COUGH SYRUP Life's too short to even care at all, oh I'm losing my mind losing my mind losing control, oh oh These fishes in the sea they're staring at me oh oh Oh oh oh oh A wet world aches for a beat of a drum Oh If I could find a way to see this straight I'd run away To some fortune that I, I should have found by now I'm waiting for this cough syrup to come down, come down. Life's too short.
.Years active2004–presentLabels,Associated actsAmerican Pets (Previously Travelers)WebsiteMembers. Sameer Gadhia. Jacob Tilley. Eric Cannata. Payam Doostzadeh.
Francois ComtoisPast members. Ehson Hashemian. Jason Burger. Sean FischerYoung the Giant is an American band that formed in, in 2004. The band's line-up consists of Sameer Gadhia , Jacob Tilley , Eric Cannata , Payam Doostzadeh , and Francois Comtois. Formerly known as The Jakes, Young the Giant was signed by in 2009, and they released their in 2010. The band's first three singles, ', ', and ', all charted on the US chart.
Contents.History Formation (2004–09) The Jakes formed in 2004 in. Consisting of Jacob Tilley, Addam Farmer, Kevin Massoudi, Ehson Hashemian, and Sameer Gadhia, the band's name was an acronym of the members' first names. After several personnel changes, the group's lineup by 2008 included Gadhia (born July 10, 1989), Tilley, Hashemian, Eric Cannata, Francois Comtois (born May 20, 1988), and Jason Burger. Initial coordination of musical contributions was difficult because the members all attended different schools. With two members still in high school and the others each attending different colleges, the Jakes recorded an EP, Shake My Hand, with producer.
Band members then individually decided whether or not to put their schooling on hold to focus on music. Burger left the band to pursue an education at in, and Comtois took over as the drummer. Shortly thereafter, longtime friend and collaborator Payam Doostzadeh (: پیام دوستزده) joined as bassist. In 2009, the band played four shows at the music festival in. The band's song 'Texas Tea' was played during an episode of 's, and 'Paid the Piper' was featured on 's.
Another song, ', received airplay on the radio station. Shortly before signing to in August, keyboardist Ehson Hashemian left the band. In December 2009, the band announced they had changed their name to Young the Giant.
Young the Giant (2010–13). Sameer Gadhia performing at 2011The Jakes officially changed their name to Young the Giant in January 2010 during the production of their eponymous album. Young the Giant spent 2010 opening for Minus the Bear and Steel Train while working its debut album with Joe Chiccarelli at Sunset Sound Studios in Los Angeles. They took an old-school approach to recording the album. All the tracks were performed live which resulted in a lot of “chopping” during production. The band was very vigilant of their tracks but trusted the decisions of Joe Chiccarelli who had previously produced albums for The Shins, The Strokes, and Saints of Valory.
The band believed in transparency; they only wanted to record what they could reproduce in front of an audience at a live show.After the band finished recording in early June, they played additional shows with,. Several songs—including 'My Body', 'I Got', and 'Strings'—were leaked online in advance of the album's release. On October 26, Roadrunner Records digitally released the eponymous album, which hailed the third best rock album of 2010. The album was released physically in the U.S. On January 25, 2011 and in the UK on May 2.The band's first single ' was released to U.S. Radio in January and went on to peak at number five on the chart.
ITunes offered the song as a weekly free download beginning January 9, and was featured on an episode of. The band performed the song that month on 's and 's The Daily Habit. The official video for the single, which features actor Bryan James, was directed by.In March, Young the Giant headlined the Billboard Showcase at in. In May, the band played the, the 's and in. English singer, on the True to You, declared Young The Giant as one of his favorite new bands.
The music video for the group's second single, 'Cough Syrup', premiered in June. The band was named MTV's PUSH Artist of the Week on July 4.An (EP) featuring remixes by such artists as, and was made available in September for free through Young the Giant's page. Fans were invited to create their own remixes with the opportunity for their entry to be featured on the EP. In August, the band played on the main stage at.Young the Giant performed during the on August 28. The band began a tour with two days later.The exposure from the VMA performance propelled Young the Giant onto the albums chart, where it eventually peaked at number 42.Sales for 'My Body' climbed 220 percent on, helping the single reach number 65 on the chart. Young the Giant played at the in September, and a month later they performed songs from their debut album for an episode of which debuted online in November.' ', the band's third single, was released in February 2011 and peaked at number 26 on the US Alternative Songs chart.The music video for the song premiered in April 2012.The group performed 'Apartment' and 'Cough Syrup' on a May episode of 's, and profiled the band a month later.The band released a music video for non-album track 'West Virginia' in January 2012, and started their first major headlining tour in February.They also headlined 's first-ever Woodies Tour which began later that month.'
Character covered 'Cough Syrup' on the season three episode of titled '. The song featured during the attempted suicide scene with 's character. Mind over Matter (2013–15) On October 28, 2013, Young the Giant released ', the lead single from the band's second album,. On December 9, 2013, Young the Giant also released 'Crystallized', another single from the band's second album.
The album was released on January 21, 2014 via. The band enlisted Grammy-nominated producer to produce the album for the Southern California group.called the album 'a sharp, electric album that has the cool reserve of the Cure matched with the arena mind-set of, say, Muse (though without that group’s mechanical air).' The next fall the band embarked on North American Tour starting in, and ending in the band was opened by the band who Gadhia helped in their search for a drummer.Following the release of their second album, the group released another set of videos for their In the Open series on YouTube.In 2015, the band released two songs named 'Mirrorball' and 'Mind Over Matter (Reprise)' exclusively on vinyl for Record Store Day of that year. The songs were later released online July 28, 2017.Home of the Strange (2016–2017) On April 15, 2016, the band released a new track, 'Amerika', taken from their third studio album, released on August 12, 2016. The first official single on the record is 'Something to Believe In', which was sent to alternative radio on May 10, 2016.
Another track from the album, 'Titus Was Born', was released with an accompanying music video on June 17, 2016.Young the Giant's tour for this album began August 13, 2016 - starting from the west coast of the United States. Two additional tracks from the new album, 'Jungle Youth' and 'Silvertongue', were released in the coming weeks before the release of the upcoming album.Mirror Master (2018–present) The band released the first single, 'Simplify', from their upcoming album on June 14, 2018. The album's second single, ', was released on August 23, 2018, along with an announcement that will be released on October 12, 2018,. The band released the third single, 'Heat of the Summer', on September 21, 2018. 'Call Me Back', the fourth single and last before the album's release, was released on October 5, 2018. Band members Current members. Sameer Gadhia –, keyboards, (since 2004).
Gadhia was born in, and grew up in. He comes from a family of musicians, especially Indian Classical. His sister, mother, and grandmother are singers. He began exploring a variety of American styles of music early on. He majored in Human Biology at where he was involved in an a cappella group, Talisman, and in Greek life, as a brother of Sigma Nu. In 2009, he put a halt to school and pursuing medicine to give his musical aspirations a shot. He does plan on going back to complete his degree someday.
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