| Company of Thieves | |
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Company of Thieves performing in March 2009 with former bassist Bob Buckstaff. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Genres | Indie rock Alternative rock |
| Years active | 2007—present |
| Labels | Wind-up Records |
| Website | Official site |
| Members | |
| Genevieve Schatz Marc Walloch Chris Faller Marcin Sulewski |
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Company of Thieves is an indie rock group from Chicago, Illinois. Their first release, Ordinary Riches, was released digitally on January 6, 2009, with a physical CD release on February 24, 2009. Company of Thieves is signed to Wind-up Records.[1]
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They have been featured as an iTunes Discovery Download for their song "Oscar Wilde",[2] as well as in their Indie Spotlight: Rock/Alternative – featuring the album alongside the recommended track, "Pressure".
The band's debut album Ordinary Riches debuted on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart at #5.[3] They also won the 2007 New York Songwriters Circle contest for their song, "Oscar Wilde".[4]
In January 2009, Genevieve and Marc appeared on "Live From Daryl's House", Daryl Hall's monthly Internet concert, as Company of Thieves. They performed "Pressure", "Even In The Dark", "Past the Sleep" and "Around The Block" from their debut album, along with Hall & Oates songs "Starting All Over Again" and "Everytime You Go Away", as well as other covers. They also performed on Last Call with Carson Daly in February.
Company of Thieves' single "Oscar Wilde" was featured on "Gossip Girl: Real NY Stories Revealed" as part of the Dove Go Fresh campaign,[5] as well as being aired during an episode of Gossip Girl.
Their second album, Running from a Gamble, was released on May 17, 2011. The lead-off single, "Death of Communication", was released on March 15, 2011.
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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| US [7] |
US Alt [8] |
US Heat [9] |
US Rock [10] |
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| Ordinary Riches |
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162 | — | 5 | — | ||||
| Running From a Gamble |
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97 | 12 | — | 25 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
| Year | Single | Album |
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| 2009 | "Oscar Wilde" | Ordinary Riches |
| 2011 | "Death of Communication" | Running From a Gamble |