The band members are Anne Marit Bergheim, Marianne Sveen, Solveig Heilo and Turid Jørgensen. Their music mixes genres such as folk music, pop, rock, country and balkan music. Even though the members are from Norway, their lyrics are English. The four members switch instruments often and have a stated goal of playing instruments they haven't played before. They play more than 25 different instruments, including some which are quite unusual in a band setting, such as accordion, contrabass balalaika, zither, ukulele and melodica. The band collaborates with Mats Rybø who has written several of the band's songs.



The band cites many influences that include, Goran Bregović, Danny Elfman, Django Reinhardt and Knutsen & Ludvigsen. Also, for the complete radio broadcast, the band states that they are not only inspired by folk but cartoons as well. They were inspired by Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry, and many of the old cartoons. They were also inspired by all the Disneys. Marianne Sveen says "We don't even have to sound like it, its just if we picture that music, or feel it in our heart and play something completely different, it would be sort of influenced by that anyway." This is all referring to cartoons. Later in the interview, Solveig Heilo states that these cartoons are beautiful because if you see a ship or a pipe, they have a personality, and everything becomes an instrument. "He's playing on a tooth of a hippo and it suddenly becomes a xylophone. So thats how we think when we play as well. We have personalities in the instruments and we play around with them like they were live."



In 2008 the band was chosen as one of the finalists in NRK's yearly Urørt competition for unsigned artists, and got a third place for their song A Bar in Amsterdam. The music video of the song was made by Youtube celebrity Lasse Gjertsen.



Their debut album Le pop was released in September 2008 to favourable reviews. The album was recorded at Propeller Recordings, and the band received a nomination in the newcomer of the year category in the Norwegian Grammy equivalent, Spellemannprisen the same year. They also got nominated for Spellemannprisen for "best debut album of the year" in 2008.



On August 4, 2008, they released their single "Play my darling, play". On March 2, 2010. They released their second single for their song "Tea With Cinnamon". Their other singles are "A bar in Amsterdam", "Demon Kitty Rag" and "Hey ho on the Devil's back".



The band entered the studio on September 18, 2010 to record their follow-up to Le Pop. This came as a surprise announcement after their August and September shows were canceled due to illness. The band has predicted a tentative release date for early 2011.



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