''Kokomemedada'' is the fourth full-length studio album from

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band

Komeda Komeda is a Swedish pop/indie band from Umeå. They were initially called Cosma Komeda, named in honour of composer Vladimir Cosma and jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda.Strong, Martin C. (2003) ''The Great Indie Discography'', Canongate ...

, and their third album sung in

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. ''Kokomemedada'' was first released in 2003 on

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and in 2004 in the United States on the

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label. The album is the first Komeda release after the departure of guitarist Mattias Norlander, leaving the band to continue as a trio. The album was more experimental in tone, reflecting years of writing music for theatre, and with a darker tone due to the band's recent bereavements. Most of the songs were assembled in the studio and not performed live. The album contains ten songs (plus a hidden bonus track on the

release). One song, "Blossom (Got to Get it Out)" is a re-recording of Komeda's song "B.L.O.S.S.O.M." from the

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to the animated series ''

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''. "Out from the Rain" might be best known as the song playing in the US advertisement for the

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game '' Kirby: Canvas Curse''. The title of the album is the band name written using the swedish children's cant known as

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Track listing

''All songs written by Komeda'' # "Nonsense" # "Blossom (Got to Get It Out)" # "Victory Lane" # "Fade in Fade Out" # "Catcher" # "Elvira Madigan" # "Out from the Rain" # "Dead" # "Reproduce" # "Brother" # "Check it Out" (

release only)

References

2003 albums Komeda albums Minty Fresh Records albums Sonet Records albums {{2000s-indie-pop-album-stub