The William Blakes is a

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who released their first record in 2008. The album was called 'Wayne Coyne' in an homage to the lead singer of

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. The band consists of drummer

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, guitarist Frederik Nordsø (the two are

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), lead singer, guitarist and song writer Kristian Leth and keyboard player / trumpet player Bo Rande. The band has won two Danish Music Awards for 'Best Album' 2011 and 'Best Rock Group' 2011. They have also won the Danish Crown Prince and Princess' Culture Award 2012 and the Gudman Foundation Award 2012. Bo Rande is also a member of

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while Fridolin has produced albums for

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and

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and Frederik has produced albums for

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and

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. Kristian Leth has also written two books of poetry. Both the debut album and the follow-up 'Dear Unknown Friend' from 2009 were recorded each in less than a week in the band's house in

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. In Denmark the band has received towering reviews for the albums in newspapers and music magazines.Gaffa's 5 star review of 'Wayne Coyne'
/ref> The band created their own record label Speed of Sound to release the albums. The label has since become a label that also releases albums by other artists and bands.

Discography

*'Wayne Coyne', Speed of Sound 2008 *'Dear Unknown Friend', Speed of Sound 2009 *'The Way Of The Warrior', Speed of Sound 2010 *'Music Wants To Be Free', Speed of Sound 2011 *'An Age of Wolves', Speed of Sound 2012 *'Purple Ball', Warner Music Denmark 2014 *'1991', Warner Music Denmark 2019 *'Europa', Speed of Sound 2020

References

External links

*The William Blakes on MySpacebr>
*Speed of Sound

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