Iceage

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Iceage
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Iceage in Aarhus in 2016
Background information
Origin Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres
Years active2008–present
Labels
Members
  • Johan Surrballe Wieth
  • Dan Kjær Nielsen
  • Elias Bender Rønnenfelt
  • Jakob Tvilling Pless
  • Casper Morilla
Website iceagecopenhagen.eu

Iceage is a Danish punk rock band from Copenhagen. [1] The band was formed in 2008 and has released the albums New Brigade (2011), You're Nothing (2013), Plowing Into the Field of Love (2014), Beyondless (2018), and Seek Shelter (2021).

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History

Iceage were formed in 2008, when the members of the band averaged 17 years old. [2] They signed to Escho to release their debut 7" in 2009 [3] and later on also to Tambourhinoceros in Denmark and Dais Records in the United States. They were then picked up by What's Your Rupture? Records for international release, [4] and their debut album New Brigade was released in January 2011 in Denmark and on 21 June 2011, in the US. [5]

In February 2013, Iceage released their second studio album, You're Nothing , after signing with the independent record label Matador Records. [6] It earned a four star rating (out of five) from Allmusic and four-and-a-half stars out of five from Humo. [7] [2]

Iceage's third studio album, Plowing Into the Field of Love , was released in October 2014 by Matador. [8] [9] All three albums received a nomination for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award. [10] Iceage released their fourth album, Beyondless , on 4 May 2018 through Matador. [11]

The band's chief songwriter and lead vocalist, Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, also performs under the name Marching Church and has released two albums: This World Is Not Enough (2015) and Telling It Like It Is (2016). [12]

On 7 May 2021, Iceage released their fifth album Seek Shelter . [13]

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Live albums

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