New Politics | |
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 New Politics at the Diamond Ballroom inOklahoma City in 2010. From left to right: Søren Hansen, Louis Vecchio, David Boyd. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | Warner Bros.,DCD2,RCA,Big Noise Music Group |
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| Website | newpoliticsmusic |
New Politics is a Danishrock band fromCopenhagen, formed in 2009. It currently consists ofDavid Boyd, Søren Hansen, and Louis Vecchio.[2][3] The band's sound has been described as a blend of "punk, pop, and electronically induced dance rock".[2] They have released five albums:New Politics in 2010,A Bad Girl in Harlem in 2013,Vikings in 2015,Lost in Translation in 2017 andAn Invitation to an Alternate Reality in 2019 and are best known for their singles "Yeah Yeah Yeah" and "Harlem".
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") in to 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.[4][5]
In November 2009, New Politics signed withRCA. After a brief UK tour, the trio went on to do a nationwide US tour.[4] 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 inWilliamsburg,Brooklyn,New York.[2][6]
The band performed at theSouth by Southwest festival in March 2010.[7] On 13 July 2010, they released their first album, the self-titledNew Politics. It featured ten tracks, including their hit single "Yeah Yeah Yeah". An official video was filmed inNew York City for this single. The album received a mixed review fromAllmusic, who thought that the band's influences were too obvious.[8] They embarked on a 30-date tour of the US to promote the album,[5] and supportedThirty Seconds to Mars on theInto the Wild Tour in September and October 2010. They made a second video for their single, "Dignity", and released it onMyspace.com on 8 October 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 26 November 2012, their song "Harlem" was promoted as the first single from their second album,A Bad Girl in Harlem, released on 21 May 2013.[9] In late 2013, New Politics' "Harlem" broke onto U.S.alternative radio, and would briefly impactcontemporary hit radio in the United States later on. Harlem peaked at number four on the U.S.BillboardAlternative Airplay chart, making it their highest ranking song on any Billboard chart.
From 18 January–15 May 2013, The trio toured along with American alternative rock duoTwenty One Pilots during the Winter and Spring portions of theirTrips for Concerts 2013 tour. The band also served as the opening act for pop-punk bandFall Out Boy during theirSave Rock and Roll Spring Tour from 28 May–26 June 2013.[10] On 21 July 2013, New Politics performed "Harlem" at Guy Code Honors atComic-Con. The band served as the opening act forPink during herThe Truth About Love Tour at select dates until 6 November 2013.[11][12]
In early 2014, New Politics kicked off their U.S. tour with openersMagic Man &Sleeper Agent. The tour spanned the first few months of 2014 and was their first-ever headlining tour. They opened forFall Out Boy along withThe Pretty Reckless for the European leg of theSave Rock and Roll tour in 2014. They were the opening act for the 2014 tour byParamore andFall Out Boy,Monumentour. On 22 September 2014, the band released a new single titled "Everywhere I Go (Kings & Queens)", the first single from their forthcoming albumVikings, under their new labels,DCD2 Records (formerly Decaydance) andWarner Bros. Records.[13] The band kicked off their headlining Everywhere I Go Tour withBad Suns andSomeKindaWonderful on 14 Oct. in Washington, D.C. touring the US and Canada.
In April 2015, the band recorded their hit "Everywhere I Go" inSimlish, a made-up language, for the gameThe Sims 4, bringing them more popularity to a different demographic. On 5 May 2015, the band released "West End Kids" as the second single fromVikings and announced that the album would be released on 14 August 2015.[14] In October the band joined Andrew McMahon with special guests The Griswolds, as well as fellow DCD2 artist LOLO on 'The Wilderness Politics Tour'. It began inSeattle and ended inPhiladelphia in November 2015. In early 2017, the band released the single "One Of Us" and was scheduled to tour the United States with band311 during the summer.
On 2 August 2017, New Politics announced that their fourth studio albumLost in Translation would be released on 6 October 2017 and released a new single "CIA" the day after. They posted on Facebook that the new album would focus on life after touring and growing more successful, as well as describing the task of reinventing themselves through the tight bonds that they developed as bandmates over the years.[15] In support of the new album New Politics toured twice during the spring and fall of 2018 across North America.
In April 2019, New Politics had their tenth anniversary as a band. As teased on social media, the song "Comeback Kid" was released on 16 April 2019.
The band announced on 18 October 2019 that their fifth studio album,An Invitation to an Alternate Reality, would be released on 1 November 2019.[16]
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Current members
Former members
| Year | Album | Label | Chart peaks | ||||
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| US[17] | US Heat[18] | US Rock[19] | |||||
| 2010 | New Politics
| RCA Records | — | 9 | — | ||
| 2013 | A Bad Girl in Harlem
| 129 | 1 | 34 | |||
| 2015 | Vikings
| DCD2 Records/Warner Bros. Records[20] | 129 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | Lost In Translation
| DCD2 Records/Warner Bros. Records | — | — | — | ||
| 2019 | An Invitation to an Alternate Reality
| Big Noise Music Group | — | — | — | ||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||
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| US Bub. [21] | US Alt. [22] | US Rock [23] | US Adult [24] | US Pop [25] | |||
| "Yeah Yeah Yeah" | 2010 | — | 16 | 45 | — | — | New Politics |
| "Dignity" | — | 29 | — | — | — | ||
| "Harlem" | 2013 | 10 | 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[26] |
| "West End Kids" | 2015 | — | 25 | — | — | — | |
| "Girl Crush" | — | 31 | — | — | — | ||
| "One of Us" | 2017 | — | 10 | 40 | — | — | Lost in Translation |
| "CIA" | — | 30 | — | — | — | ||
| "Comeback Kid" | 2019 | — | 39 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Ozone" | — | — | — | — | — | An Invitation to an Alternate Reality | |
| "Unstoppable" | 2020 | — | 40 | — | — | — | |
| "Therapy" | — | 30 | — | — | — | ||
| "Holy Grail" | — | — | — | — | — | Escape to Paradise | |
| "Money Makes the World Go Round"(with Jaxson Gamble) | 2023 | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
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