Darwin Deez

{{Short description|American indie band}} {{About|the band|their debut album|Darwin Deez (album)}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2011}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Darwin Deez | image = Darwin Deez performing at Bestival 2010.jpg | caption = Darwin Deez performing at Bestival 2010 | image_size = | origin = [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States | genre = {{hlist|[[Indie pop]]|[[indie rock]]}} | years_active = 2009–present | label = Lucky Number Music | associated_acts = {{hlist|Creaky Boards|[[Little Comets]]|Rams' Pocket Radio|[[Mystery Jets]]|[[Haim (band)|HAIM]]|[[DIIV]]}} | website = {{URL|darwindeez.com}} | current_members = Darwin Merwan Smith Greg Richardson Andrew Hoepfner Tim McCoy | past_members = Angela Carlucci [[Zachary Cole Smith]] [[Michelle Dorrance]] Nicholas Van Young }}

'''Darwin Deez''' is an American [[Independent music|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|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 (song)|Constellations]]". In April 2010, the band released their second single, "[[Radar Detector (song)|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 [[NME's Cool List|Cool List]]. The band's self-titled debut album, ''[[Darwin Deez (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<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-03-24 |title=Darwin Deez, O Pioneer |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/darwin-deez |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> at the [https://www.sxsw.com/festivals/music/ SXSW music festival] that they'd made it [https://darwindeez.com/wonkybeats/ 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]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Snapes|first=Laura|date=February 15, 2013|title=Darwin Deez: Songs for Imaginative People Album Review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17722-songs-for-imaginative-people/|url-status=live|access-date=March 31, 2021|website=Pitchfork|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217065307/http://pitchfork.com:80/reviews/albums/17722-songs-for-imaginative-people/ |archive-date=2013-02-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/songs-for-imaginative-people/id581055304?l=en&affId=2051894 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027033559/https://itunes.apple.com/de/album/songs-for-imaginative-people/id581055304?l=en&affId=2051894 | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 27, 2014 | title=Songs for Imaginative People by Darwin Deez | website=[[iTunes]] | date=January 2000 }}</ref> and went on tour to support the album.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 3, 2012|title=Darwin Deez releasing new album and touring in 2013 (dates)|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/12/darwin_deez_rel.html|url-status=live|website=BrooklynVegan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121210125207/http://www.brooklynvegan.com:80/archives/2012/12/darwin_deez_rel.html |archive-date=2012-12-10 }}</ref>

Darwin Deez released their third studio album, titled ''Double Down'', on September 18, 2015, via Lucky Number.<ref>{{cite web|date=June 7, 2015|title=Darwin Deez Announces New Album Titled 'Double Down'|url=http://www.need406.com/news/6/dd61715.html|url-status=live|website=Need406.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006143715/http://www.need406.com/news/6/dd61715.html |archive-date=2015-10-06 }}</ref>

Their latest album, ''10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart'', was released in 2018.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=darwindeez |number=998677578151088130 |date=May 21, 2018 |title=10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me With My Stupid Heart (2018) |access-date=May 23, 2018 |link=https://twitter.com/darwindeez/status/998677578151088130}}</ref>

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]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=darwindeeez|date=August 30, 2018|title=Darwin Deez - The House Show Tour|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-74an8QdKM&t=1s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/C-74an8QdKM |archive-date=2021-12-15|url-status=live|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Discography==

===Albums===

{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center; |- ! rowspan=2| Year ! rowspan=2| Album details ! colspan=2| Chart Peak Positions |- style=font-size:smaller; ! width=50|[[UK Albums Chart|UK]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/6172/darwin-deez/|title=Darwin Deez Chart History|publisher=Official Charts|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> ! width=50|UK IND |- | 2010 | align=left| ''[[Darwin Deez (album)|Darwin Deez]]'' *Released: 10 May 2010 *Genre: [[Indie pop]] *Label: Lucky Number *Format: [[LP record]], [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]] | style="text-align:center;"|61 | style="text-align:center;"|3 |- | 2013 | align=left| ''Songs for Imaginative People'' *Released: 11 February 2013 *Genre: [[Indie rock]] *Label: Lucky Number *Format: [[LP record]], [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]] | style="text-align:center;"| 91 | style="text-align:center;"| — |- | 2015 | align=left| ''Double Down'' *Released: 18 September 2015 *Genre: Indie rock *Label: Lucky Number *Format: [[LP record]], [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]] | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |- |2018 | align=left| ''10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart'' *Released: 31 August 2018 *Genre: Indie rock, [[Electronic music|electronic]] *Label: Lucky Number *Format: [[LP record]], [[Compact Disc|CD]], [[Music download|digital download]] |— |— |- |2024 | align=left| ''Of Course I Still Love You'' *Released: 17 December 2024 *Genre: Indie rock, [[Electronic music|electronic]] *Label: Lucky Number *Format: [[Music download|digital download]] |– |– |}

===Mixtapes===

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! rowspan="2"|Year ! rowspan="2"|Title ! colspan="2"|Peak Positions ! rowspan="2"|Album |- style=font-size:smaller; ! width=30|[[UK Singles Chart|UK]] ! width=30|[[UK Indie Chart|UK IND]] |- ||2009 |"[[Constellations (song)|Constellations]]" | style="text-align:center;"|– | style="text-align:center;"|– |rowspan="5"|''Darwin Deez'' |- |rowspan="4"|2010 |"[[Radar Detector (song)|Radar Detector]]" | style="text-align:center;"|62 | style="text-align:center;"|5 |- |"[[Up In The Clouds]]" | style="text-align:center;"|120<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chart Log UK: New Entries Update |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/110528cluk.txt |website=Zobbel.de}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|13 |- |"Constellations" ([[reissue|re-release]]) | style="text-align:center;"|174 | style="text-align:center;"|15 |- |"Bad Day" | style="text-align:center;"|– | style="text-align:center;"|– |- |2012 |"You Can't Be My Girl" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |rowspan="2"|''Songs For Imaginative People'' |- |2013 |"Free (The Editorial Me)" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- |rowspan="3"|2015 |"Kill Your Attitude" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |rowspan="3"|''Double Down'' |- |"Time Machine" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- |"The Mess She Made" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- |rowspan="3"|2018 |"The World's Best Kisser" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |rowspan="3"|''10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart'' |- |"Queen of Spades" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- |"Say It First" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |- |2021 |"The Birthday Song" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |''Good Ribbons EP'' |- |2024 |"Caroline" | style="text-align:center;"|— | style="text-align:center;"|— |{{tba}} |}

===Music videos=== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Title !Director |- |rowspan="4"|2010 | style="text-align:center;"|"Radar Detector" | style="text-align:center;"|Ace Norton<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbdLqTh_x4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/8pbdLqTh_x4 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=darwin deez - radar detector (official video)|last=darwindeeez|date=2 March 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- style="text-align:center;" ||"Up In the Clouds" ||Tom Kingsley<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loXxn7dMQYE&feature=fvw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/loXxn7dMQYE |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=darwin deez - up in the clouds (official video)|last=darwindeeez|date=21 June 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- style="text-align:center;" ||"Constellations" ||Terri Timely<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37sKI7d7-xA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/37sKI7d7-xA |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=darwin deez - constellations (official video)|last=darwindeeez|date=14 September 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- style="text-align:center;" ||"DNA" ||Miles Crawford<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQNJgVKE9UY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/jQNJgVKE9UY |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=darwin deez - dna (official video)|last=darwindeeez|date=29 November 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ||2012 | style="text-align:center;"|"Free (The Editorial Me)" | style="text-align:center;"|Ninian Doff<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smmErdX4N8c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/smmErdX4N8c |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Darwin Deez - Free (The Editorial Me) [Official Video]|last=darwindeeez|date=26 November 2012|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- ||2013 | style="text-align:center;"|"You Can't Be My Girl" | style="text-align:center;"|Keith Schofield <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GinJuHGnPkw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/GinJuHGnPkw |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Darwin Deez - You Can't Be My Girl|last=DarwinDeezVEVO|date=18 February 2013|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2015 | style="text-align:center;"|"Kill Your Attitude" | style="text-align:center;"|Dent De Cuir <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM9EDgeS75E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/gM9EDgeS75E |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Darwin Deez - Kill Your Attitude|last=DarwinDeezVEVO|date=16 June 2015|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- style="text-align:center;" ||"The Mess She Made" ||Oscar Hudson<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r40tpNUQMC8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/r40tpNUQMC8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Darwin Deez - The Mess She Made|last=DarwinDeezVEVO|date=9 November 2015|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2018 | style="text-align:center;"|"The World's Best Kisser" | style="text-align:center;"| |- style="text-align:center;" ||"Say It First" ||Darwin Smith<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkTklZEQ7s8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/dkTklZEQ7s8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Darwin Deez - Say It First|last=DarwinDeezVEVO|date=26 September 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |}

== Nominations ==

* [[Berlin Music Video Awards]], Best Concept for 'The Mess She Made' * [[Berlin Music Video Awards]], Best VFX for 'KILL YOUR ATTITUDE'

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

[[Category:Musical groups from New York City]] [[Category:American folk music groups]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 2009]] [[Category:Indie rock musical groups from New York (state)]]