LANY

LANY is a three-piece alternative dreampop band from Los Angeles consisting of Paul Jason Klein, Jake Goss and Les Priest. The group formed in March 2014.

History

LANY formed in March 2014 when Paul Klein(A beautiful human), who had a small solo career, flew to Nashville to meet up with Jake Goss and Les Priest. Previously, Goss and Priest had a separate project by the name of WRLDS, but this was discontinued after the formation of LANY.[1] The following month they uploaded two songs, 'Hot Lights' and 'Walk Away', to SoundCloud incognito in order to differentiate between their old and new projects. Their debut EP, 'Acronymns' followed later that year, with song 'ILYSB' generating significant traffic online. Singles 'Made In Hollywood' and 'Bad, Bad, Bad' soon followed, along with the reveal of their identities.

In 2015, LANY embarked on American tours supporting Twin Shadow, Tove Styrke, X Ambassadors,Troye Sivan and Halsey.[2] A second EP was released titled ' I Loved You.', as well as festival appearances including Lollapalooza.

In December 2015, after signing to Polydor Records,[3] a re-release EP titled 'Make Out' was released; consisting of all songs (bar two: Hotlights and OMG) released prior to 'I Loved You.'. Shortly after this, a UK support tour with Ellie Goulding was announced for March 2016 and a live stripped back version of 'ILYSB' was released on YouTube.[4] A US support tour with Troye Sivan ran through February, followed by the announcement of their first US headline tour in May.[5] On March 11, 2016, LANY released a single titled "WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FRIENDS". The track debuted on Beats 1 with Zane Lowe.[6] One month later, LANY released their first official music video for their latest single "WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FRIENDS".[7]

After their headline tour in May, LANY is set to play a series of festivals in Summer 2016, such as Bonnaroo, Firefly, and Outside Lands.[8]

Name

'LANY' is an acronym for 'Los Angeles New York'. Klein addressed the name in an interview;

"We knew we wanted a four-letter word because of design and aesthetic purposes, but as you can imagine, all the four-letter words in the entire world are taken. We moved to acronyms and for a while we thought we would be TTYL, but then we decided we didn’t want to be 13 for the rest of our lives. I eventually thought of the span across the country from L.A. to New York, and at first I was thinking it would be L-A-N-Y, but people kept getting confused on how to pronounce it when I told them, saying things like ’L-A-and-Y?’ So then we’re like forget it—let’s call ourselves LANY, pronounced Lay-Nee." [1]

Releases

Release Year Tracks
Hot Lights / Walk Away 2014
  1. Hot Lights
  2. Walk Away
Acronyms - EP 2014
  1. (OMG)
  2. ILYSB
  3. BRB
Made In Hollywood 2014
  1. Made In Hollywood
Bad, Bad, Bad 2015
  1. Bad, Bad, Bad
I Loved You. - EP 2015
  1. 4EVER!
  2. youarefire
  3. Someone Else
  4. I Don't Care
  5. Bad, Bad, Bad (Matt DiMona Remix)
Make Out - EP 2015
  1. ILYSB
  2. Walk Away
  3. Bad, Bad, Bad
  4. Made In Hollywood
  5. BRB; Kiss
  6. ILYSB (Stripped)
WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FRIENDS 2016
  1. WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FRIENDS

Members

Current

References

  1. 1 2 Firman, Tehrene. "Heard of LANY? Well Listen Up, Because They're About to Become Your New Favorite Band | Teen Vogue". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  2. ↑ "LANY Makes Catchy Electro-Soul On 'Make Out' EP (INTERVIEW) - Glide Magazine". Glide Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  3. ↑ "LANY have signed to Polydor Records". Project U. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  4. ↑ LANYVEVO (2016-01-26), LANY - ILYSB (Live in Los Angeles), retrieved 2016-03-09
  5. ↑ "LANY Official Website". thisislany.com. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
  6. ↑ "Listen to “World First: LANY - "WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FRIENDS"” posted by Zane Lowe on Apple Music.". Apple Music. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
  7. ↑ LANYVEVO (2016-04-11), LANY - WHERE THE HELL ARE MY FRIENDS, retrieved 2016-04-13
  8. ↑ "LANY on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
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