Grouplove

Grouplove

Grouplove, performing at the Vera Project in Seattle on September 30, 2011
Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genres Indie rock, indie pop, synthpop, alternative rock, alternative dance
Years active 2009–present
Labels Canvasback/Atlantic
Website www.grouplovemusic.com
Members Hannah Hooper
Christian Zucconi
Ryan Rabin
Andrew Wessen
Daniel Gleason
Past members Sean Gadd

Grouplove (also typeset as GROUPLOVE) is an American indie rock band that was formed in 2009 by Hannah Hooper (vocals, keyboards), Christian Zucconi (vocals, guitar), Sean Gadd (bass, vocals), Andrew Wessen (guitar, vocals), and Ryan Rabin (drums).

Ryan Rabin produced their debut EP, which was originally released independently, and was later re-released by Canvasback/Atlantic with a bonus track and their hit song, "Colours". Their debut album, Never Trust a Happy Song, was also produced by Rabin and was released worldwide on September 13, 2011.[1]

History

Formation (2009–10)

Hannah Hooper of Grouplove performing live at The Troubadour in Los Angeles on September 17, 2013

Grouplove formed out of a friendship between the five members of the band. Hooper met Zucconi on the Lower East Side of Manhattan after hearing and enjoying his music from his former band ALOKE. Despite having just met, Hooper invited Zucconi to an artist residency in Crete she was leaving for later that week.[2] It was at the Ikarus artist commune in the village of Avdou where they met the rest of the band, Andrew Wessen, Ryan Rabin, and Sean Gadd. Rabin, an accomplished drummer and producer, grew up in Los Angeles with Wessen, a surfer and guitarist. Rabin comes from a musical family - his father is Trevor Rabin, former guitarist of Yes. Sean Gadd, a songwriter and guitarist from London, was also at the commune. The friendship between the members formed quickly, but the band did not form until a year later after Gadd, Zucconi and Hooper pooled their funds together and made a trip to Rabin's Los Angeles recording studio. They played their first show at El Cid in Los Angeles on May 10, 2010. Later that year, the band went on tour with Florence and The Machine on the west coast, and then The Joy Formidable on the east coast. By November, Nylon Magazine recognized Grouplove as one of the top ten in the "Best New Bands in 2010."[3]

After signing with Canvasback/Atlantic Records, the band re-released their self-titled EP, Grouplove, on January 25, 2011. In 2011, the band co-headlined a cross-country tour with Foster the People, and made appearances at Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, Reading and Leeds Festivals, and Glastonbury.[4]

Never Trust a Happy Song and Spreading Rumours (2011–present)

The band released its debut album, Never Trust a Happy Song, on September 13, 2011 through Canvasback/Atlantic Records. They released 4 singles from the album - Colours (which featured on a FIFA game), Tongue Tied (which went on to score the band a no. 1 on the US Alternative Chart and featured in several commercials (including one for Apple, and one for Coca-Cola) and an episode of Fox's Glee) Lovely Cup and Itchin On A Photograph. In support of their debut album, the band went on a headlining North American Fall tour and also performed with Two Door Cinema Club as their main support.[5] In December, the band performed at KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, which takes place at the Gibson Amphitheatre, in Universal City.[6] On January 3, 2012 the band kicked off their sold-out headline tour in Australia at the Factory Theatre in Sydney and continued their tour in Europe in February. The band began their US Spring 2012 tour on March 6 in Burlington, VT in support of Young The Giant.[5] Throughout the sold-out headline tour the band had featured stops at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Sasquatch! Music Festival, and Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.[7]

Grouplove kicked off their Close Your Eyes and Count to Tour Tour on September 25, 2012 at the Roseland Theater in Portland, Oregon,[8] traveling across the country with Alt-J and MS MR as support. Close Your Eyes and Count to Tour Tour ended on November 17, 2012 at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, California.

On Apr 20, 2013, Grouplove released a "Make It To Me" in collaboration with Manchester Orchestra. They announced their second album, as well as debuting the video for the lead single, "Ways To Go", on 10 June 2013.[9]

On September 17, 2013, Grouplove's second album, Spreading Rumours, was released.[10] That same day, Grouplove played a sold out show at the Troubadour in West Hollywood with supporting Australian band, The Rubens.[11] The band then embarked on an 18-show US tour, the Seesaw Tour, on which they played in 9 cities, with two dates in each city - one a more standard show, the other a more stripped back show. They were supported on this tour by The Rubens.[12]

In late 2013, Grouplove started touring with Daniel Gleason. This was temporary and was to allow Sean Gadd to do other work. Although rumors circulated that he left the band, he stated on Twitter that he was still part of Grouplove. Gleason then toured with the band on their 2014 US tour, on which they were supported by MS MR,[13] and their subsequent European tour, on which they were supported by FEMME for the UK dates.

On April 22, 2014, Sean Gadd tweeted, "Thanks for all the love. Grouplove is family and still my favorite band. Sending love. GROUP", leaving his status with the band up in the air. He has posted a song on YouTube called "Dream With Me".[14] On June 19, 2014, Sean Gadd tweeted a series of tweets about his status in the band, the last one officially confirmed his leaving of the band, "I'm so sorry I made a big mistake. I'm making an announcement of why I'm leaving grouplove forever x." [15] This was followed by a post on the band's website officially announcing his departure.[16]

The band played at several festivals in 2014, including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Firefly and Coachella, and will headline the Honda Civic tour in late August/early September, supported by Portugal. The Man. While on tour that year, they performed a cover of Beyonce's hit single, "Drunk In Love".[17]

In 2014, Grouplove released I'm With You, a short form tour documentary about the band. The documentary featured performances from the New York Seesaw Tour shows and a digital album of six songs is set for release by Atlantic.[18]

The band have contributed original songs "Let Me In", to the soundtrack for the movie The Fault In Our Stars.[19] They also contributed an original song, "Everyone's Gonna Get High", to an episode of the second season of the HBO series Girls;[20] and another song, "Underground", to the 2012 Tim Burton movie Frankenweenie.[21] In 2014, they provided the end title song for the Netflix original series BoJack Horseman and the song No Drama Queen for Paper Towns.[22]

Chart success

Grouplove's first single, "Colours", reached number 12 on Modern Rock charts. It was also featured in Madden NFL 12, FIFA 12, and MLB 2K12. The song was also offered as a free download on iTunes for the week beginning September 12, 2011.[23]

Grouplove's song "Itchin' On a Photograph" also rose to fame after Eutechnyx used it in the 2012 game NASCAR The Game: Inside Line

In November 2011, the band’s second single "Tongue Tied" appeared in an iPod Touch commercial.[24] The song steadily grew in popularity, and, after 26 consecutive weeks on the Modern Rock radio chart, hit #1 in June 2012.[25] "Tongue Tied" has been RIAA certified Platinum and sold over 1,000,000 singles to date in the US, and has gone gold in Australia and Canada too.[26] "Tongue Tied" was also used and performed by the cast of Fox's Glee in a May episode of the series, and also featured in a Coca-Cola advertisement. It also appears in the Gameloft racing game GT Racing 2: The Real Car Experience. Later it was used in the movie "Blended" with Adam Sandler

In the voting for Australia's Hottest 100 presented by Triple J, "Tongue Tied" was voted #16th best song of 2012.[27]

The third single off of Never Trust a Happy Song, "Itchin' on a Photograph" went to top 10 at Modern Rock radio.[28] "Itchin' on a Photograph" was featured on the NASCAR The Game: Inside Line soundtrack.[29]

Band members

Current members
Former members

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US US
Pop		 US
Adult		 US
Alt		 US
Rock		 AUS CAN CAN
Alt		 UK
2011 "Colours" — — — 15 29 — — 45 — Never Trust a Happy Song
"Tongue Tied" 42 23 19 1 3 33 90 10 84
"Lovely Cup"[35] — — — — — — — — —
2012 "Itchin' on a Photograph" — — — 10 30 — — — —
2013 "Ways to Go" 120 — — 2 18 60
[36]		 — — — Spreading Rumours
2014 "Shark Attack" — — — 20 — — — — —
"I'm With You"[37] — — — 43 — — — — —

Television appearances

Grouplove has made several television appearances.

Television appearances
Date Show
February 1, 2011 The Daily Habit
March 31, 2011 Last Call with Carson Daly[38][39]
September 21, 2011 Conan
November 18, 2011 Late Show with David Letterman
January 17, 2012 Jimmy Kimmel Live!
June 19, 2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
July 9, 2012 The Today Show
August 7, 2012 Conan
November 29, 2012 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
June 18, 2013 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
June 10, 2014 Conan

References

  1. ↑ "Ryan Rabin Of Grouplove: Down To Business - DRUM! Magazine - Play Better Faster". DRUM! Magazine. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  2. ↑ Fortune, Drew. "Interview With Grouplove’s Christian Zucconi". A.V. Club. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Emily Damon. "Grouplove To Release Debut EP January 25". Mxdwn.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  4. ↑ "Grouplove Announce Spring 2012 Tour Dates". Mxdwn.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  5. 1 2 "Grouplove Announces Fall Headlining Tour". Mxdwn.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  6. ↑ "The L.A. Times Music Blog". Latimesblog.latimes.com. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2015-04-17. Also on the bill for Sunday is local pop act Grouplove, folk rockers Mumford & Sons, Noel Gallaher's High Flying Birds project and glossy New Zealanders the Naked and Famous.
  7. ↑ "Grouplove Announce Slate of National Television Appearances". Marketwire.com. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  8. ↑ "Fall 2012 Tour Dates Announced….More To Come!". GROUPLOVE Music. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "New Music, New Video, New Album! - GROUPLOVE Official Blog". Grouplovemusic.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  10. ↑ "iTunes - Music - Spreading Rumours (Deluxe) by Grouplove". Itunes.apple.com. 2013-09-17. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  11. ↑ Daw, Robbie. "Grouplove Spread Good Vibes At The Troubadour: Live Review | Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on". Idolator.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  12. ↑ "Announcing The Seesaw Tour - GROUPLOVE Official Blog". Grouplovemusic.com. 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  13. ↑ "Spring 2014 US Headline Tour Dates On Sale Now - GROUPLOVE Official Blog". Grouplovemusic.com. 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  14. ↑ "Sean Gadd - Dream With Me". YouTube. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  15. ↑ "Sean Gadd on Twitter: "I'm so sorry I made a big mistake. I'm making an announcement of why I'm leaving grouplove forever x"". Twitter.com. 2014-06-19. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  16. ↑ "a note from Sean - GROUPLOVE Official Blog". Grouplovemusic.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  17. ↑ Bedian, Knar. "Mad Hops: Grouplove". Sound of Boston. Sound of Boston. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  18. ↑ Chris Martins (January 22, 2014). "Grouplove Thrill in 'I'm With You' From New York Concert Documentary". Spin. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  19. ↑ ""Let Me In" Video - GROUPLOVE Official Blog". Grouplovemusic.com. 2014-05-07. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  20. ↑ "Grouplove - Everyone's Gonna Get High [Official Audio". YouTube. 2013-01-11. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  21. ↑ "Grouplove ( Underground ) Soundtrack . Frankenweenie". YouTube. 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  22. ↑ "Paper Towns (Music from the Motion Picture) by Various Artists on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. 2015-07-10. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
  23. ↑ Beth Montgomery (2011-09-16). "iTunes: Colours-Single By Grouplove FREE Download". Ingoodcents.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  24. ↑ "Apple iPod Touch TV ad - Share the fun". Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  25. ↑ "Grouplove Goes to #1; LA-Based Quintet's Hit Single "Tongue Tied" Tops the Modern Rock Chart; Band Performs "Tongue Tied" on NBC's Tonight Show With Jay Leno Tomorrow Night; Performance on NBC's Today Set for July 9". Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  26. ↑ "ARIA Charts - Accreditations - 2012 Singles". Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  27. ↑ "#16: Grouplove - Tongue Tied". Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  28. ↑ "Allmusic.com Grouplove Award listing.". Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  29. ↑ "NASCAR The Game: Inside Line Soundtrack". Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  30. 1 2 "Grouplove - Chart history". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
  31. ↑ "australian-charts.com - Grouplove - Never Trust a Happy Song". Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  32. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2012 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  33. ↑ "Canadian certifications – Grouplove". Music Canada. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  34. ↑ "American certifications – Grouplove – Tongue Tied". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  35. ↑ "New Releases 21-11-11". Official Charts Company. November 21, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  36. ↑ "ARIA Report 1220" (PDF). Pandora.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
  37. ↑ "Future Releases on Alternative Radio Stations". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014.
  38. ↑ "Grouplove appearance on Last Call with Carson Daly". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  39. ↑ "Grouplove appearance on Last Call with Carson Daly". Tv.com. Retrieved 2015-04-17.

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