Manager :: john@projekta.co

Napoleon IIIrd is James Mabbett, a solo artist from Holmfirth in Yorkshire (although the live setup in the film above includes an accomplished six-piece backing ensemble). Mabbett's second studio album,  a fully formed alt-pop epic entitled "Christiania", was lauded in the mainstream UK' media, including four star reviews in NME, Word, Uncut, MOJO, The Sunday Times, The Observer and Drowned In Sound.

This surge of appreciation saw Napoleon IIIrd start to build a profile throughout mainland Europe with a Wild Beasts support tour, tours of Spain and Scandinavia, and one-off dates for Iceland Airwaves, Tanned Tin festival and PopkommLive in Berlin. The single, "The Unknown Unknown", has a video that topped the MySpace video chart, and it was a number one hit on the global blog aggregator Hype Machine.

Often compared favourably to mainstream psychedelic pop bands like Animal Collective and The Flaming Lips, Napoleon IIIrd's press profile and his current fully-fledged live show have shifted him up a gear : from a cult solo project to a widescreen festival band and an emerging international artist.

Christiania Press: http://www.brainloverecords.com/christianiapress 

"An embarrassment of musical riches... a perfect late curio of 2010." **** NME 

"Sheer pop-hook majesty and killer choruses... pure inspiration" - Sunday Times **** 
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"There's an appealing spirit of English eccentricity to James Mabbett's second album... it channelsinfluences as far-flung as Brian Wilson, Balearic house and space rock." - The Observer 

"An inarguably majestic affair" - **** The Big Issue 

"The Unknown Unknown is like The Arcade Fire set to a dancehall rhythm and produced by Fuck Buttons... the melodies are generous, the emotions writ large, and the arrangements thrilling." - Word 

"Swirling atmospheric backdrops take you on bizarre aural trips... an infectiously entertaining, from-the-heart album" - Artrocker 

"Life and vivacity flows through the album... stunning." - **** Drowned In Sound

"Mabbett holds the extraordinary ability to make challenging music unchallenging, whilst retaining the sense of creative freedom his album thrives on. Christiania is faultless." - The Line Of Best Fit (Recommended) 

"A true master of the kind of outsider pop that's created for bespectacled youths turned off by chart hits." - Loud & Quiet 

"Christiania's dense pop productions merit further investigation and reveal a perverse intelligence at work." - Stool Pigeon 

"Napoleon IIIrd sweats undiluted awesome power. The kind of performance that makes you want to call everyone you care about and tell them they should be here to see it." - The Fly (Live review) 

"Brainlove Records' genius pop Frankenstein" - NME ("Now Booking")