Now focused in L.A, mainly due drummer Ryan's previous production work and the usefulness of his having a studio, Grouplove were a disparate five souls who set out as two from NYC. After chance meetings and brief encounters involving art, The Med, photography and eventually music a quintet of kindred spirits was born. Whatever mantra, seemingly idealistic vision or self development ideology the five members of Grouplove have chosen to adopt seems to be working beautifully thus far. 'Carpe Diem', 'Follow your heart', 'Your dreams can come true', 'If you think you can you will, if you think you can't you won't'. The joie de vivre and endearing naivety that was so captivating has seemingly been thrashed out of Grouplove as if they've been force fed an aural diet of thrash metal, EMO and Foo Fighters on rotation until they've surrendered what they had and given in to produce whatever this is.Ĭontinue reading: Grouplove - Spreading Rumours Album Review ' Spreading Rumours' is, on the whole, harder ('Shark Attack), heavier ('What I Know') and a lot darker ("I'd rather be the dying than the rising sun", from 'Hippy Hill') than its predecessor. If I was listening to this and filtered out the obvious individualities that tie the two pieces together, I might find more merit in it but, because I know this is not as good as it can get, the over-riding feeling is of being let down and under whelmed. I'm not sure whether I just don't like the album that much or whether I don't like it because it's a disappointment given the quality of their first record. Now, we all have to grow up, move on and explore different creative streams, but this is in parts like listening to a different band. With a plethora of catchy hook-laden tunes like 'Colours', ' Naked Kids', ' Lovely Cup' and 'Tongue Tied', it was like they'd arrived fully formed and nothing could stop them.įast forward a few years and we have the band's second album ' Spreading Rumours'. With their self-titled first EP and debut album ' Never Trust A Happy Song', they injected life and soul into their music creating a real party atmosphere with a disposition so cheery, it was nigh on impossible not to be drawn in and won over.
When Grouplove burst onto the scene a few years ago they brought with them a breath of fresh air an almost tangible youthful exuberance and an infectious zest for life. Throughout 2014, the band played at many festivals including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Firefly, and Coachella. Gleason also toured with the band on their 2014 US tour, which was supported by MS MR, and their European tour which was supported by Femme. This was to allow band member Gadd to do other work. The group started touring with Daniel Gleason in 2013. They set off to do their 18 show tour across the US, supported by The Rubens. On the same day, they performed at a sold-out show in West Hollywood, supporting the Australian band 'The Rubens'. "Spreading Rumours" was the band's second album, and was released on September 17th, 2013. They travelled across the US with Alt-J and MS MR. They started their "Close Your Eyes and Count To Tour" tour on September 25th 2012. Throughout their sold-out headline tour, they performed at Sasquatch! Music Festival, Coachella, and Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. They kicked off their tour in Australia on January 3rd, 2012, and went on to perform in Europe. They went on a North American tour to support it, also performing with Two Door Cinema Club. On September 13th, 2011, the band released their album "Never Trust a Happy Song". They co-headlined a cross-country tour in 2011, with Foster The People, performing at Reading & Leeds Festival, Glastonbury, Lollapalooza, and more. They signed to Atlantic Records, and released their self-titled EP on January 25th, 2011. Nylon Magazine named the group as one of the "Best New Bands of 2010". Music Career: In 2010, the band went on tour with Florence And The Machine on the west coast, and later with The Joy Formidable on the east coast. Gadd was an English songwriter and guitarist.
Rabin's father was Trevor Rabin of 'Yes'. Rabin was an accomplished drummer and producer, and had grown up in LA with Wessen, and surfer and guitarist. He joined her, and there they met the rest of the band.
Hooper invited Zucconi to an artist residency in Crete, despite having only just met. Hooper met Zucconi in Manhattan because she enjoyed his music. They are better known for their songs, "Tongue Tied" and "Ways To Go".įormation: All five members were friends prior to the band. Grouplove is an American indie rock band, consisting of the members Hannah Hooper (vocals, keyboards), Christian Zucconi (vocals, guitar), Sean Gadd (bass, vocals), Andrew Wessen (guitar, vocals), and Ryan Rabin (drums).