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Karmin up for debut album release
Amy Heidemann (left) and Nick Noonan from Karmin
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Amy Heidemann (left) and Nick Noonan from Karmin. (Courtesy of Karmin) (left) and Nick Noonan from Karmin. (Courtesy of Karmin)
Amy Heidemann (left) and Nick Noonan from Karmin. (Courtesy of Karmin)
American pop duo Karmin said they could hardly wait to finally release their long awaited first full-length album Pulses, which missed its initial release date in November last year.
Production for their album had begun mid last year, and was set to be released a few months later.
'The album was supposed to come out late in the summer, and then [delayed again to] late fall. Now we are not sure. We're having serious talks with our label Epic Records right now,' Nicholas Louis 'Nick' Noonan, the male half of the duo, said in a recent phone interview.
Earlier, the band admitted that the album had been completed, but were struggling to settle on a release date for the full record.
'We want to get it out as soon as possible but sometimes it's not that simple. We don't have a specific date yet, but we think that it's going to be released either by the end of this year or very early next year,' said Nick.
Nick and his partner Amy Heidemann ' both graduates of the esteemed Berklee College of Music ' got their start by remixing pop hits and uploading their cover videos on Youtube. In the videos, Nick plays the instruments, while Amy sings and raps songs by well-known artists such as Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry.
The duo made their viral break after posting a cover of Chris Brown's 'Look at Me Now', which showcased Amy's lyrical speed and unique singing style, in April 2011.
A few months later they both were signed by veteran talent spotter LA Reid under Epic Records.
'We really have no idea it was going to happen like that. When we started Karmin, we played different instruments. I did not play the piano, Amy did not play guitar or rap.
'When we started making music together, we just wanted to evolve. We had no idea it was going to turn out the way that it did; it just kind of exploded and became a massive step forward,' Nick said.
In May 2012, the duo released their first EP under Epic Records titled Hello. The EP's first single 'Brokenhearted' ended up being their first song to enter Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #16.
Nick said that Hello was more Amy-centric and they tried to share the spotlight in their album.
'The EP was much more Amy, but this one will feature both of us more. It has a lot of live instruments on it with a band coming in and playing on each song during the recording. Each song has a lot of energy, so we want to make sure that when we play these songs live it will be as big as imagined them,' he said.
Nick and Amy are a couple in real life. They met and formed the band when they were in college. In 2010, they got engaged.
'It's very difficult working together as a couple, because we're always together 24 hours a day. We're very passionate and focused on Karmin, so a lot of the time our relationship gets neglected. It's ignored a lot of the time,' Amy said.
The couple had been planning to get married, but then decided to push back the wedding to focus on their full-length album and the subsequent tours.
Karmin will be performing at the annual urban music festival, L.A. Lights Java Soulnation Festival 2013, in Jakarta in the first weekend of October.
'This is the first time we're going to be in Indonesia, we're actually pumped. We cannot wait,' said Nick.
Amy echoed his sentiments and hoped to catch some time off while in the country.
'Hopefully we can have a day off in Indonesia, have a day in Bali. Enjoy ourselves and try to go on a date, get some dinner and hang out on the beach,' she said.
