Darwin Deez

Darwin Deez
Origin	New York City United States of America
Genres	Indie pop Hip-Hop
Years active	2009-Present
Labels	Lucky Number Music
Associated acts	Creaky Boards, Little Comets, Ram's Pocket Radio
Members
Darwin Deez Mash Deez aka Michelle Dorrance Rhythm Works aka Greg (Deez) Richardson Z. Cole (Deez) Smith Nicolas Deez Van Young Andrew Hoepfner Miles Crawford
Past members
Angela Carlucci Deez Z. Cole (Deez) Smith

Darwin Deez is an American indie band from New York City signed to music label Lucky Number. The group's frontman Darwin Deez (Darwin Smith) attended Wesleyan University and previously was a guitarist for the Creaky Boards and a rapper. They have released an album called Darwin Deez^[1]

Debut album

The band began to receive public attention in the UK 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 managed to reach #62 in the UK Singles Chart, #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 UK and on Feb 22nd 2011 in the U.S.. The third single from the album, "Up In The Clouds" was released on 12 July 2010.

In February 2011, They released a mixtape entitled 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 alongside this tour.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Chart Peak Positions
		UK [2]	UK IND
2010	Darwin Deez Released: 10 May 2010 Genre: Indie rock Label: Lucky Number Format: CD, digital download	61	3

Singles

Year	Title	Peak Positions		Album
		UK	UK IND
2009	"Constellations"	–	–	Darwin Deez
2010	"Radar Detector"	62	5
	"Up In The Clouds"	120[3]	13
	"Constellations" (re-release)	174	15
2010	"Bad Day"	–	–

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2010	"Radar Detector"	Ace Norton[4]
	"Up In the Clouds"	Tom Kingsley[5]
	"Constellations"	Terri Timely[6]
	"DNA"	Miles Crawford[7]

References

1. ^ "Same Six Questions: Darwin Deez.". www.thecmuwebsite.com. 2010-04-13. http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/ssq-darwin-deez/. Retrieved 2011-05-16. 
2. ^ "Album chart for 08/05/2010". Chart Stats. http://www.chartstats.com/album_chart.php. Retrieved 2010-05-09. 
3. ^ http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110528cluk.txt
4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbdLqTh_x4&feature=related
5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loXxn7dMQYE&feature=fvw
6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37sKI7d7-xA
7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQNJgVKE9UY

Darwin Deez photos from Sydney show 2011