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Heroes and Zeros, new from Norway

I have been listening to Heroes and Zeros‘ Strange Constellations all day, and have been overhearing it in my office all last week. They remind me of something in between Rival Schools, Voicst, and that Paul van Dyk song “Time Of Our Lives”.

Heroes and Zeros are one of Oslo’s most promising young bands, winning a Norwegian radio (NRK) demo competition called “Urørt” (untouched) in 2006 with their first EP, Circles. They then signed with Nightliner/Universal Music Norway and spent the winter of 2006 in Propeller Recording Division with producer Thomas Tofte, recording their debut album Strange Constellations.

Download “Cellophane” (mp3), the version from their 2006 Circles EP.

[audio:http://www.heroesandzeros.net/heroesradio/mp3/Cellophane.mp3]

To listen to tracks from Strange Constellations, head to the band’s Myspace page, or you can also stream some tracks here on the band’s website.