The Districts

The Districts
The Districts at Melt! Festival in 2015
Background information
Origin	Lititz, Pennsylvania
Genres	Indie rock garage rock folk rock roots rock alternative rock
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Fat Possum
Members	Rob Grote Braden Lawrence Pat Cassidy
Past members	Mark Larson Josh Sunseri Connor Jacobus
Website	www.thedistrictsband.com

Rob Grote

The Districts are an American rock band originally from Lititz, Pennsylvania. The group formed in 2009 while members Rob Grote, Mark Larson, Connor Jacobus, and Braden Lawrence were all still in high school.

History

The Districts were formed in 2009 by four high schoolers from Lititz, a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. ^[1] The group self-released two EPs and a full-length album, Telephone, over the course of 2011 and 2012. Late in 2013, after a stint in viral success from a live studio session, The Districts signed with Fat Possum Records, and released an EP in early 2014 consisting of three remastered tracks from their previous releases and two new songs. ^[2] By 2014 the group had relocated from Lititz to Philadelphia. ^[3] In February 2015, the group's second full-length album, A Flourish and a Spoil, produced by John Congleton, also appeared on the Fat Possum label. ^{[4] [5] [6]} This album peaked at #7 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and #28 on the Top Independent Albums chart. ^[7] In August 2017, the band released their third full length album, Popular Manipulations, once again under the Fat Possum label. ^[8]

Members

Current

• Rob Grote - vocals, guitar

  

  Rob Grote at DC9 Nightclub

• Braden Lawrence - drums
• Pat Cassidy - guitar

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  Rob Grote
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  Pat Cassidy
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  Connor Jacobus

Former

• Mark Larson - guitar
• Josh Sunseri
• Connor Jacobus - bass

Discography

Albums

• Telephone (2012)
• A Flourish and a Spoil (2015)
• Popular Manipulations (2017)
• You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere (2020)
• Great American Painting (2022)

EPs

• Kitchen Songs (2011)
• While You Were in Honesdale (2012)
• The Districts (2014)

References

1. The Districts at Allmusic
2. The Districts Are Set to Go National - EP Premiere . Rolling Stone , January 23, 2014.
3. Interview Archived 2015-09-20 at the Wayback Machine , Drowned in Sound
4. Review, Pitchfork Media
5. Review, The Guardian
6. Review, NME
7. Awards, Allmusic
8. Geslani, Michelle (August 11, 2017). "The Districts release new album Popular Manipulations: Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved February 22, 2018.

External links

• Official website