![]() ![]() The band settled in Los Angeles in mid-2012 after completing touring for Passive Me, Aggressive You. They were also nominated for the NZ On Air Best Music Video and won the MAINZ Best Engineer Award and its Best Producer Award. 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. On 6 December 2010, the BBC announced that The Naked and Famous had been nominated for BBC's Sound of 2011 poll. The album was produced by Thom Powers and Aaron Short, and mixed by Billy Bush. The Naked and Famous released their debut studio album, Passive Me, Aggressive You, on 6 September 2010 on their own label, Somewhat Damaged. "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. Knapp and Clark left the group in 2009 and were subsequently replaced with Jesse Wood and David Beadle.Ģ009–2011: Passive Me, Aggressive You The Naked and Famous at the South by Southwest festival in 2011Īfter recording "All of This", the group then set about recording the single " Young Blood" and their debut album, recording mostly at home and at Auckland studio The Lab. Powers and Xayalith began performing live with Ben Knapp and Jordan Clark on bass and drums respectively, while Aaron Short became a performing member of the group. The EPs were subsequently released on local independent label Round Trip Mars. ![]() The band formed in 2007 when Powers and Xayalith were working on what became two extended plays- This Machine and No Light-that they recorded with engineer Aaron Short, a fellow student at Auckland's Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand. Powers had been playing in local bands from an early age after he had been taught to play guitar by his father. Her father introduced her to his native folk music and, at the age of 13, she taught herself guitar. Xayalith (born 1986 in Auckland) is the daughter of Laotian refugees and was raised together with a younger brother. Since 2012, the band has been based in Los Angeles, California. The band has released four studio albums: Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010), In Rolling Waves (2013), Simple Forms (2016) and Recover (2020). The band currently consists of Alisa Xayalith (vocals, keyboards) and Thom Powers (vocals, guitars). ![]() The Naked and Famous are a New Zealand indie electronic band from Auckland, formed in 2007. ![]()
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