Water from Your Eyes

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Water from Your Eyes is an American indie pop band. The group consists of Rachel Brown and Nate Amos.

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Water from Your Eyes
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Water From Your Eyes in 2024
Background information
Origin Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres
Labels Matador Records
Members
  • Nate Amos
  • Rachel Brown

History

Water From Your Eyes originated in Brooklyn, New York. [1]

Amos and Brown are longtime music collaborators. [2] The duo released their first album Long Days, No Dreams in 2017. [3] In 2018, the duo released their second album titled All a Dance. [1] The duo released their third album Somebody Else's Song in 2019. [4] The duo's album, Structure , was released in 2021. [5] [6] [7] In January 2023, the band announced they had signed to Matador Records. [8]

In early 2023, Al Nardo joined as second guitarist, followed by Bailey Wollowitz as drummer. [9] Nardo and Wollowitz had both previously been members of Sloppy Jane. [10]

Their album through Matador Records, Everyone's Crushed , was released on May 26, 2023, [11] followed by the remix album Crushed by Everyone that November.

On April 20, 2024, Water from Your Eyes opened for Interpol at Mexico City's Zócalo. It was the latter band's largest ever concert, having around 160,000 attendees. [12]

Style

Water From Your Eyes have been described as alt pop, [1] art rock, post punk, [13] experimental pop, [14] [15] bedroom pop, synth pop, shoegaze [16] and indie pop. [17] They describe themselves as dance-punk. [15]

They have cited their influences as Ween, [1] Scott Walker's Climate of Hunter, [2] and the paintings of Mark Rothko. [13]

Members

Live Members

Discography

Studio albums

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