WHAT IT IS: Debut album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, was released in September of this year to critical acclaim. In its first week on the charts, the duo—Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen and former Vampire Weekend producer/instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij—debuted at #1 on the Heatseekers Chart. The album also landed as the #1 New Artist Album, Top 10 at Alternative and #151 on the Top 200 in its first week. The duo’s song “In a Black Out” is currently soundtracking the new Apple iPhone 7 commercial, titled “Midnight.”
ALBUM: I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
RELEASE DATE: 9/23
SINGLE: “A 1000 Times”
TV: Colbert
RADIO: Building #18 Triple A; album now approaching Top 10 at NonComm; support from SiriusXMU, SiriusXM Spectrum, SiriusXM The Loft, KCRW, WXPN, WFUV, WXRT, KEXP, KCMP, WFPK, WRLT, WRNR, KKXT, KINK, WCLZ, KRVB, Music Choice and many more; early Alternative support from SiriusXM Alt Nation, WWCD, WLKK; performances on: SiriusXMU, KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic, WXPN World Cafe, WFUV, more
PRESS: Pitchfork (“Best New Music”), N.Y. Times, Vulture, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, Stereogum, Rolling Stone, more
BOOKING: Kevin French/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: Self-published
MANAGEMENT: Michele Harrison/Monotone; Jonathan Eshak (Mick Management)