The Most is a Beat band from Umeå, Sweden.
Original members are Frans Perris (guitars and vocals), Magnus Kollberg (guitars and vocals), Mats Westin (drums), Inge Johansson (bass) and Marcus Holmberg (bass and organ). Vinyl EPs being released on the label Ny Våg Records and their own label TMR (The Most Recordings). Drawing inspiration from old Blues, Jazz, Bluegrass, 50-60s Soul, 50-60s R&B but also from bands like The Zombies, The Kinks, and The Who, their music has been described as 1960s retro pop.
The Most was formed by Frans Perris (brother of singer Poul Perris from the band The Facer) and Magnus Kollberg in early 2000 after different working projects, one being named Loving Nature featuring Michael Ludvigsson on drums. The Most final line up was established with the addition of bass player Marcus Holmberg from the band Komeda. In 2007, Marcus Holmberg was replaced by Inge Johansson (formerly with the band The (International) Noise Conspiracy). The Most were spurred on to write Beat music by British Invasion creator Shel Talmy, who liked the song Bad Girl, and Chris Dreja from the Yardbirds.
In 2009, The Most opened for The Sonics. Andy Bell (Ride, Hurricane No. 1, Oasis, Beady Eye) has worked with The Most on various recordings and contributed guitars and vocals on the song Now I Feel from the EP Moderation in Moderation (a title suggested by Andy Bell). A video for Now I Feel was made by Mattias Pettersson.
The band's third EP Resistance is Useless was released in 2010. Again Andy Bell contributed with guitar on one song, Easy When You're Down. In early 2011 a video for Little Girl was released.
Two new videos was released by The Most in early 2012. Firstly, The Action from the Face the Future EP. A few months later the band released Bad Girl from the Moderation in Moderation EP.
The Most first full length album Auto-Destructive Art was released on May 17th 2013. A pre-release took place in Liverpool, UK with three live gigs at the famous Cavern Club. The first video from the album was for a song titled Spiderman.
Discography:
Garageland Records 20th Anniversary CD - Back in the Garage, GRCD 030, 2004
Face the Future - 4 track 7" vinyl EP, Ny Våg 012, 2008
Moderation in Moderation - 4 track 7" vinyl EP, Ny Våg 017/TMR 0002, 2008
Ny Våg compilation - Umeå Vråljazz Giganter CD, Ny Våg I20, 2009
Resistance is Useless - 4 track 7" vinyl EP, TMR 0003, 2010
Auto-Destructive Art - Full length album CD, TMR 004, CopaseDisques Cat no CD013, 2013
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