# First Floor Power

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{{Short description|Swedish rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = First Floor Power
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| origin          = [Sweden](/source/Sweden)
| genre           = [Indie pop](/source/Indie_pop)<ref>http://www.lowcut.dk/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188%3Afirst-floor-power--dont-back-down&catid=29%3Aalbum-reviews&Itemid=54{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br>[Experimental](/source/Experimental_music)
| years_active    = 1997-Present
| label           = [Silence Records](/source/Silence_Records)<br>[Crunchy Frog Records](/source/Crunchy_Frog_Records)
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| current_members = Karl-Jonas Winqvist<br>Sara Wilson<br>Per Lager
| past_members    = [Jenny Wilson](/source/Jenny_Wilson_(singer))
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'''First Floor Power''' is an [indie rock](/source/indie_rock) band from [Sweden](/source/Sweden).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusicguide.com/cg/amg.dll  |accessdate=November 9, 2008 |title=AllMusic &#124; Record Reviews, Streaming Songs, Genres & Bands }}{{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> FFP recorded and released their debut EP ''We Are the People'' in 2000 on the Swedish label [Silence Records](/source/Silence_Records). In 2001 their debut album ''There is Hope'' was released. Swedish National TV produced a one-hour documentary about the band which focused on the struggle and attempts of the band in its early career. Their sound has been described as a combination of [afrobeat](/source/afrobeat) and 70s pop music.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.reeperbahnfestival.com/kuenstler.php?lang=en&art_id=41 |title=Artists - Reeperbahn Festival |access-date=2008-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114062749/http://reeperbahnfestival.com/kuenstler.php?lang=en&art_id=41 |archive-date=2010-01-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The band was listed in the "ten albums of the year" in Time Out Magazine.{{cn|date=June 2014}} 

[Jenny Wilson](/source/Jenny_Wilson_(singer)) left the band to pursue a solo career after the band's second album.<REF>{{Cite web|url=http://crunchy.dk/first-floor-power/|title=First Floor Power|date=2 September 2014 }}</REF>

==Discography==
===Albums===
*''There Is Hope''  CD (2001)
*''Nerves''  CD (2003)
*''Don't Back Down''  CD (2008)

===Singles/EPs===
*''We Are the People''  CDM (2000)
*''Time Time'' (EP)  CDM (2000)
*''Love Will Come Knocking''  CDS (2001)
*''The Covers''  7" (2002)
*''Happy Endings'' CDM (2003)
*''The Jacket''  12" (2008)

==Members==
;Current
* Karl-Jonas Winqvist
* Sarah Wilson 
*Per Lager

;Past
*[Jenny Wilson](/source/Jenny_Wilson_(singer%2Fsongwriter))

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.myspace.com/firstfloorpower Myspace]

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Category:Swedish indie pop groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1997

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