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London Grammar are a British trip-hop . They chose the name as "not only was it where we’re from, but London is also so international and multicultural that it actually felt like quite a universal name in a way".
Dan Rothman
Guitarist
Hannah Reid
Lead Vocals, Keyboard
Dominic 'Dot' Major
Keyboard, Djembe, Drums
Their EP Metal & Dust followed in February 2013, and it made the top five of the iTunes chart in Australia. It created a lot of interest and the band received significant airplay on national radio.They released their single "Wasting My Young Years" in June 2013, peaking to number 31 on the UK Singles Chart.
On 1 September 2013, they released "Strong", which peaked at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. The following week, on the 9th, they released their début studio album If You Wait, which peaked to number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, also peaking at: number 2 on the Australian Albums Chart, number 11 on the French Albums Chart, number 13 on the Irish Albums Chart and number 22 on the New Zealand Albums Chart.
London Grammar, I discovered this band in the channel news, yeah, they talked about the new english band, who is going to be huge. So I watched some music video on Youtube, and god her voice is phenomenal, such a deep voice as a rocker, I love it immediately. As you know, I'm not a huge fan of women voice, except when its deep, rock or very special. I immediately get their album, and so good to hear, so relaxing. I started to listen to them quite late, in January 2014, so I got the times to be informe about their success story.
The melody is so zen, so refreshing.
Wikipedia said :
London Grammar's music has been described as "a blend of ambient, ethereal and classical sounds" with melancholy guitar, soaring vocals and plaintive lyrics. Hannah Reid's powerful, brooding vocals, prominent on all of London Grammar's tracks released to date, are often compared to those of Judie Tzuke and Florence Welch. The songs are a collaborative effort as Reid explains: 'I write the lyrics and the top lines. But the songs initiate from all three of us. Dot will write a piano part or a music score. Dan will add some guitars'. She describes as the songs as "emotionally affected" and "writes about people who come in and out of my life". The song "Wasting My Young Years", which has received over 4 million views on YouTube, was written about her ex-boyfriend.
This cover of Kavinsky " Nightcall" is just marvellous, really so different from the original more smooth, so good.
I saw some videos in live and they are pretty good, her voice is the same, so amazing.
Since I knew this band no so long, their next gig in Paris was on the same date as Drake and The Weeknd, unfortunately, I made my choice and I got the tickets of this 2 for so long. I hope to see London Grammar in a gig soon, in a festival maybe, will see... but for sure, is one of my favourite band to follow very close.