Vanessa and the O's

Vanessa and the O's formed in 2003 when James Iha, former guitarist and co-founding member of Smashing Pumpkins met Vanessa Contenay-Quinones (Espiritu) and Swedes Andreas Mattson (Popsicle) and Niclas Frisk (Atomic Swing) in New York in 2003.

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James Iha - Smashing Pumpkins - Espiritu - Popsicle - Atomic Swing - New York - 2003

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They recorded the album La Ballade d'O over the next year in between Iha's tour with A Perfect Circle. Meanwhile Quinones went into the studio with Lou Reed to cut an Anglo/French version of "Sunday Morning" whilst also working on new songs with Frisk and Mattson. The album was finally finished late 2004. Pelle Gunnerfeldt who had just completed The Hives album was brought in to do the final mixdown alongside The O's. The album was released by EMI Sweden May 25th 2005. The first single "Bagatelle" was playlisted on national radio in Sweden and Finland in June/July 2005. The band played their first live dates in Sweden on the 13/14/15/16th of July 2005. In September the album was 'Album Of The Week' in influential British record store Rough Trade who described it "...a fantastic album of ?european cool? with breathy vocals over music which sounds like The Concretes, Stereolab or a modern take on the Velvet Underground?we're sure you will fall in love with this album like we have"

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La Ballade d'O - A Perfect Circle - Lou Reed

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