Frantz Andreassen
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"It is said that Dizzy Kiss was the album that lifted indie Norway out of the underground".​​​
Fred Gerhard Strand
The Lionheart Brothers had their breakthrough with the album Dizzy Kiss in 2007, a 36-minute tribute to Brian Wilson and My Bloody Valentine. Dagbladet (one of Norway’s largest daily newspapers) awarded it five out of six, praising it as “performed with heart-pounding love for the music,” and quickly declared it one of the albums of the year.
Marcus Forsgren
Little did Trondheim native Marcus Forsgren and Fred Gerhard Strand know, when they started The Lionheart Brothers in 1998, that the band would a few years later be singled out as one of Norway’s leading acts in psychedelic pop and rock.​“The vision for the band was to create something no one had heard before,” says Forsgren. ​​​​
Morten Øby
By coincidence, Trondheim hosted the By:larm festival in 2003. Right in the middle of the festival, Adresseavisen published a review of the album White Angel, Black Apple under the headline “Rarely Beautiful.” “Touchingly beautiful and grand rock from Trondheim’s best indie band,” the reviewer wrote, awarding the album a perfect six. Natt & Dag’s (influential Norwegian culture and music magazine) reviewer gave the band five out of six (and would later admit, after the release of Dizzy Kiss in 2007, that the biggest mistake of his career was not giving White Angel Black Apple full marks). ​
Peter Rudolfsen
With a bang, the band became pop darlings and critics’ favorites in Trondheim, and soon the national press took notice. Dagbladet gave the album five out of six. That same autumn, they were invited to open for Mew at Blæst in Trondheim — a dream come true.
Audun Storset
The Lionheart Brothers were also embraced by critics and audiences in England. The Guardian described the band as “the bridge between Camden and California.” In 2007, the single “50 Souls and a Discobowl” became the third most played song on Norwegian radio station NRK P3, and the band was nominated for both the Spellemann Award and the Alarm Award. Four years later, they released the follow-up album Matters of Love and Nature (2011).