The Naked and Famous

The Naked and Famous
Origin Auckland, New Zealand
Genres Indie rock, indie pop, electropop, shoegaze, industrial
Years active 2008 (2008)–present
Labels Somewhat Damaged, Fiction, Universal Republic
Website www.thenakedandfamous.com
Members
Alisa Xayalith
Thom Powers
Aaron Short
Jesse Wood
David Beadle

The Naked and Famous are a New Zealand indie rock band from Auckland. They formed in 2008 when Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith recorded two EPs with engineer Aaron Short, a fellow student at Auckland's MAINZ music college. The EPs were subsequently released on a local independent label and Powers and Xayalith began performing live with Ben Knapp (bass) and Jordan Clark (drums).

In 2009, the group recorded the single "All of This". Aaron Short became a performing member of the group and Jesse Wood (drums) and David Beadle (bass) joined the band as full-time members.

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.[1] The Naked and Famous released their debut studio album, Passive Me, Aggressive You, on 6 September 2010 on their own label, Somewhat Damaged.[2] The album was produced by Thom Powers and Aaron Short and mixed by Billy Bush.

On 6 December 2010, the BBC announced that The Naked and Famous had been nominated for BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[3]

In 2011, the band garnered six nominations at the New Zealand Music Awards for Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Best Group, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, Best Alternative Album and the People's Choice Award. They were also nominated for the NZ On Air Best Music Video and won the MAINZ Best Engineer Award and the MAINZ Best Producer Award.[4]

Contents

Discography

The Naked and Famous discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 1
↙EPs 2
↙Singles 4
↙B-sides 6
↙Music videos 8

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Release date Label Formats Peak chart positions Certifications
NZ
[5]		 AUS
[6]		 UK
[7]		 IRE
[8]
Passive Me, Aggressive You 6 September 2010 Somewhat Damaged CD, digital download, vinyl 1 25 25 38

EPs

List of extended plays
Title Release date Label Format
This Machine 5 May 2008 Round Trip Mars CD, digital download
No Light 8 September 2008 Round Trip Mars CD, digital download

Singles

List of singles, showing year of release and relevant chart positions and certifications
Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications Album
NZ
[5]		 AUS
[6][10]		 AUT
[11]		 CAN
Alt
[12][13]		 GER
[14]		 UK
[15]		 US
Alt
2009 "All of This" — — — — — — — Passive Me, Aggressive You
2010 "Young Blood" 1 16 53 10 30 64 9
"Punching in a Dream" 11 82 — 16 — 139 18
2011 "Girls Like You" — — — — — — —
"No Way" — — — — — — —

B-sides

Year Song title Featured on
2009 "Pace"
  • "All of This" single
2010 "Machinery"
  • iTunes version of Passive Me, Aggressive You
"Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!"
  • UK 7" vinyl 1 & German CD single of "Young Blood" single
"Sow"
  • UK and Ireland digital EP of "Young Blood" single
  • Japanese version of Passive Me, Aggressive You
"Wild"
  • UK 7" vinyl of "Punching in a Dream" single
  • Japanese version of Passive Me, Aggressive You
2011 "Bright Lights"
  • "Girls Like You" single
  • Japanese version of Passive Me, Aggressive You

Music videos

Title Director
"Serenade" Campbell Hooper &
Joel Kefali
[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
"Birds"
"All of This"
"Young Blood"
"Punching in a Dream"
"Girls Like You"
"The Sun"
"No Way"

In popular culture

"All of This" was featured in the fourth episode of The Secret Circle.[25]

"Punching in a Dream" was featured in season 2 episode 5 of The Vampire Diaries, season 1 episode 7 of "World of Jenks[26], and in the in the eleventh season of Degrassi.[27] It also appears on the soundtrack for EA Sports' Fifa 12 video game.[28]

"The Sun" was used in episode 18 of the 4th season of Gossip Girl.[29]

"Young Blood" was featured in a promo for the television series Property Brothers, as well as the pilot of Covert Affairs,[30] in the pilot of The Almighty Johnsons,[31] in season 4 episode 13 of Chuck, in season 4 episode 14 of Gossip Girl,[32] and in the season 5 episode 6 Promo of the episode Alo from Skins. It was also featured in the eleventh season of Degrassi,[27] in the third episode of MTV's Awkward,[33] and in the pilot of The Secret Circle.[34] The song is also featured in the film Prom and in its trailer, and in Travis Rice's "The Art of Flight", a snowboarding film released September 7, 2011.[35] The song has been also featured in a Canon EOS 600D TV commercial aired worldwide in Q3 2011[36] .

"No Way" is also featured in "The Art of Flight".[37]

"Girls Like You" was featured in the eleventh season of Degrassi[27] and in the third episode of The Secret Circle.[38]

Their song 'Punching In A Dream" is the theme song for and is regularly played in the UK reality series Made in Chelsea.

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Nominated work Award Result
2010 APRA Silver Scroll "Young Blood" Won[39]
New Zealand Music Awards Passive Me, Aggressive You Gravity Coffee Critics' Choice Prize Nominated[40]
2011 Passive Me, Aggressive You MAINZ Best Producers Won
Passive Me, Aggressive You MAINZ Best Engineers Won
Passive Me, Aggressive You Album of the Year Won
Passive Me, Aggressive You Best Alternative Album Won
"Young Blood" Single of the Year Won
The Naked and Famous Best Group Won
The Naked and Famous Breakthrough Artist Won
The Naked and Famous People's Choice Award Nominated

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Lambourne, Tim (16 June 2010). "Naked and Famous album set for August release". 3 News. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5qh53kT6x. Retrieved 23 June 2010. 
  2. ^ Graves, Shahlin (17 August 2010). "The Naked and Famous – 'Punching In A Dream' music video!". Coup de Main. http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/music/tidbits/1985-the-naked-and-famous-punching-in-a-dream-music-video. Retrieved 22 August 2010. 
  3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/soundof/2011/artists/nakedandfamous/
  4. ^ "THE VNZMA 2011 FINALISTS". FOUR. 2011. http://www.four.co.nz/TV/Home/VodafoneNZMusicAwards/Finalists.aspx. Retrieved September 17, 2011. 
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  6. ^ a b "The Naked and Famous in Australian charts". australian-charts.com. Hung Medien. http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Naked+And+Famous. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
  7. ^ UK Albums Chart - Week Ending 26 March 2011 The Official Charts Company, Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  8. ^ Irish Albums Chart - Week Ending 24 March 2011 Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  9. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". 26 December 2010. http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79&Itemid=61. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  10. ^ "Chartifacts - Week Commencing: 17th January 2011". ARIA Charts. Australian Recording Industry Association. 17 January 2011. Archived from the original on 19 January 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5vrZUhiFU. Retrieved 19 January 2011. 
  11. ^ Austria Charts
  12. ^ Canadian rock/alternative chart canadianrockalt.blogspot.com
  13. ^ Canadian rock/alternative chart canadianrockalt.blogspot.com
  14. ^ German Positions
  15. ^ UK Singles Chart - New Entries of Week Ending: 18 December 2010
  16. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum Singles". 28 November 2010. http://www.radioscope.net.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=61. Retrieved 3 December 2010. 
  17. ^ The Naked and Famous - Serenade (YouTube). 23 February 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etaGZN4Qrfk. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  18. ^ The Naked and Famous - Birds (YouTube). 23 February 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2MsZ6ZWR6w. Retrieved 22 March 2011. 
  19. ^ The Naked and Famous - All of This (YouTube). 11 February 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MR3wfzLOio. Retrieved 13 February 2011. 
  20. ^ The Naked and Famous - Young Blood (YouTube). 13 May 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdO85Qf4Poc. Retrieved 13 September 2010. 
  21. ^ The Naked and Famous - Punching In a Dream (YouTube). 16 August 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCcUXEC5_eU. Retrieved 13 September 2010. 
  22. ^ The Naked and Famous - Girls like You (YouTube). 1 December 2010. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHC8vuBU9rg. Retrieved 2 December 2010. 
  23. ^ The Naked and Famous - The Sun (Explicit) (YouTube). 16 August 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CPq7VXgTlA. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  24. ^ The Naked and Famous - No Way (YouTube). 14 November 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CPq7VXgTlA. Retrieved 24 November 2011. 
  25. ^ "The Secret Circle Music -Season 1, Episode 4". The CW. September 2011. http://www.cwtv.com/music/the-secret-circle/season-1/episode-104. Retrieved October 10, 2011. 
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  27. ^ a b c http://www.teennick.com/shows/degrassi
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  30. ^ "Covert Affairs Episode Music Guide". USA Network. http://www.usanetwork.com/series/covertaffairs/theshow/blogs/musiclist.html. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  31. ^ "The Almighty Johnsons - Music". http://thealmightyjohnsons.co.nz/music/. Retrieved September 15, 2011. 
  32. ^ http://www.cwtv.com/music/gossip-girl/season-4/episode-414
  33. ^ "Awkward. › Songs From the Show › Ep. 103". MTV. August 2, 2011. http://www.mtv.com/shows/awkward/episode_music.jhtml?episodeID=182129. Retrieved September 17, 2011. 
  34. ^ "The Secret Circle Music -Season 1, Episode 1". The CW. September 2011. http://www.cwtv.com/music/the-secret-circle/season-1/episode-101. Retrieved October 10, 2011. 
  35. ^ "The Art of Flight Soundtrack". redbullusa.com. September 16, 2011. http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/art-of-flight-soundtrack-021243086400429. Retrieved September 19, 2011. 
  36. ^ "Canon EOS 600D TV Commercial". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CS07dk4dY0. 
  37. ^ "The Art of Flight Soundtrack". redbullusa.com. September 16, 2011. http://www.redbullusa.com/cs/Satellite/en_US/Article/art-of-flight-soundtrack-021243086400429. Retrieved September 19, 2011. 
  38. ^ "The Secret Circle Music -Season 1, Episode 3". The CW. September 2011. http://www.cwtv.com/music/the-secret-circle/season-1/episode-103. Retrieved October 10, 2011. 
  39. ^ Sundae, Hugh (8 September 2010). "The Naked and Famous win APRA Silver Scroll". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10671929. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 
  40. ^ http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2010/09/16/critics%e2%80%99-choice-prize-winner-found/

External links

The Naked and Famous
David Beadle · Thom Powers · Aaron Short · Jesse Wood · Alisa Xayalith
Studio albums
Extended plays
This Machine (2008)  · No Light (2008)
Singles
"All of This" · "Young Blood" · "Punching in a Dream" · "Girls Like You"
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