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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">THE DØ SHARE “SPARKS” VIA
<i>CONSEQUENCE OF SOUND</i>!<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Shake Shook Shaken</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> out January 27<sup>th</sup>,
2015 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(Credit: Alice Moitié)</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“[‘Lick My Wounds’] is at once grand and intimate, like all the best pop.” –
<b>Pitchfork</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“[‘Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy’] is an invigorated, emotionally savvy cut of synth pop…” –
<b>The FADER<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“The duo’s minimalist approach [on ‘Sparks’] is hardly noticeable on this grand, sweeping ballad, a bold mixture of glitchy electronics
and a romantic-to-the-Nth degree string section. The heart and soul, though, is Merilahti’s vocals, a croon of equal parts angel and introvert that really sets off the overall sonic dichotomy.” –
<b>Consequence of Sound</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">“[‘Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy’ is] a shimmering feel-good slice of synth-pop with big vocals from singer Olivia Merilahti.” –
<b>We All Want Someone To Shout For</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">French-Finnish duo
<b>The Dø</b> are already #1 in France with the <b>Best Alternative Album of 2014</b> on iTunes, and they are poised to take over the U.S. with the release of
<b><i>Shake Shook Shaken</i></b> on <b>January 27<sup>th</sup></b>. Today the band shares a stunning new track from the album entitled “<b>Sparks</b>,” which front woman
<b>Olivia Merilahti </b>described to <b><i>Consequence of Sound</i></b> as “a song about people in exile searching for new cities, new landmarks, traveling through no man's land. It's the poetic side of a post-apocalyptic situation.”
<a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/12/the-do-announce-new-album-shake-shook-shaken-share-sparks-listen/">
<span style="color:blue">PRESS HERE</span></a> to listen to the track now. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAXmgId3NTQ"><span style="color:blue">PRESS HERE</span></a> to watch the video for the album’s first single “<b>Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy</b>” via
<b><i>The Fader</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17201-the-d-lick-my-wounds/"><span style="color:blue">PRESS HERE</span></a> to listen to “<b>Lick My Wounds</b>” and read the track review via
<b><i>Pitchfork</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Dø</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> continue their European domination this Winter with a nearly sold-out tour, a performance on France’s biggest TV show
<a href="http://www.canalplus.fr/c-divertissement/c-musique/pid5065-live-du-grand-journal.html?vid=1140973">
<b><i><span style="color:blue">Le Grand Journal</span></i></b></a>, a recent cover story in France’s coolest music magazine
<b><i>Les Inrocks</i></b>, and a killer live remix performance of the album’s first single, “<b>Despair Hangover & Ecstasy</b>” via
<b><i>Comité des Reprises</i></b>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDJRtzdTBhk&list=PLYMuNGlHAOjft70B4tIQkFmonkLWtdl8F">
<span style="color:blue">PRESS HERE</span></a> to watch and prepare to have your mind blown by the song’s transformation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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