Darwin Deez

Darwin Deez
Darwin Deez
	Darwin Deez performing at Bestival 2010
Background information
Origin	New York, New York, United States
Genres	Indie pop; indie rock;
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Lucky Number Music
Members	Darwin Merwan Smith; Greg Richardson; Andrew Hoepfner; Tim McCoy
Past members	Angela Carlucci; Zachary Cole Smith; Michelle Dorrance; Nicholas Van Young
Website	darwindeez.com

Darwin Deez is an American indie band from New York City signed to music label Lucky Number Music. The group's frontman, Darwin Deez (Darwin Merwan Smith), grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, attended Wesleyan University, and has been a guitarist for Creaky Boards. Darwin Smith lives in Brooklyn, New York.

History

The band began to receive public attention in the United Kingdom 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 reached number 62 in the UK Singles Chart, number 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 United Kingdom and on 22 February 2011 in the United States. The third single from the album, "Up In The Clouds", was released on 12 July 2010.

In February 2011, they released a mixtape titled Wonky Beats and announced in a March interview^[1] at the SXSW music festival that they'd made it free to download. 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.

In February 2013, Darwin Deez released their second album titled Songs for Imaginative People^[2]^[3] and went on tour to support the album.^[4]

Darwin Deez released their third studio album, titled Double Down, on September 18, 2015, via Lucky Number.^[5]

Their latest album, 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart, was released in 2018.^[6]

In 2018, the band embarked on a House Show Tour, booking performances at fans' homes across the country. The tour was filmed as a documentary by Sound It Out films.^[7]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album details	Chart Peak Positions
Year	Album details	UK ^[8]	UK IND
2010	Darwin Deez Released: 10 May 2010 Genre: Indie pop Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	61	3
2013	Songs for Imaginative People Released: 11 February 2013 Genre: Indie rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	91	—
2015	Double Down Released: 18 September 2015 Genre: Indie rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	—	—
2018	10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart Released: 31 August 2018 Genre: Indie rock, electronic Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download	—	—

Mixtapes

Year	Album details	Chart Peak Positions
Year	Album details	UK ^[9]	UK IND
2011	Wonky Beats Released: 25 January 2011 Genre: Hip Hop/Rap Label: N/A (Self Released) Format: digital download	—	—

Singles

Year	Title	Peak Positions		Album
Year	Title	UK	UK IND	Album
2009	"Constellations"	–	–	Darwin Deez
2010	"Radar Detector"	62	5
	"Up In The Clouds"	120^[10]	13
	"Constellations" (re-release)	174	15
	"Bad Day"	–	–
2012	"You Can't Be My Girl"	—	—	Songs For Imaginative People
2013	"Free (The Editorial Me)"	—	—	Songs For Imaginative People
2015	"Kill Your Attitude"	—	—	Double Down
	"Time Machine"	—	—
	"The Mess She Made"	—	—
2018	"The World's Best Kisser"	—	—	10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart
	"Queen of Spades"	—	—
	"Say It First"	—	—
2021	"The Birthday Song"	—	—	Good Ribbons EP
2024	"Caroline"	—	—	TBA

Music videos

Year	Title	Director
2010	"Radar Detector"	Ace Norton^[11]
	"Up In the Clouds"	Tom Kingsley^[12]
	"Constellations"	Terri Timely^[13]
	"DNA"	Miles Crawford^[14]
2012	"Free (The Editorial Me)"	Ninian Doff^[15]
2013	"You Can't Be My Girl"	Keith Schofield ^[16]
2015	"Kill Your Attitude"	Dent De Cuir ^[17]
2015	"The Mess She Made"	Oscar Hudson^[18]
2018	"The World's Best Kisser"
2018	"Say It First"	Darwin Smith^[19]

References

^ "Darwin Deez, O Pioneer". Interview Magazine. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
^ Snapes, Laura (February 15, 2013). "Darwin Deez: Songs for Imaginative People Album Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ "Songs for Imaginative People by Darwin Deez". iTunes. January 2000.
^ "Darwin Deez releasing new album and touring in 2013 (dates)". BrooklynVegan. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-12-10.
^ "Darwin Deez Announces New Album Titled 'Double Down'". Need406.com. June 7, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06.
^ @darwindeez (May 21, 2018). "10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me With My Stupid Heart (2018)" (Tweet). Retrieved May 23, 2018 – via Twitter.
^ darwindeeez (August 30, 2018). "Darwin Deez - The House Show Tour". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
^ "Darwin Deez Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
^ "Album chart for 08/05/2010". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
^ "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update". Zobbel.de.
^ darwindeeez (2 March 2010). "darwin deez - radar detector (official video)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
^ darwindeeez (21 June 2010). "darwin deez - up in the clouds (official video)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
^ darwindeeez (14 September 2010). "darwin deez - constellations (official video)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
^ darwindeeez (29 November 2010). "darwin deez - dna (official video)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
^ darwindeeez (26 November 2012). "Darwin Deez - Free (The Editorial Me) [Official Video]". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
^ DarwinDeezVEVO (18 February 2013). "Darwin Deez - You Can't Be My Girl". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
^ DarwinDeezVEVO (16 June 2015). "Darwin Deez - Kill Your Attitude". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
^ DarwinDeezVEVO (9 November 2015). "Darwin Deez - The Mess She Made". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.
^ DarwinDeezVEVO (26 September 2018). "Darwin Deez - Say It First". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[1] "Darwin Deez, O Pioneer". Interview Magazine. 2011-03-24. Retrieved 2024-04-02.

[2] Snapes, Laura (February 15, 2013). "Darwin Deez: Songs for Imaginative People Album Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2013-02-17. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

[3] "Songs for Imaginative People by Darwin Deez". iTunes. January 2000.

[4] "Darwin Deez releasing new album and touring in 2013 (dates)". BrooklynVegan. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-12-10.

[5] "Darwin Deez Announces New Album Titled 'Double Down'". Need406.com. June 7, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-10-06.

[6] @darwindeez (May 21, 2018). "10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me With My Stupid Heart (2018)" (Tweet). Retrieved May 23, 2018 – via Twitter.

[7] rwindeeez (August 30, 2018). "Darwin Deez - The House Show Tour". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[8] "Darwin Deez Chart History". Official Charts. Retrieved 2018-06-05.

[9] "Album chart for 08/05/2010". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2010-05-09.

[10] "Chart Log UK: New Entries Update". Zobbel.de.

[11] rwindeeez (2 March 2010). "darwin deez - radar detector (official video)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[12] rwindeeez (21 June 2010). "darwin deez - up in the clouds (official video)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[13] rwindeeez (14 September 2010). "darwin deez - constellations (official video)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[14] rwindeeez (29 November 2010). "darwin deez - dna (official video)". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[15] rwindeeez (26 November 2012). "Darwin Deez - Free (The Editorial Me) [Official Video]". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[16] DarwinDeezVEVO (18 February 2013). "Darwin Deez - You Can't Be My Girl". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[17] DarwinDeezVEVO (16 June 2015). "Darwin Deez - Kill Your Attitude". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[18] DarwinDeezVEVO (9 November 2015). "Darwin Deez - The Mess She Made". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

[19] DarwinDeezVEVO (26 September 2018). "Darwin Deez - Say It First". Archived from the original on 2021-12-15 – via YouTube.

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v t e Darwin Deez
Studio albums	Darwin Deez (2010) Songs for Imaginative People (2013) Double Down (2015) 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me With My Stupid Heart (2018)
Singles	"Constellations" "Radar Detector" "Up in the Clouds" "Bad Day / DNA" "Free (The Editorial Me)" "You Can't Be My Girl" "Time Machine" "Kill Your Attitude" "Queen of Spades" "Say It First" "The World's Best Kisser"