Mr Little Jeans

Born and raised in Grimstad, Norway, Monica Birkenes (aka Mr Little Jeans) is the daughter of a shipbuilder and secretary and currently resides in Los Angeles. Birkenes spent her childhood immersed in music, including early influences from PJ Harvey and Massive Attack. In 2011, the Norwegian electro-pop artist first captured attention with her striking, stripped-down rendition of Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs.” In 2014, Mr Little Jeans released the critically beloved debut album Pocketknife, featuring rapturous tracks like “Good Mistake” and “Oh Sailor (Feat. The Silverlake Conservatory of Music Youth Chorale).” NYLON writes “magic…how she managed to fly under the radar for the past few years is beyond us,” NPR adds “Birkenes makes propulsive, epic pop music with gnarled synth lines and alluring textures,” and New York Magazine heralds, “Mr Little Jeans is an awesome girl band to know now.” Birkenes and long-time collaborator Tim Anderson have come back together for her second release — the F E V E R S EP (Out now via Nettwerk Records). Like on Pocketknife, new songs “Stitches” and title track “Fevers” are pop hymnals, sparkling oases that temper but don’t hide the uncertainty of living. F E V E R S also makes a strong connection between Scandinavian musicality and the Los Angeles point-of-view, bringing together everything that has made Birkenes a part of Mr Little Jeans, and vise-versa. 'F E V E R S' EP Out Now: http://smarturl.it/MLJFevers