Standfast

Standfast is a two-piece Swedish band, formed in 1997 and comprising singer and guitarist . The duo is best known for their 2001 single, "Carcrashes".

History[]

In 1997, Suzanne Mosson met Patrick Tucker, then a studio and tour musician, in Stockholm and they decided to try their luck as a team. They rented a tiny rehearsal studio, acquired an 8-track recorder and a cheap red plastic organ and started writing and recording. They soon had a bunch of songs and set out to get a record deal.

Suzanne and Patrick wanted to present their songs to a record company in person, but EMI refused telling them to send a demo or "forget it". Two days later they called and said they liked "No Longer" and wanted to sign the band.

Their self-titled debut album was released in 2001 and several years later their follow up album "Beneath & Beyond" was released on August 28, 2008, on their own label - Beastie Music Records. It was recorded by Christoffer Lundqvist at his Aerosol Grey Machine studio on and off between September 2005 and July 2006.

Patrick's brother Ava played a number of various and odd-looking keyboards, Jens Jansson drums and CL recorded, produced, mixed, mastered and played bass plus a large variety of instruments. The first single to be released from the album was "Devil".

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Singles[]

• "Carcrashes"
• "Look At Me Now"
• "No Longer"

Singles "Beneath & Beyond"[]

• "Devil" (Swedish release)
• "Bring Me Home" (Swedish release)
• "The Unknown" (Swedish release)

In popular culture[]

• Standfast is well known in the Mandarin music scene due to the appearance of their track "Lullaby for Lucas" in the Hong Kong/Singapore movie Turn Left, Turn Right.
• The single Carcrashes has been covered by Taiwanese singer Valen Hsu.
• Standfast's song "Skin to Skin" was recently featured on an episode of The L Word.

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