So it's likely you've heard of this talented American band's music on several adverts such as the backing track of the Assassin's Creed III, the trailer for 'The Host' film made from the novel by Stephanie Meyer. several of Apple's Barcelona retail store opening and a couple of the XBOX kinect advertisements. Once listening to them, you will know you've heard of them even if you didn't know who they were, but you will want to listen to them more.
The band formed in 2008 and are currently based in Las Vegas, in the US however they are starting to take over the UK as well as other countries with their quirky sounds and sometimes almost nostalgic lyrics. The band were signed to interscope records in 2011 after a couple of years of releasing their own EPs and playing in 'battle of the bands' competitions.
Their debut album 'Night Visions' was released in America September 4th and peaked at #2 and became the highest charted debut rock album on the Billboard 200 chart since around 2006 and were then listed as one of 2012's 'Brightest new stars' by Billboard magazine.
Their songs have been featured on several adverts as I first mentioned, but they have also been performed on Jay Leno, Late night with Jimmy Fallon and Glee did a cover of the band's 'It's Time' from their debut album. They did a 2012 tour in the US and Canada and several countries in Europe, selling them out completely bar 2 shows which were extremely close to selling out.
The band are embarking on a 2013 show next year in much of Europe including the UK and tickets are currently available (I'm looking forwards to their Manchester date in April) and I highly recommend you go see them, the tickets are fairly cheap and I can only expect them to be amazing live, and also you should catch them before they become HUGE in the UK as the band are already fetching over 250,000 Facebook likes and nearly 100,000 twitter followers, they are a must see.
I hope you do listen to and enjoy this band, they are a definite grower and are definitely on their way up.
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