Английская Википедия:Darwin Deez

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Darwin Deez is an American indie band from New York City signed to music label Lucky Number Music. The group's frontman, Darwin Deez (Darwin Merwan Smith), grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, attended Wesleyan University, and has been a guitarist for Creaky Boards. 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 number 62 in the UK Singles Chart, number 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 titled 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 titled Songs for Imaginative People and went on tour to support the album.

Darwin Deez released their third studio album, titled Double Down, on September 18, 2015, via Lucky Number.

Their latest album, 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart, was released in 2018.

In 2018, the band embarked on a House Show Tour, booking performances at fans' homes across the country. The tour was filmed as a documentary by Sound It Out films.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Chart Peak Positions
		UK	UK IND
2010	Darwin Deez Released: 10 May 2010 Genre: Indie pop Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	61	3
2013	Songs for Imaginative People Released: 11 February 2013 Genre: Indie rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	91	—
2015	Double Down Released: 18 September 2015 Genre: Indie rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	—	—
2018	10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart Released: 31 August 2018 Genre: Indie rock, electronic Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	—	—

Mixtapes

Year	Album details	Chart Peak Positions
		UK	UK IND
2011	Wonky Beats Released: 25 January 2011 Genre: Hip Hop/Rap Label: N/A (Self Released) Format: digital download	—	—

Singles

Year	Title	Peak Positions		Album
		UK	UK IND
2009	"Constellations"	–	–	Darwin Deez
2010	"Radar Detector"	62	5
	"Up In The Clouds"	120	13
	"Constellations" (re-release)	174	15
	"Bad Day"	–	–
2012	"You Can't Be My Girl"	—	—	Songs For Imaginative People
2013	"Free (The Editorial Me)"	—	—
2015	"Kill Your Attitude"	—	—	Double Down
	"Time Machine"	—	—
	"The Mess She Made"	—	—
2018	"The World's Best Kisser"	—	—	10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart
2021	"The Birthday Song"	—	—	Good Ribbons EP

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2010	"Radar Detector"	Ace Norton
	"Up In the Clouds"	Tom Kingsley
	"Constellations"	Terri Timely
	"DNA"	Miles Crawford
2012	"Free (The Editorial Me)"	Ninian Doff
2013	"You Can't Be My Girl"	Keith Schofield
2015	"Kill Your Attitude"	Dent De Cuir
	"The Mess She Made"	Oscar Hudson
2018	"The World's Best Kisser"
	"Say It First"	Darwin Smith