LOVELYTHEBAND RELEASES THEIR DEBUT ALBUM
FINDING IT HARD TO SMILE
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
PERFORMING AT LOLLAPALOOZA THIS WEEKEND
BROKEN LIKE ME TOUR DATES SET FOR TORONTO AND MONTREAL
(New York, NY – August 3, 2018) – Alt-pop band lovelytheband releases today their highly-anticipated debut album finding it hard to smile via RED MUSIC. The 16-track album is available today across all service providers. Click here to listen.
“I’ve been waiting my whole life to make this album and it finally happened. It’s everything I could have hoped for our debut to be and more. I poured my entire self into these songs. I can’t tell you how excited I am for everyone to hear this body of work. Much love to you all,” says lead singer Mitchy Collins.
The band’s debut album features their hit single “broken,” which is currently #1 on the Canadian Mediabase alternative chart, having spent the last 8 weeks there, and also 12 weeks #1 BDS Modern Rock. In the U.S. “broken” set the record for the longest running #1 track on Alternative Radio thus far this year at 6 weeks, has over 28 million streams worldwide and was described simply as “So. Damn. Good.” by Buzzfeed and “infectious” by Billboard. Their newest single “these are my friends,” which released in May, has over 2 million streams worldwide and will also appear on the album. Previously released tracks “alone time” and “pity party” also appear on the album.
The band, who was named one of Billboard’s “10 Rock & Alternative Artists to Watch in 2018,” recently wrapped up their tours with Vance Joy and AWOLNATION, and are continuing to tour this summer before their fall tour at various festivals including Lollapalooza this weekend and Billboard’s Hot 100 Festival on August 18. They will also embark on a 29-date headlining ‘broken like me’ fall tour starting August 15 and ending October 21. The tour will hit major cities such as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Nashville, Washington D.C. and more. Click here for tickets. The band will then head to Europe for a 17 date tour supporting 5 Seconds of Summer. The band has new merchandise and is available here and at their various tour dates.
TRACKLIST
- finding it hard to smile
- pity party
- make you feel pretty
- broken
- alone time
- these are my friends
- coachella
- filling a void (interlude)
- your whatever
- maybe, i’m afraid
- emotion
- walk from here
- stupid mistakes
- make believe
- i like the way
- everything i could never say… to you
BROKEN LIKE ME TOUR DATES
August 15 – Velvet Underground – Toronto, ON
August 16 – L’Astral – Montreal, QC
August 19 – Asbury Lanes – Asbury Park, NJ August 21 – Hi-Fi (21+) – Indianapolis, Indiana
September 27 – The Roxy Theatre – West Hollywood, CA September 28 – Popscene at Rickshaw Stop – San Francisco, CA October 3 – Alt AZ Concert Series – Tempe, AZ
October 10 – The High Watt – Nashville, TN
October 12 – Rock & Roll Hotel – Washington D.C.
October 13 – The Sinclair – Cambridge, MA
October 14 – The Foundry – Philadelphia, PA
October 15 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY
October 17 – Stage AE – Pittsburgh. PA
October 18 – The Agora Ballroom – Cleveland, OH
October 19 – The Basement – Columbus, OH
FESTIVAL DATES
August 4 – Lollapalooza Festival – Grant Park, IL
August 11 – KNDD Summer Camp – Seattle, WA
August 12 – 98.7 Summer Camp Show – Los Angeles, CA
August 18 – Billboard Hot 100 Festival – New York, NY
August 31 – Bumbershoot Festival – Seattle, WA
September 21 – Life is Beautiful Festival – Las Vegas
5 SECONDS OF SUMMER EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
October 23 – O2 Academy – Glasgow, UK
October 26 – O2 Apollo – Manchester, UK
October 29 – O2 Academy Brixton – London, UK
November 1 – O2 Academy – Birmingham, UK
November 2 – O2 Academy – Sheffield, UK
November 4 – Black Box – Forest National – Brussels, Belgium
November 5 – AFAS Live – Amsterdam, The Netherlands November 6 – Mehr! Theatre – Hamburg, Germany
November 8 – Forum Black Box – Copenhagen November 9 – Sentrum Scene – Oslo, Norway November 10 – Fryhuset – Stockholm, Sweden
November 12 – Palladium – Cologne, Germany
November 13 – Zenith – Paris, France
November 15 – Tonhalle – Munich, Germany
November 16 – Halle 662 – Zurich, Switzerland
November 17 – Forum – Milan, Italy
November 19 – Wizink – Madrid, Spain
ABOUT LOVELYTHEBAND
Alt-pop band lovelytheband translate emotions, anxieties, and feelings into lush, layered, and lively indie pop anthems. When the band was founded by lead singer Mitchy Collins, guitarist Jordan Greenwald and drummer Sam Price in 2017, the trio maintain a lasting connection to listeners by holding nothing back.A centerpiece of the band’s debut EP everything I could never say…, the group’s debut single “broken” caught fire as the longest running #1 track on Alternative Radio thus far in 2018 with six weeks at the top. In under a year, it amassed 25 million total global streams. BuzzFeed summed it up as “So. Damn.
Good.” Billboard proclaimed the group among “10 Rock & Alternative Artists to Watch in 2018” as they supported Vance Joy and AWOLNATION on tour between headlining dates everywhere. Everything paved the way for the arrival of the band’s first full-length, finding it hard to smile [RED MUSIC]. Produced by “broken” collaborator Christian Medice, these 16 tracks entrance, engage, and enchant, offsetting shimmering keys, sweeping synths, and spacey guitars with cathartic, compelling, and catchy choruses. The title speaks directly to its thematic push-and-pull. As they round out 2018 on a headlining tour and hitting the stages of Lollapalooza, the Billboard Hot 100 Festival, and more, lovelytheband’s voice will only get dramatically louder and it might just make crowds feel better too.
Listen to finding it hard to smile on: Spotify
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Watch “these are my friends”:
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