Darwin Deez

Darwin Deez
Origin	New York, New York, United States
Genres	Indie pop indie rock
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Lucky Number Music
Associated acts	Creaky Boards Little Comets Rams' Pocket Radio Mystery Jets HAIM DIIV
Website	darwindeez.com
Members	Darwin Merwan Smith Greg Richardson Andrew Hoepfner Tim McCoy
Past members	Angela Carlucci Zachary Cole Smith Michelle Dorrance Nicholas Van Young

Darwin Deez is an American indie band from New York City signed to music label Lucky Number. The group's frontman Darwin Deez (Darwin Merwan Smith) attended Wesleyan University and has been a guitarist for Creaky Boards and a rapper. 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 #62 in the UK Singles Chart, #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 entitled Wonky Beats. 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 entitled Songs for Imaginative People^[1] and went on tour to support the album.^[2]

Darwin Deez released their third studio album entitled "Double Down" on September 18, 2015 via Lucky Number. ^[3]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Chart Peak Positions
		UK [4]	UK IND
2010	Darwin Deez Released: 10 May 2010 Genre: Indie pop Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	61	3
2011	Wonky Beats Mixtape Released: 25 January 2011 Genre: Hip Hop/Rap Label: N/A (Self Released) Format: digital download	N/A	N/A
2013	Songs for Imaginative People Released: 11 February 2013 Genre: Indie Rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	91	N/A
2015	Double Down Released: 18 September 2015 Genre: Indie Rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	TBA	TBA

Singles

Year	Title	Peak Positions		Album
		UK	UK IND
2009	"Constellations"	–	–
2010	"Radar Detector"	62	5	Darwin Deez
	"Up In The Clouds"	120[5]	13
	"Constellations" (re-release)	174	15
	"Bad Day"	–	–
2015	"Kill Your Attitude"	TBA	TBA	Double Down
	"Time Machine"	TBA	TBA

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2010	"Radar Detector"	Ace Norton[6]
	"Up In the Clouds"	Tom Kingsley[7]
	"Constellations"	Terri Timely[8]
	"DNA"	Miles Crawford[9]
2012	"Free (The Editorial Me)"	Ninian Doff[10]
2013	"You Can't Be My Girl"	Keith Schofield [11]
2015	"Kill Your Attitude"	Dent De Cuir [12]
	"The Mess She Made"	Oscar Hudson[13]

References

1. https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/songs-for-imaginative-people/id581055304?l=en&affId=2051894
2. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/12/darwin_deez_rel.html
3. http://www.need406.com/news/6/dd61715.html
4. "Album chart for 08/05/2010". Chart Stats. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
5. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110528cluk.txt
6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbdLqTh_x4&feature=related
7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loXxn7dMQYE&feature=fvw
8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37sKI7d7-xA
9. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQNJgVKE9UY
10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smmErdX4N8c
11. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GinJuHGnPkw
12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM9EDgeS75E
13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r40tpNUQMC8

Darwin Deez photos from Sydney show 2011