Last Days of April is an

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band from

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, Sweden.

History

Last Days of April formed in 1996. The band found some underground success with their first demo release. A full-length was issued in 1997, then an EP on

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in 1998. Their sophomore effort, ''Rainmaker'', was released in both Europe (on Bad Taste) and Japan (on Straight Up Records), and the group toured with

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and The Bufferins in Europe. Their third full-length was produced by Pelle Gunnerfeldt and saw a release on

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in America, while their fourth was issued in the United States by

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. Since 2000, Karl Larsson has been the band's principal songwriter. Following the release of ''Gooey'' in 2010, Last Days of April toured Europe alongside the London-based

band Air Castles the following year.

Members

*Karl Larsson - vocals, guitar *Lars Taberman - guitar *Andreas Fornell - drums *Daniel Svenfors - bass

Former Members

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- bass

Discography

*''Henrik'' (1997) P*''Last Days of April'' (Trust No One Records, 1997) *''The Wedding'' (1998) P*''Rainmaker'' (

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/Straight Up, 1998) *split with Bufferins (1998) *''Angel Youth'' (Bad Taste/

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, 2000) *''Ascend to the Stars'' (Bad Taste/

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, 2002) *''If You Lose It'' (Bad Taste, 2003) *''Might As Well Live'' (Bad Taste, 2007) *''Gooey'' (Bad Taste, 2010) *''79'' (Bad Taste, 2012) *''Sea Of Clouds'' (Tapete, 2015) *''Even the Good Days Are Bad'' (Tapete, 2021)

References

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