New Politics (band)

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New Politics
New Politics Band in OKC November 2010.jpg
New Politics at the Diamond Ballroom in Oklahoma City in 2010. From left to right: Søren Hansen, Louis Vecchio, David Boyd.
Background information
Origin Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres
Years active 2009–present
Labels
Website www.newpoliticsrock.com
Members David Boyd
Søren Hansen
Louis Vecchio
Past members Poul Amaliel

New Politics is a Danish rock band from Copenhagen, formed in 2009. It currently consists of David Boyd, Søren Hansen, and Louis Vecchio.[1][2] The band's sound has been described as a blend of "punk, pop, and electronically induced dance rock".[1] They have released three albums: New Politics in 2010, A Bad Girl in Harlem in 2013 and Vikings in 2015 and are best known for their singles "Yeah Yeah Yeah" and "Harlem".

History

After writing songs together for three years for their respective solo albums (which were never produced), Boyd and Hansen realized they had a group forming. In 2009, the duo sent two of their songs ("Stress" and "Money") into the Danish National Radio P3's Karriere Kanonen ("Career Cannon") competition. Of the 973 bands that entered, New Politics was one of 42 selected to perform—despite not yet being an official band, and not having selected the final line-up. Boyd and Hansen hired Poul Amaliel to play drums. The new trio were among the top four winners and went on to play in a major music festival in Denmark.[3][4]

In November 2009, New Politics signed with RCA. After a brief UK tour, the trio went on to do a nationwide US tour.[3] Because of the group's new record deal with RCA, they decided to move to the United States. They currently reside in a loft apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.[1][5]

The band performed at the South by Southwest festival in March of 2010.[6] On July 13, 2010, they released their first album, the self-titled New Politics. It featured ten tracks, including their hit single "Yeah Yeah Yeah". An official video was filmed in New York City for this single. The album received a mixed review from Allmusic, who thought that the band's influences were too obvious.[7] They embarked on a 30-date tour of the US to promote the album,[4] and supported Thirty Seconds to Mars on the Into the Wild Tour in September and October 2010. They made a second video for their single, "Dignity", and released it on Myspace.com on October 8, 2010. Like "Yeah Yeah Yeah," this video was also filmed in New York City. In autumn of 2010, drummer Poul Amaliel left the band to return to Denmark.

On November 26, 2012, a song titled "Harlem" was promoted as the first single from their second album, A Bad Girl in Harlem, released on May 21, 2013.[8] In late 2013, New Politics' "Harlem" broke onto U.S. radio. Stations like Fly 92.3 began playing the song by request.

From May 28-June 26, 2013, the band served as the opening act for pop-punk band Fall Out Boy during their Save Rock and Roll Spring Tour. [9] On July 21, 2013, New Politics performed "Harlem" at Guy Code Honors at Comic-Con. The band served as the opening act for Pink during her The Truth About Love Tour at select dates until November 6, 2013.[10] [11]They also accompanied Panic! At The Disco for their Europe Tour in November 2013.

In early 2014, New Politics kicked off their Harlem, U.S.A. tour with openers Magic Man & Sleeper Agent. The tour spanned the first few months of 2014 and was their first-ever headlining tour. They opened for Fall Out Boy along with The Pretty Reckless for the European leg of the Save Rock and Roll tour in 2014. They were the opening act for the 2014 tour by Paramore and Fall Out Boy, Monumentour. On September 22, 2014, the band released a new single titled "Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)", the first single from their forthcoming album Vikings, under their new labels, DCD2 Records (formerly Decaydance) and Warner Bros. Records.[12] The band kicked off their headlining Everywhere I Go Tour with Bad Suns and SomeKindaWonderful on Oct. 14th in Washington, D.C. and are currently touring the US and Canada. In April 2015 the band recorded their hit "Everywhere I go" in a made-up language, Simlish, for the game The Sims 4, bringing them more popularity to a different demographic. On May 5, 2015, the band released "West End Kids" as the second single from Vikings and announced that the album would be released on August 14, 2015.

Band members

Current members
  • David Boyd – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming (2009–present)
  • Søren Hansen – bass guitar, guitar, vocals, keyboards, programming (2009–present)
  • Louis Vecchio – drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals (2010–present)
Former members
  • Poul Amaliel – drums, percussion, bass guitar, backing vocals (2009–2010)

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Label Chart peaks
US[13] US Heat[14] US Rock[15]
2010 New Politics
  • Release date: July 13, 2010
 RCA Records — 9 —
2013 A Bad Girl in Harlem
  • Release date: May 21, 2013
 129 1 34
2015 Vikings
  • Release date: August 14, 2015
 DCD2 Records/Warner Bros. Records[16] 129 — —

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US US Alt.[17] US Rock[18] US Adult[19] US Pop[20]
"Yeah Yeah Yeah" 2010 — 16 45 — — New Politics
"Dignity" — 29 — — —
"Harlem" 2013 110[upper-alpha 1] 4 21 39 34 A Bad Girl In Harlem
"Tonight You're Perfect" — 16 23 19 —
"Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)" 2014 — 19 28 — — Vikings[22]
"West End Kids" 2015 — 25 — — —
"Girl Crush" — 31 — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US US Alt.[23] US Rock[24] US Adult[25] US Pop[26]
"Give Me Hope" 2010 — 46 11 42 — New Politics
"Nuclear War" — 20 — — 63
"My Love" 65 11 26 — —
"Berlin" 2013 — 8 — — 55 A Bad Girl In Harlem
"Just Like Me" — 57 10 — 15
"Fall Into these Arms" 34 40 — — —
"15 Dreams" 2015 — 53 — 11 47 Vikings
"Loyalties Among Thieves" — 18 80 — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Music videos

Notes

  1. ↑ "Harlem" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 10 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, which acts as an extension of the Hot 100 for songs that have not yet reached the main chart.[21]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Monger, James Christopher "New Politics Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-09-08
  2. ↑ Ryan, Chris (2011) "New Politics Get A New Drummer", MTV Buzzworthy Blog, 21 January 2011, retrieved 2011-01-23
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Glenesk, Matthew (2010) "New Politics' buzz just keeps building", ESPN, 14 July 2010, retrieved 2010-09-08
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  6. ↑ Jackson, Jill (2010) "New Politics Interview: SXSW 2010", Spinner, 23 February 2010, retrieved 2010-09-08
  7. ↑ Sendra, Tim "New Politics Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2010-09-08
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