Darwin Deez

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Darwin Deez
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Darwin Deez performing at Bestival 2010
Background information
Origin New York, New York, United States
Genres
Years active2009–present
LabelsLucky Number Music
MembersDarwin Merwan Smith
Greg Richardson
Andrew Hoepfner
Tim McCoy
Past membersAngela Carlucci
Zachary Cole Smith
Michelle Dorrance
Nicholas Van Young
Website darwindeez.com

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.

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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 and announced in a March interview [1] at the SXSW music festival that they'd made it free to download. 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 [2] [3] and went on tour to support the album. [4]

Darwin Deez released their third studio album, titled Double Down, on September 18, 2015, via Lucky Number. [5]

Their latest album, 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart, was released in 2018. [6]

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. [7]

Discography

Albums

YearAlbum detailsChart Peak Positions
UK
[8]
UK
IND
2010 Darwin Deez 613
2013Songs for Imaginative People91
2015Double Down
201810 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart
2024of course i still love you

Mixtapes

YearAlbum detailsChart Peak Positions
UK
[9]
UK
IND
2011Wonky Beats
  • Released: 25 January 2011
  • Genre: Hip Hop/Rap
  • Label: N/A (Self Released)
  • Format: digital download

Singles

YearTitlePeak PositionsAlbum
UK UK
IND
2009"Constellations"Darwin Deez
2010"Radar Detector"625
"Up In The Clouds"120 [10] 13
"Constellations" (re-release)17415
"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
"Queen of Spades"
"Say It First"
2021"The Birthday Song"Good Ribbons EP
2024"Caroline"TBA

Music videos

YearTitleDirector
2010"Radar Detector"Ace Norton [11]
"Up In the Clouds"Tom Kingsley [12]
"Constellations"Terri Timely [13]
"DNA"Miles Crawford [14]
2012"Free (The Editorial Me)"Ninian Doff [15]
2013"You Can't Be My Girl"Keith Schofield [16]
2015"Kill Your Attitude"Dent De Cuir [17]
"The Mess She Made"Oscar Hudson [18]
2018"The World's Best Kisser"
"Say It First"Darwin Smith [19]

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