Letting Up Despite Great Faults

Letting Up Despite Great Faults
Origin	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres	Indie rock, indiepop, dreampop, indietronica, shoegaze
Years active	2006–present
Members	Mike Lee Kent Zambrana Daniel Schmidt Annah Fisette
Website	www.lettingup.com

Letting Up Despite Great Faults is an American indie pop/dream pop group, founded in 2006 by Los Angeles native Mike Lee, who currently resides with the rest of the band in Austin, TX. ^{[1] [2]} Pitchfork has dubbed them "shoegaze-y indie pop." ^[3] Rolling Stone and Canada's Exclaim! have compared them to The Postal Service, ^{[4] [5]} while the consensus in the blogosphere has been more M83 and The Radio Dept. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9]} The name stems from Blonde Redhead's song "Loved Despite of Great Faults." ^[10] One of their first songs, "Disasters Are Okay," appeared on the television show One Tree Hill . ^{[1] [9] [11]} In 2011 their single "Teenage Tide" appeared on 90210 . All songs are written and produced by Mike Lee. ^[12]

Discography

Albums

• Letting Up Despite Great Faults (October 13, 2009 US / April 14, 2010 Japan)
• Untogether (October 9, 2012 US / July 25, 2012 Japan) ^[13]
• Neon (August 12, 2014 US / June 4, 2014 Japan)
• IV (March 4, 2022)

EPs

• Movement (August 15, 2006 / Re-released February 24, 2021)
• Paper Crush (August 2, 2011 US / October 24, 2011 UK & Europe)
• Japan Tour EP (October 10, 2012)
• Neon Japan Tour EP (August 6, 2014)
• Alexander Devotion (February 10, 2017 US, UK & Europe)

Singles

• Starlet (January 20, 2017)
• Pageantry (February 3, 2017)
• Keepsake (February 25, 2020)
• Call your girlfriend (April 23, 2021)

Remixes

• Passion Pit – "Little Secrets" (2009) ^{[1] [14]}
• Tape Deck Mountain - "On My Honor" (2009) ^{[15] [16]}
• MillionYoung - "Cynthia" (2010) ^[17]
• Montauk - "Holiday" (2010) ^[18]
• Silver Swans - "Secrets" (2010) ^[19]

Other Appearances

• You Be My Heart (December 2013)

Film and TV

• "Teenage Tide" in 90210's episode Mama Can You Hear Me? (season 4, episode 14) ^[20]
• "Disasters Are Okay" in One Tree Hill's episode Ashes of Dreams Let You Die (season 4, episode 19) ^[11]
• "Shift" in Now Apocalypse's episode Where Is My Mind? (season 1, episode 2) ^[21]

Music videos

• "Teenage Tide" was directed by Chris Ewing and stars Milana Vayntrub ^[22]
• "Details Of My World" was directed by Simón Brand and stars Siri Blomquist ^[23]
• "Gemini" was directed by urzulka
• "Corners Pressed" was filmed by Mike Mangalindan
• "She Spins" was directed and edited by Vanessa Pla

References

1. "( Letting Up Despite Great Faults > Biography )". AllMusic . Retrieved December 8, 2009.
2. "Letting Up Despite Great Faults: 'I Hear You Drowning But I'm Tied'". NPR. August 23, 2006. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
3. "Track Reviews: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "In Steps"". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
4. J. Edward Keyes (December 3, 2009). "Hype Monitor: Oh No Ono, Sharon Van Etten and Letting Up Despite Great Faults : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
5. "Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
6. "Letting Up Despite Great Faults: ready and Able(ton) —". Buzzbands.la. October 15, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
7. "i guess i'm floating: [MP3] Letting Up Despite Great Faults: "In Steps" + "Our Younger Noise"". Iguessimfloating.blogspot.com. October 27, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
8. "kid_for_today: yes to great faults". Kidfortoday37.blogspot.com. February 26, 2004. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
9. Frixone, John (October 9, 2009). "Earworm: Letting Up Despite Great Faults "In Steps" | The New Music". Blog.thenewmusic.net. Archived from the original on December 15, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
10. "Blog Archive » Letting Up Despite Great Faults: Letting Up Despite Great Faults [Album Review]". FensePost. December 2, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
11. "One Tree Hill Music". www.oth-music.com. May 30, 2007. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
12. "ASCAP ACE - Search Results". www.ascap.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012.
13. "Untogether - Letting Up Despite Great Faults". allmusic.com. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
14. "on Rolling Stone!!!". Scottish Friction. October 17, 2009. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
15. "Radio Free Silver Lake: Interview: Letting Up Despite Great Faults". Radiofreesilverlake.typepad.com. November 20, 2009. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
16. "Letting Up Despite Great Faults op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips". Myspace.com. Retrieved December 8, 2009.
17. "Surfing On Steam: Million Young: 'Cynthia (Letting Up Despite Great Faults remix)' MP3". surfingonsteam.blogspot.com. February 2, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
18. "Sheena Beaston: Montauk - Holiday (Letting Up Despite Great Faults Remix)". Sheenabeaston.com. March 11, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
19. "Knox Road: Letting Up Despite Great Faults remix Silver Swans". knoxroad.com. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
20. "90210, 'Mama Can You Hear Me'". CW. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
21. "'Now Apocalypse', 'Where Is My Mind'". Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
22. Letting Up Despite Great Faults (August 28, 2011), Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Teenage Tide", archived from the original on December 20, 2021, retrieved December 17, 2016
23. Letting Up Despite Great Faults (July 25, 2013), Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Details Of My World", archived from the original on December 20, 2021, retrieved December 17, 2016

External links

• Official Website
• Letting Up Despite Great Faults at AllMusic
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• Letting Up Despite Great Faults on SoundCloud