The Naked and Famous

The Naked and Famous
The Naked and Famous
Origin Auckland, New Zealand
Genres Indie rock, indie pop, electropop, shoegaze, industrial
Years active 2008 (2008)–present
Labels Somewhat Damaged, Fiction, Universal Republic
Website thenakedandfamous.com
Members
Thom Powers - Vocals, guitars
Alisa Xayalith - vocals, keys
Aaron Short - electronics
David Beadle - bass
Jesse Wood — drums

The Naked and Famous are a New Zealand indie rock band from Auckland. They formed in 2008 when Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith recorded two EPs with engineer Aaron Short, a fellow student at Auckland's MAINZ music college. The EPs were subsequently released on a local independent label and Powers and Xayalith began performing live with Ben Knapp (bass) and Jordan Clark (drums).

In 2009, the group recorded the single All of This. Aaron Short became a performing member of the group and Jesse Wood (drums) and David Beadle (bass) joined the band as fulltime members.

The group then set about recording the single "Young Blood" and their debut album, recording mostly at home and at Auckland studio, The Lab. "Young Blood" debuted on the New Zealand chart at number one in 2010—the first New Zealand artist in three years to do so.[1] The Naked and Famous released their debut studio album, Passive Me, Aggressive You, on 6 September 2010 on their own label, Somewhat Damaged. [2]The album was produced by Thom Powers and Aaron Short and mixed by Billy Bush.

On 6 December 2010, the BBC announced that The Naked and Famous had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[3]

In 2011, the band garnered six nominations at the New Zealand Music Awards for Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Group, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Best Alternative Album and the People's Choice Award. They were also nominated for the NZ On Air Best Music Video and won the MAINZ Best Engineer Award and the MAINZ Best Producer Award.[4]

Contents

Discography

Naked and Famous discography
Releases
Studio albums 1
EPs 2
Singles 4
Music videos 6

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Release date Label Formats Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[5]
AUS
[6]
UK
[7]
IRE
[8]
Passive Me, Aggressive You 6 September 2010 Somewhat Damaged CD, digital download, vinyl 1 25 25 38

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title Release date Label Format
This Machine 5 May 2008 Round Trip Mars CD, digital download
No Light 8 September 2008 Round Trip Mars CD, digital download

Singles

List of singles, showing year of release and relevant chart positions and certifications
Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NZ
[5]
AUS
[6][10]
AUT
[11]
CAN
Alt

[12][13]
GER
[14]
UK
[15]
US
Alt
2009 "All of This" Passive Me, Aggressive You
2010 "Young Blood" 1 26 53 10 30 64 9
"Punching in a Dream" 11 82 23 139 21
2011 "Girls Like You"

Music videos

Title Director Album
"Serenade" Campbell Hooper &
Joel Kefali
[18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
This Machine
"Birds" No Light
"All of This" Passive Me, Aggressive You
"Young Blood"
"Punching in a Dream"
"Girls Like You"
"The Sun"

In popular culture

"Punching in a Dream" was featured in season 2 episode 5 of The Vampire Diaries and in the in the eleventh season of Degrassi.[25] It also appears on the soundtrack for EA Sports' Fifa 12 video game.[26]

"Young Blood" was featured in a promo for the television series Property Brothers, as well as the pilot of Covert Affairs,[27] in the pilot of The Almighty Johnsons,[28] in season 4 episode 13 of Chuck, in season 4 episode 14 of Gossip Girl,[29] and in the season 5 episode 6 Promo of the episode Alo from Skins. It was also featured in the eleventh season of Degrassi,[25] in the third episode of MTV's Awkward,[30] and in the pilot of The Secret Circle.[31] The song is also featured in the film Prom and in its trailer, and in Travis Rice's "The Art of Flight", a snowboarding film released September 7, 2011. As well, the song "No Way" is also featured in "The Art of Flight."[32]

"The Sun" was used in episode 18 of the 4th season of Gossip Girl.[33]

"Girls Like You" was featured in the eleventh season of Degrassi[25] and in the third episode of The Secret Circle.[34]

"All of This" was featured in the fourth episode of The Secret Circle.[35]

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Nominated work Award Result
2010 APRA Silver Scroll "Young Blood" Won[36]
New Zealand Music Awards Passive Me, Aggressive You Gravity Coffee Critics' Choice Prize Nominated[37]
2011 Passive Me, Aggressive You MAINZ Best Producers Won
Passive Me, Aggressive You MAINZ Best Engineers Won
Passive Me, Aggressive You Album of the Year Won
Passive Me, Aggressive You Best Alternative Album Won
"Young Blood" Single of the Year Won
The Naked and Famous Best Group Won
The Naked and Famous Breakthrough Artist Won
The Naked and Famous People's Choice Award Nominated

Personnel

Passive Me, Aggressive You - Technical and production
  • Thom Powers – production, engineering
  • Aaron Short – production, engineering
  • Olly Harmer – additional engineering
  • Billy Bush – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Joe LaPorta – mastering

References

  1. ^ Lambourne, Tim (16 June 2010). "Naked and Famous album set for August release". 3 News. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5qh53kT6x. Retrieved 23 June 2010. 
  2. ^ Graves, Shahlin (17 August 2010). "The Naked and Famous – 'Punching In A Dream' music video!". Coup de Main. http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/music/tidbits/1985-the-naked-and-famous-punching-in-a-dream-music-video. Retrieved 22 August 2010. 
  3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2011/artists/nakedandfamous/
  4. ^ "THE VNZMA 2011 FINALISTS". FOUR. 2011. http://www.four.co.nz/TV/Home/VodafoneNZMusicAwards/Finalists.aspx. Retrieved September 17, 2011. 
  5. ^ a b "The Naked and Famous in New Zealand charts". charts.org.nz. Hung Medien. http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Naked+And+Famous. Retrieved 23 June 2010. 
  6. ^ a b "The Naked and Famous in Australian charts". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Naked+And+Famous. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
  7. ^ UK Albums Chart - Week Ending 26 March 2011 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  8. ^ Irish Albums Chart - Week Ending 24 March 2011 Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  9. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". 26 December 2010. http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=61. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  10. ^ "Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 17th January 2011". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5vrZUhiFU. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 
  11. ^ Austria Charts
  12. ^ Canadian rock/alternative chart canadianrockalt.blogspot.com
  13. ^ Canadian rock/alternative chart canadianrockalt.blogspot.com
  14. ^ German Positions
  15. ^ UK Singles Chart - New Entries of Week Ending: 18 December 2010
  16. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles". 28 November 2010. http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=61. Retrieved 3 December 2010. 
  17. ^ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Blood_(The_Naked_and_Famous_song). Retrieved 31 October 2011. 
  18. ^ The Naked and Famous - Serenade (YouTube). 23 February 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etaGZN4Qrfk. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  19. ^ The Naked and Famous - Birds (YouTube). 23 February 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2MsZ6ZWR6w. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  20. ^ The Naked and Famous - All of This (YouTube). 11 February 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MR3wfzLOio. Retrieved 13 February 2011. 
  21. ^ The Naked and Famous - Young Blood (YouTube). 13 May 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdO85Qf4Poc. Retrieved 13 September 2010. 
  22. ^ The Naked and Famous - Punching In a Dream (YouTube). 16 August 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCcUXEC5_eU. Retrieved 13 September 2010. 
  23. ^ The Naked and Famous - Girls like You (YouTube). 1 December 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHC8vuBU9rg. Retrieved 2 December 2010. 
  24. ^ The Naked and Famous - The Sun. http://theclink.ie/2011/08/video-the-naked-famous-the-sun/. 
  25. ^ a b c http://www.teennick.com/shows/degrassi
  26. ^ Trapara, Nemanja (September 12, 2011). "FIFA 12 soundtrack featuring 39 artists from 15 countries". EA Sports Football. http://www.ea.com/uk/football/news/fifa-12-soundtrack-2. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 
  27. ^ "Covert Affairs Episode Music Guide". USA Network. http://www.usanetwork.com/series/covertaffairs/theshow/blogs/musiclist.html. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  28. ^ "The Almighty Johnsons - Music". http://thealmightyjohnsons.co.nz/music/. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  29. ^ http://www.cwtv.com/music/gossip-girl/season-4/episode-414
  30. ^ "Awkward. › Songs From the Show › Ep. 103". MTV. August 2, 2011. http://www.mtv.com/shows/awkward/episode_music.jhtml?episodeID=182129. Retrieved September 17, 2011. 
  31. ^ "The Secret Circle Music -Season 1, Episode 1". The CW. September 2011. http://www.cwtv.com/music/the-secret-circle/season-1/episode-101. Retrieved October 10, 2011. 
  32. ^ "The Art of Flight Soundtrack". redbullusa.com. September 16, 2011. http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/art-of-flight-soundtrack-021243086400429. Retrieved September 19, 2011. 
  33. ^ http://www.cwtv.com/music/gossip-girl/season-4/episode-418
  34. ^ "The Secret Circle Music -Season 1, Episode 3". The CW. September 2011. http://www.cwtv.com/music/the-secret-circle/season-1/episode-103. Retrieved October 10, 2011. 
  35. ^ "The Secret Circle Music -Season 1, Episode 4". The CW. September 2011. http://www.cwtv.com/music/the-secret-circle/season-1/episode-104. Retrieved October 10, 2011. 
  36. ^ Sundae, Hugh (8 September 2010). "The Naked and Famous win APRA Silver Scroll". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10671929. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 
  37. ^ http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2010/09/16/critics%e2%80%99-choice-prize-winner-found/

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