Moi Caprice is a Danish indie rock group with roots in North Jutland. They started in 1993 under the name Concrete Puppet Frog as a high school band. Later they changed the name to Moi Caprice and they were first noticed in 1997 on Danish national radio, with the single ”Art Boy Meets Artgirl”
They recorded their debut album in 1998, but the record company went bankrupt and the album was five years late.
The first studio album ”Once upon a Time in the North” was therefore not released ubtilk 2003.
In 2005 they released their second album called ”You Can not Say No Forever”. The two singles ”My Girl You Blush” and ”To The Lighthouse” were solid hits in Denmark.
In 2006 they released their third album, called ”The Art of Kissing Properly”. The album got great reviews. ”Drama Queen” was the first single and the second single, ”The Town And The City”. Both did very well on Danish radio
In 2007, Moi Caprice won in the Danish category for the year for band of the year.
The fourth album "We had Faces then" was released in 2008.
In 2013 Michael Møller started a new band "The Mountain" with the brothers Frederik Nordsø & Fridolin Nordsø. Their debut album "The Mountains, The Valleys, The Lakes" was released in 2014.
Band Members:
Michael Møller : Vocals and Synth
David Brunsgaard : Guitars
Jakob Millung): Bass
Casper Henning Hansen: Drums
Christian Hillesø: Drums. Has now left the band
Lars Bang Jensen: Bass. Has now left the band
Discography:
1. Once upon a Time in the North - Glorious Records 2003
1. The Only Happy Boy In Copenhagen / 2. Daisies / 3. Riding In Cars With Girls / 4. Artboy Meets Artgirl / 5. ButterFlies / 6. The Sun & The Silence / 7. Summerfool / 8. Air Holes Make Echoes / 9. Girls In The Trees / 10. Berceuse / 11. Once Upon a Time in the North* / 12. So Much For Pathos* / 13. Strange Weather* / 14. Sometimes I feel There's No End*
Rating : 6
2. You Can’t Say No Forever - Glorious Records 2005
1. My Girl You Blush / 2. Cushions Where Softer / 3. Dream Of Cities / 4. Through Loopholes With Love / 5. Tonight Might Prove To Be Your Only Chance / 6. Single Glamorous Woman / 7. Who Served Caviar In The Sky / 8. Thieves Like Us / 9. To The Lighthouse / 10. Be Kind To My Mistakes
Rating : 7
3. The Art of Kissing Properly - Glorious Records 2006
1. The Art of Kissing Properly / 2. Town and the City / 3. For Once in Your Life Try To Fight For Something / 4. A Supplement to Sunshine / 5. Wish You Were Here / 6. Stranger Than Fiction / 7. The Reinvention of Simple Math / 8. I Hate the Place, But I Go There To See You / 9. Drama Queen / 10. They’re Spies, Aren’t They? / 11. Down By the River
Rating : 9
4. We Had Faces Then - Glorious Records 2008
1. Rising and Falling Points of Dust / 2. Love at Last Sight / 3. The Devil Travels Fast / 4. Something Very Clouded / 5. With You and Against Everything / 6. A City Winter / 7. The Same House Seen From All Possible Angles / 8. Someone Spent His Life With Her / 9. We Leave Tonight / 10. Windmills / 11. Postcard Margins
Rating : 8
5.All We Fear Is Love - Glorious Records 2009
1. My Girl You Blush / 2. The Town and the City / 3. Riding in Cars With Girls / 4. Love at Last Sight / 5. tell That Girl / 6. Wish You Were Her / 7. Drama Queen / 8. To The Lighthouse / 9. Daisies / 10. The Sorrow of War / 11. The Devil Travels Fast / 12. The Art of Kissing Properly / 13. Someone Spent His Life With Her / 14. Artboy Meets Artgirl / 15. For Once in Your Life Try to Fight for Something You Believe in / 16. Thieves Like Us // 1. Rising & Falling Points of Dust* / 2. The Art of Kissing Properly* / 3. The Town and The City* / 4. The Sun and the Slience* / 5. Daisies* / 6. To The Lighthouse* / 7. Windmills* / 8. My Girl You Blush* / 9. One Plane May Hide Another*
Rating : 9
6.The Mountains, The Valleys, The Lakes ( as The Mountains ) - 2014
1.The Mountains / 2. They're Too Many/ 3. A Good Place To Bury Your Dreams / 4. The Valleys / 5. Ivalo / 6. Someone Else's Room/ 7. Can We Make It Work / 8. Love And Fame And Death / 9. The Sound Of Our Guns / 10. Between Two Fires / 11. The Lakes
Rating : 6
7.When We Were Kings ( as The Mountains ) - Warners 2016
1. The Major / 2. There Is Always Hope / 3. Changes / 4. Champagne Sadness / 5. Black Holes / 6. The European Frog / 7. Kings / 8. You Don't Really Know Me / 9. Horizons / 10. Painless / 11. Dark Matter / 12. When We Were Kings
Rating :
8.Becoming Visible - Glorious Records 2020
1. Astropastoral / 2. Maureen / 3. Orpheus / 4. My Name Is Nobody / 5. On The Modification of Clouds / 6. I'll Never Be The Same As I Was Last Night / 7. Teenagers / 8. The Romantic Movement / 9. Exit Strategy / 10. Becoming Visible
9.Nine Lives - Glorious Records 2022
1. Islands / 2. Changing Together / 3. Crocodile Tears / 4. You Only Live Twice / 5. Nine Lives / 6. Black Cloud / 7. Someone to Lean On / 8. Eight Years / 9. My Love Stretches Out Like an Endless Summer / 10. Whose Side Are You On
Rating :
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - January 11 - 2015
595All We Fear Is Love - 2009
620 The Art of Kissing Properly - 2007
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My Suggestion For an app. 160 minutes 2 CDs Best Of Compilation:
1. Artboy Meets Artgirl ( Moi Caprice ) Once upon a Time in the North
2. The Town and the City ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
3. The Art of Kissing Properly ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
4. For Once in Your Life ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
5. A Supplement of Sunrise ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
6. Drama Queen ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
7. To the Lighthouse ( Moi Caprice ) You Can't Say no Forever
8. The Reinvention of Simple Math ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
9. Rising and Falling Points of Dust ( Moi Caprice ) We Had Faces Then
10. Tonight Might Prove to be Your Only Chance ( Moi Caprice ) You Can't Say no Forever
11. Chance Single Glamorous Woman ( Moi Caprice ) You Can't Say no Forever
12. My Girl You Blush ( Moi Caprice ) You Can't Say no Forever
13. A City Winter ( Moi Caprice ) We Had Faces Then
14. Stranger Than Fiction ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
15. They're Spies, Aren't They ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
16. Wish You Were Her ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
17. Someone Spent His Life With Her ( Moi Caprice ) We Had Faces Then
18. Love at Last Sight ( Moi Caprice ) We Had Faces Then
19. Riding in Cars With Girls ( Moi Caprice ) Once upon a Time in the North
20. I Hate the Place, But I'd Go There to See You ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
21. Something Very Clouded ( Moi Caprice ) We Had Faces Then
22. Tell That Girl ( Moi Caprice ) All We Fear is Love
23. ButterFlies ( Moi Caprice ) Once upon a Time in the North
24. Down By The River ( Moi Caprice ) The Art of Kissing Properly
25. The Devil Travels Fast ( Moi Caprice ) We Had Faces Then
26. The Sorrow of War ( Moi Caprice ) All We Fear is Love
27. The Sun and the Silence ( Moi Caprice ) Once upon a Time in the North
28. The Art of Kissing Properly ( Moi Caprice ) All We Fear is Love
29. The Same House Seen From All Possible Angles ( Moi Caprice ) We Had Faces Then
30. The Sorrow of War ( Moi Caprice ) All We Fear is Love
31. Be Kind to My Mistakes ( Moi Caprice ) You Can't Say no Forever
32. The Mountains (The Mountains) The Mountains - The Valleys - The Lakes
33. They're Too Many (The Mountains) The Mountains - The Valleys - The Lakes
34. Can We Make it Work (The Mountains) The Mountains - The Valleys - The Lakes
35. The Lakes (The Mountains) The Mountains - The Valleys - The Lakes
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