Serena-Maneesh SM-Backwards Vinyl LP 2024

1. Drive Me Home The Lonely Nights II
2. Hear/Bleed Philharmonic
3. Oxygen, Please! II
4. Ballad of Jeze Ballet
5. Blues Like Beehive III
6. Introspection
7. Leipziger Love
8. Never
9. Sehnsucht/Drag Me Upstairs II
10. Degenerate
11. Hear/Bleed Philharmonic III

Although a five-piece live and with too many contributors on record to list, Serena-Maneesh nevertheless essentially remains the work of Emil Nikolaisen - Born in the remote village of Moi into a musical family (sisters Hilma and Elvira often play with the band), Emil is Norwegian rock royalty. It's hard to find a Norwegian band that Emil hasn't either played with or produced, and he's also been nominated for a Spellemannsprisen, the Norwegian equivalent of a Grammy. He's not just influential in his home country either, having released a split single with Fucked Up, worked with Sufjan Stevens, and been invited to share stages with The Dandy Warhols, Nine Inch Nails and Oasis.

In 2008, Smalltown Supersound originally released this glimpse of Serena-Maneesh's early days. Tweaked and all beautifully pushed to the red. Most of the material on SM-Backwards was released as two EPs prior to Serena-Maneesh's much lauded debut album; "Zuruck" and "Fixxations" both on Hype City and Honeymilk Records, covering the time 1999-2003. Due to the fact that the labels didn't have international distribution, the material never got released outside of Norway. In addition to the original EP material, this vinyl reissue also contains new re-wrappings/mixes with contributions from Anton Newcombe of Brian Jonestown Massacre, Kramer and others from the universe surrounding Serena-Maneesh.