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Simple Forms is the third studio album by New Zealand indie electronic band The Naked and Famous. It was released on 14 October 2016 by Somewhat Damaged in partnership with Kobalt Label Services. "Higher" was released as the album's lead single on 8 July 2016.
Simple Forms is the third studio album by The Naked and Famous, released in late 2016. Following a gruelling tour in support of their second album, In Rolling Waves, the band was at...
Album Review: The Naked and Famous – Simple Forms. 2 min read. Each of The Naked and Famous’ albums sound very similar, but fulfil a different purpose.
Release date: Oct 12, 2016 Genre: Alternative 10 Tracks 1) Higher 2) The Water Beneath You 3) My Energy 4) Last Forever 5) Losing Our Control 6) Backslide 7)...
- 2007–2008: Early Years
- 2009–2011: Passive Me, Aggressive You
- 2012–2013: in Rolling Waves
- 2014–Present: Simple Forms, Recover and Xayalith Solo Career
The band formed in 2007 when Powers and Xayalith were working on what became two extended plays—This Machine and No Light—that they recorded with engineer Aaron Short, a fellow student at Auckland's Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand. The EPs were subsequently released on local independent labelRound Trip Mars. Powers and Xayalith began perfo...
After recording "All of This", 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 on 14 June 2010—the first New Zealand artist in three years to do so. The Naked and Famous released their debut studio...
The band settled in Los Angeles in mid-2012 after completing touring for Passive Me, Aggressive You. They had performed over 200 shows in 24 countries between 2010 and 2012. Sharing a home over the back of Laurel Canyon, they began work on writing and demoing their second album. They intended to record an album that could be played live, not relyin...
The Naked and Famous performed at Coachella in 2014. On 20 November 2014, the band announced that they had begun working on a third album. The band began tracking for the album in September 2015. In March 2016, they performed at the Wanderland Music and Arts Festival in Manila. On 3 July 2016, the band announced their new single "Higher" would be r...
Oct 10, 2016 · Simple Forms is not only a resurgence of a band that seemingly disappeared off the map. It’s a change for The Naked and Famous to share their journey, and the start of a new era.
Oct 13, 2016 · Plugging into the opening-track from their upcoming new album, 'Simple Forms', you might go so far as to say they have The Sound. Lead single 'Higher' packs the same synth-pop punch of 2010 debut, ‘Passive Me, Aggressive You’, topped off with Alisa Xayalith’s distinctive vocals.
