Darwin Deez is an American indie band from New York City signed to music label Lucky Number Music. The group's frontman, Darwin Deez (Darwin Merwan Smith), grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, attended Wesleyan University, and has been a guitarist for Creaky Boards. Darwin Smith lives in Brooklyn, New York.
History The band began to receive public attention in the United Kingdom during late 2009, which followed the release of the band's debut single, "Constellations". In April 2010, the band released their second single, "Radar Detector", which reached number 62 in the UK Singles Chart, number 5 on the UK Indie Chart. He has appeared on the cover of the NME and was placed in the Top 10 of their annual Cool List. The band's self-titled debut album, Darwin Deez, was released on 12 April 2010 in the United Kingdom and on 22 February 2011 in the United States. The third single from the album, "Up In The Clouds", was released on 12 July 2010.
In February 2011, they released a mixtape titled Wonky Beats and announced in a March interview at the SXSW music festival that they'd made it free to download. Darwin Deez embarked on a tour of Australia in April 2011, during which time they played at the Groovin the Moo festival and a number of side-shows.
In February 2013, Darwin Deez released their second album titled Songs for Imaginative People and went on tour to support the album.
Darwin Deez released their third studio album, titled Double Down, on September 18, 2015, via Lucky Number.
Their latest album, 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart, was released in 2018.
In 2018, the band embarked on a House Show Tour, booking performances at fans' homes across the country. The tour was filmed as a documentary by Sound It Out films.
Discography
Albums
Year Album details Chart Peak PositionsUKUKIND 2010 Darwin Deez Released: 10 May 2010 Genre: Indie pop Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download613 2013 Songs for Imaginative People Released: 11 February 2013 Genre: Indie rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download 91 — 2015 Double Down Released: 18 September 2015 Genre: Indie rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download — —2018 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart Released: 31 August 2018 Genre: Indie rock, electronic Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download——2024 Of Course I Still Love You Released: 17 December 2024 Genre: Indie rock, electronic Label: Lucky Number Format: digital download––
Mixtapes
Year Album details Chart Peak PositionsUKUKIND2011Wonky Beats Released: 25 January 2011 Genre: Hip Hop/Rap Label: N/A (Self Released) Format: digital download——
Singles YearTitlePeak PositionsAlbumUKUKIND2009"Constellations"––Darwin Deez2010"Radar Detector"625"Up In The Clouds"12013"Constellations" (re-release)17415"Bad Day"––2012"You Can't Be My Girl"——Songs For Imaginative People2013"Free (The Editorial Me)"——2015"Kill Your Attitude"——Double Down"Time Machine"——"The Mess She Made"——2018"The World's Best Kisser"——10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart"Queen of Spades"——"Say It First"——2021"The Birthday Song"——Good Ribbons EP2024"Caroline"——
Music videos YearTitleDirector2010"Radar Detector"Ace Norton"Up In the Clouds"Tom Kingsley"Constellations"Terri Timely"DNA"Miles Crawford2012"Free (The Editorial Me)"Ninian Doff2013"You Can't Be My Girl"Keith Schofield 2015"Kill Your Attitude"Dent De Cuir "The Mess She Made"Oscar Hudson2018"The World's Best Kisser""Say It First"Darwin Smith
Nominations
Berlin Music Video Awards, Best Concept for 'The Mess She Made' Berlin Music Video Awards, Best VFX for 'KILL YOUR ATTITUDE'
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