'Lungs' is the 2009 debut album by which indie rock band?
"of America (RIAA) on 22 June 2012. It had sold 1,142,000 copies in the United States as of February 2013. Worldwide, ""Lungs"" had sold over three million copies as of November 2011. Notes Credits adapted from the liner notes of ""Lungs"". Florence and the Machine Additional personnel Lungs (album) Lungs is the debut studio album by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine, released on 3 July 2009 on Island Records. Frontwoman Florence Welch experimented with and honed the album's sound with bandmate Isabella Summers, while also collaborating with five record producers including James Ford, Paul Epworth, and Steve"
"The Loungs The Loungs are an indie rock band from St Helens, Merseyside, in the North-West of England. Their debut album ""We Are The Champ"" was released in 2007 on Manchester's Akoustik Anarkhy label and the follow-up ""Big Wow"" in 2010 on Fresh Hair Records. Both albums were highly acclaimed throughout the music press and the band have gigged extensively across the UK since their inception. During 2009/2010 the band give away free 'B-Sides' to members of their online mailing list and the songs eventually formed a download only album entitled ""B-Sides to Non-Existent A-Sides"". The band released their 3rd"
"entitled 'Short Cuts' through Fresh Hair Records in November 2015. The Loungs The Loungs are an indie rock band from St Helens, Merseyside, in the North-West of England. Their debut album ""We Are The Champ"" was released in 2007 on Manchester's Akoustik Anarkhy label and the follow-up ""Big Wow"" in 2010 on Fresh Hair Records. Both albums were highly acclaimed throughout the music press and the band have gigged extensively across the UK since their inception. During 2009/2010 the band give away free 'B-Sides' to members of their online mailing list and the songs eventually formed a download only album"
"powerful vocal performances. The band's debut studio album, ""Lungs"", was released on 6 July 2009, and held the number-two position for its first five weeks on the UK Albums Chart. On 17 January 2010, the album reached the top position, after being on the chart for twenty-eight consecutive weeks. As of October 2010, the album had been in the top forty in the United Kingdom for sixty-five consecutive weeks, making it one of the best-selling albums of 2009 and 2010. The group's second studio album, ""Ceremonials"", released in October 2011, entered the charts at number one in the UK and"
"album ""Lungs"" in the United Kingdom on 6 July 2009. The album was officially launched with a set at the Rivoli Ballroom in Brockley, South East London. It peaked at number one in the UK and number two in Ireland. As of 6 August 2009, the album had sold over 100,000 copies in the UK and by 10 August it had been at number two for five consecutive weeks. Following its 25 July 2009 release for download in the United States, the album debuted at number seventeen on the ""Billboard"" Heatseekers Albums chart, ultimately peaking at number one. The album"
"Los (band) Los was a British indie rock band, formed and based in Surrey. As of 2008, the band comprises Helen Sargent (vocals and synth), Daniel Hale (drums) and Chris Hamilton (guitars). Their distinctive sound had been described as a mixture of rock, punk, blues and grunge, citing influences such as Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana and Nina Simone. The band have toured the UK and released two singles in 2008. They toured the UK four more times in 2009 before recording their debut five track E.P 'Whale' released in late 2009, which was play listed on BBC Radio 6"
"2011, the band would be parting ways to pursue other musical projects. Los (band) Los was a British indie rock band, formed and based in Surrey. As of 2008, the band comprises Helen Sargent (vocals and synth), Daniel Hale (drums) and Chris Hamilton (guitars). Their distinctive sound had been described as a mixture of rock, punk, blues and grunge, citing influences such as Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana and Nina Simone. The band have toured the UK and released two singles in 2008. They toured the UK four more times in 2009 before recording their debut five track E.P 'Whale'"
"The band launched the album with shows in London and Newcastle as well as at Pop Recs Ltd. The band later toured both on their own and as support for The Charlatans, with James Leonard Hewitson joining them on brass for a number of their dates. Frankie & The Heartstrings Frankie & The Heartstrings are a Sunderland-based indie rock band formed in 2008. The band's debut album, ""Hunger"" was released on 21 February 2011, and debuted at No. 32 on the UK albums chart. Singer Frankie Francis and guitarist Michael McKnight were at college together. Drummer Dave Harper and McKnight"
"The Candles The Candles are an American rock band formed in New York City in 2009. Steeped in the evocative, open-road Americana of bands like Gin Blossoms and Whiskeytown, New York City-based alt-rockers The Candles formed in 2009 around frontman Josh Lattanzi. A veteran singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a long résumé of collaborations under his belt, including Albert Hammond, Jr., The Lemonheads, Norah Jones, and Ben Kweller, Lattanzi was raised on a steady diet of Grateful Dead, Big Star, and Neil Young. The Candles' debut long-player, Between the Sounds, arrived in 2010 on The End Records. The group's sophomore outing,"
"someone who has found their voice and is keen to use it – as loudly and freely as possible."" ""Lungs"" was shortlisted for the 2009 Mercury Prize. The following year, the album won the MasterCard British Album award at the Brit Awards. ""Lungs"" debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart (behind Michael Jackson's ""The Essential Michael Jackson""), selling 63,020 copies in its first week—the second highest amount for a debut album in 2009, after Susan Boyle's ""I Dreamed a Dream"". On 17 January 2010, after spending 28 consecutive weeks in the top 40, the album topped the UK"
"clear of the dull guitar murk that passes for rock in the post-grunge era and vaults well past the sound-alike mediocrity of indie-rock's ever-expanding purgatory."" Loomis and the Lust Discography: The band released its debut EP in 2009, entitled Nagasha. Their second EP, Space Camp, was released on August 10, 2010. In April 2012 Loomis and the Lust reformed and released a 3rd EP ""Sports Suck"", along with videos for their singles ""My Fix"" and ""Sports Suck"". On March 30, 2013 Will Loomis released an album of songs titled ""The Nobody"" http://loomisandthelust.bandcamp.com/ in reference to Jessie J's fans accusing him"
"Clan on their UK tour in October 2006. Fans of indie rock have latched onto Wungabongas's songs, which alternate between lo-fi and a jumbled jangle pop augmented with throbbing basslines and skronky piano jams, which makes for a classy yet song-driven sound powered by inspired vocals and a strong rhythmic sensibility. Wungabongas Wungabongas is a four-piece indie rock band from New York City, United States. After the breakup of Tanzak Rush, Giovanni Herst (vocals, guitar, piano), Sophia Dent (bass guitar, backvocals) and Casey Malone (drums), formed The Wungabongas, and debuted in 2006 with ""Speak Louder"". They are currently signed to"
"Their brand of sweeping indie rock is compared to the sound of bands such as Joy Division and Editors. Their debut album, ""Here are the Roses"", was released in June 2007. A follow up album was recorded with the full band line-up, but remains unmixed and unreleased. Dragons (band) Dragons were an English rock band, formed in 2005 in Bristol by singer Anthony Tombling Jr. and drummer David Francolini. Although originally a studio project recorded by Tombling Jr. and Francolini in Francolini's own studio ""Ohm Recordings"", the duo toured the album with several other musicians including fellow Dark Star and"
"Lotus (American band) Lotus is an instrumental electronic jam band formed in Indiana in 1999 now based in Philadelphia, PA and Denver, CO. Lotus formed at Goshen College in Indiana in 1999. After a few years of playing what they describe as ""jamtronica"", Lotus recruited percussionist Chuck Morris in 2001 and shifted their focus to instrumental music, taking inspiration from electronic musicians such as The Orb. The band's first album, ""Vibes"", a compilation of live performances from their 2001 tour, was released in 2002, after which they signed to Harmonized Records, releasing a live album and two studio albums between"
"The album received a review of 7.3 out of 10 points on Pitchfork. Son Lux Son Lux is an American experimental band. Originally the solo project and moniker of founding member Ryan Lott, the band's first three albums, ""At War with Walls & Mazes"", ""We Are Rising"" and ""Lanterns"" shaped the band's unique sound through post-rock and electronica influences. With the release of their fourth studio album, ""Bones"", in 2015, Bhatia and Chang joined Son Lux, transforming the project into a three-piece band. After the release of the extended plays (EPs), ""Stranger Forms"" and ""Remedy"", the band's fifth album, ""Brighter"
"band received significant support from ""NME"" magazine, who included them on their annual Shockwaves NME Awards Tour for 2009, along with Glasvegas, Friendly Fires and White Lies. ""The Sunday Times"" described Welch as ""the most peculiar and most highly acclaimed female singer of the moment"" and ""the latest in a line of great English pop eccentrics"". AllMusic referred to ""Lungs"" as ""one of the most musically mature and emotionally mesmerising albums of 2009"". ""Spin"" magazine rated ""Lungs"" eight out of ten and wrote, ""You've gotta hand it to the girl: She always makes you feel ""something""."" The magazine named it"
"Wildling (band) Wildling is an indie rock band from Los Angeles, California signed to Warner Bros. Records. The band was formed in 2014 by members Ryan Levine and Andrew Ampaya, who were originally signed to RCA Records as the band ""Test Your Reflex"" from 2004-2009, and also recorded music under the name ""No Country"" as well as ""Low Shoulder"" (2009-2014). Wildling is the current name for the musical collaboration involving key members Ryan Levine and Andrew Ampaya. They have been recording music and touring under different band names since 2004. The original group was composed of five musicians (Ryan Levine,"
"Son Lux Son Lux is an American experimental band. Originally the solo project and moniker of founding member Ryan Lott, the band's first three albums, ""At War with Walls & Mazes"", ""We Are Rising"" and ""Lanterns"" shaped the band's unique sound through post-rock and electronica influences. With the release of their fourth studio album, ""Bones"", in 2015, Bhatia and Chang joined Son Lux, transforming the project into a three-piece band. After the release of the extended plays (EPs), ""Stranger Forms"" and ""Remedy"", the band's fifth album, ""Brighter Wounds"", was released in February 2018. Son Lux started in 2008 as the"
"The Twang The Twang are an English indie rock band, formed in 2004 in Birmingham. The band have released five studio albums - ""Love It When I Feel Like This"" (2007), ""Jewellery Quarter"" (2009), """" (2012) ""NEONTWANG"" (2014) and ""Subscription"" (2017) Comprising vocalist and guitarist Phil Etheridge, bassist Jon Watkin, vocalist Martin Saunders, guitarist Stu Hartland and drummer Ash Sheehan, the band garnered national acclaim when the influential NME magazine produced an article on music acts in the West Midlands. Former touring-member Barry Fratelli is also a member of the Scottish band The Fratellis. The band's debut single, ""Wide Awake"","
"to their 2014 debut album in Los Angeles with Chris Murguia and Jason Wade of Lifehouse. The record was releasen in October 2016, before they went for another tour. Raglans Raglans are an Irish indie rock band based in Dublin, Ireland. Officially formed in 2011, they consist of Stephen Kelly, Conn O'Ruanaidh and Rhos Horan. Their self-titled debut album was released in March 2014 through IRL Records, and reached no.5 in the Irish Album Chart and no.1 in the Irish Indie Chart. <br> <br>They have toured extensively worldwide, as well as providing support to bands such as The Strypes, Twin"
"of being ""a Nobody"". http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1683319 Loomis & the Lust Loomis & the Lust are an independent California pop rock band based out of Santa Barbara that formed in 2008. They gained recognition in 2009 with the release of their first EP Nagasha and their single ""Bright Red Chords"" which was featured on MTV Iggy and MTVU. Loomis and the Lust was named one of the Top 25 Best New Bands in the World by MTV Iggy in 2010.. The band's YouTube channel has over one million views and their single ""Bright Red Chords"" received nationwide airplay and 40,000 copies were"
"The Leers (band) The Leers are a New Zealand alternative/indie rock band. The group released their debut album ""Are You Curious?"" on March 4, 2016. The Leers are a four piece alt/indie/pop band from Mt Maunganui who relocated to Auckland in 2010 to pursue their collective dream of being musicians. Their debut self-titled EP was released in 2011 and featured the hit single “Shame, Shame, Shame” which stayed in the bFM Top 10 for over five weeks (spending two of those at #1). Their first New Zealand Tour was in 2012 with Glass Owls and The Blind Venetians and saw"
"and frontman of the band The Maccabees, built the prostethic lungs which he intended to give ""a Victoriana, industrial punchbag kind of look"". ""Lungs"" received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 79, based on 22 reviews, which indicates ""generally favorable reviews"". James Christopher Monger of AllMusic praised it as ""one of the most musically mature and emotionally mesmerizing albums of 2009"" and stated, ""With an arsenal of weaponry that included the daring musicality of Kate Bush, the"
"Lucius (band) Lucius is a four-piece indie pop band that got its start in Brooklyn, New York. The band relocated to Los Angeles in 2015. The group currently consists of lead vocalists Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, drummer and producer Dan Molad, and lead guitarist Peter Lalish. Josh Dion (drums) and Casey Foubert (guitar) have been joining the band for live performances since Andrew Burri left the band in late 2016. The band has released three studio albums to date: ""Wildewoman"" (2013), ""Good Grief"" (2016), and ""Nudes"" (2018). The albums have received critical acclaim from ""The New York Times"", ""Rolling"
"a three-piece band known as The Floodlight Collective. ""It wasn’t anything serious really, just sort of jam on stuff and have fun…It was one of the first musical experiences that I shared with other people."" The band later inspired the name of Pundt's first album as Lotus Plaza. In 2005, Pundt joined Deerhunter as a guitarist; the first album he helped produce with the band was 2007's ""Cryptograms"". Pundt's first album as Lotus Plaza, ""The Floodlight Collective"", was released on March 23, 2009 to mixed critical reception. ""Spooky Action at a Distance"" is Lotus Plaza's second record. It was released"
"Clash Magazine wrote, ""It might be jumping the gun a bit to call them the 'saviours of British guitar music', or anything along those lines, but it must surely rank amongst the finest guitar-driven debut album to be coughed up by British music thus far in 2015."" Gengahr Gengahr are an English indie rock band, formed in 2013 at Stoke Newington School in Hackney, London. Though originally named RES, they were forced to rename after discovering an artist already called RES on iTunes. Their new name is a play on Gengar, one of the original Pokémon. Their debut album, ""A"
"with Yo La Tengo. Ross Shapiro, singer, guitarist, and founding member of The Glands, died in March 2016 following a battle with an illness. The Glands The Glands were an American indie rock band from Athens, Georgia, United States. Their first CD, ""Double Thriller"", was self-released in 1996 and reissued on Bar/None Records in 1998. Their self-titled album was first released in 2000 on Capricorn Records and reissued on Velocette Records in August 2001. The Glands' unique sounds recalled a variety of influences, including the Kinks, the Who, and The Rolling Stones. The song ""Livin' Was Easy"" was featured in"
"band announced a new tour to mark the 10 year anniversary of their seminal debut album 'Love It When I Feel Like This'. The tour is scheduled to take in 11 dates across the UK in November/December 2017 and will see the band perform the album in its entirety for the first time ever. The Twang The Twang are an English indie rock band, formed in 2004 in Birmingham. The band have released five studio albums - ""Love It When I Feel Like This"" (2007), ""Jewellery Quarter"" (2009), """" (2012) ""NEONTWANG"" (2014) and ""Subscription"" (2017) Comprising vocalist and guitarist Phil"
"like Trans Am, Tortoise, Broken Social Scene and Beck have influenced Lotus. Lotus (American band) Lotus is an instrumental electronic jam band formed in Indiana in 1999 now based in Philadelphia, PA and Denver, CO. Lotus formed at Goshen College in Indiana in 1999. After a few years of playing what they describe as ""jamtronica"", Lotus recruited percussionist Chuck Morris in 2001 and shifted their focus to instrumental music, taking inspiration from electronic musicians such as The Orb. The band's first album, ""Vibes"", a compilation of live performances from their 2001 tour, was released in 2002, after which they signed"
"Fertig, Los! Fertig, Los! was an indie rock band from Germany. It was formed in the summer of 2004 in Munich. Its members consisted of Julia Viechtl (bassist), Florian Wille (drummer), and Philipp Leu (singer and guitarist). The band split up in 2013. The original four musicians knew each other from their school days. The positive reviews of their first demo were included in a Munich city magazine and the musician Marc Liebscher. From the release of their first EP in June 2006 arose a record deal with Columbia Records. Fertig, Los! recorded their debut album at the in Wilzhofen."
"- Hungarian independent record label, CLS Music (then called CLS Records) showed interest in releasing it, and in September 2009 they agreed upon the details and the album was released in December. The band started to perform live in January 2010, mostly in Hungary, but also in Transylvania, Romania. Their first video for the song ""I'm in Love"" gained considerable popularity, and it reached at least top ten position in various Hungarian dance charts. The video was shot shortly before the release of the first album in November 2009. It was produced by Hungarian independent video and commercial maker group,"
"a satirical take on indie/alternative music videos to hilarious result. The Leers have supported such acts as Jesus Jones, Mini Mansions (featuring Mikey Shoes from Queens Of The Stone Age) and Harts. The Leers (band) The Leers are a New Zealand alternative/indie rock band. The group released their debut album ""Are You Curious?"" on March 4, 2016. The Leers are a four piece alt/indie/pop band from Mt Maunganui who relocated to Auckland in 2010 to pursue their collective dream of being musicians. Their debut self-titled EP was released in 2011 and featured the hit single “Shame, Shame, Shame” which stayed"
"Duels (band) Duels are an English indie band from Leeds formed in 2005. They have been described by ""The Guardian"" as ""one of Britain's most ambitious groups"" The band's debut album, ""The Bright Lights And What I Should Have Learned"" was released in July 2006 and received an 8/10 review in the ""NME"", while also being named 'Album of the Week' in ""The Sunday Times"", ""The Guardian"" and on XFM. Duels formed from the ashes of band SammyUSA. Their early demos received welcome attention from UK radio DJs such as Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq. Their first limited edition single"