Gustavsson's own world. Confusion and contradiction are found in the front stalls, visions of ecstasy next to battles with demons and defunct relationships. The drums are given more space, and a Hammond organ has found its way along the layered vocals and languorousstring arrangements. But even though the sound has grown both harder and bigger, the album is a natural follow-up with equal parts sound experimentation, folk and classic psychedelic pop, based on an acoustic guitar. Besides Life on Earth!, Mattias Gustavsson, among other things, plays the bass in Dungen and is currently producing a coming album with Lisa & Piu. Other members of Life on Earth! are Martin Fogelström, Alexis Benson, Erik Lundin and Johan Holmegard (Dungen). On the album yet another ten or so guests help out as well. Just like the last time the cover paintings and collages were made by New York artists and Lights members Sophia Knapp and Wizard Smoke. The album got its title from Knapp's collage “A Space Water Loop”.

LOOK!! THERE IS LIFE ON EARTH!
The existence of humanity is constantly threatened! War! Climate collapse! Overpopulation, diseases and starvation! No wonder some days feel a little heavy. But let us be frank – we are located in the place of the boat that will disappear beneath the surface last. We are not the ones to be downhearted. And although there’s a lot of people in our end of the boat who don’t contribute with much more than misery, that ain’t us. We are the ones that are well off and appreciate it, who care and give of what we get as long as it lasts. Aren’t we?
 With these thoughts as the point of departure Mattias Gustavsson fantasized about a band playing as if life depended upon it, a backlash against indifference, a celebration and invitation to pleasure, awareness and communion. Not decadent – but Dionysian! He gave it the name Life on Earth!
In the breaks between tours with Dungen, where Mattias plays the bass, he recorded songs to that imaginary band. In Los Angeles, together with the singer/songwriter Mia Doi Todd, the bass player Josh Abrams (Reminder, Town and Country, The Roots etc.), the guitarist Ben Vida (Terminal 4, Town and Country, Pillow) and the percussionist Andres Renteria, and at home in Stockholm with Martin Fogelström (guitarist in The Works and with Anna Järvinen), Erik Lundin (Mylla), Gustav Ejstes (Dungen) and other friends.
The recordings resulted in the album Look! There is Life on Earth!, that was released by Subliminal Sounds in 2007. Now the fantasy band is made real, with Erik Lundin on flute, Alexis Benson (Mylla) on bass, Johan Holmegard (Dungen) on drums, Martin on guitar and Mattias on vocals and guitar.

Reviews of "Look there is...":
Brainwashed
Psyche Van Het Folk
Paper Thin Walls
Psychotropic Zone
Uncut Magazine
Dusted Magazine
Urban Pollution
The Slow Alarm
Almost Cool
Foxy Digitals
Exclaim!
Tinymixtapes

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