WHAT IT IS: The Rockaway Beach-based breakout band (signed to UMPG) is made up of two lifelong friends—Danny Miller and Max Harwood—who began playing music together by the fifth grade. In July of 2015, after almost two years of meticulous collaboration, Lewis Del Mar was catapulted onto the blogosphere with the independent release of their first single, “Loud(y).” Declared “a clattering, profane, mixed media anthem” by the N.Y. Times, “Loud(y)” reached #1 on HypeMachine, #3 on the Spotify Viral 50 chart, was hailed as one of iTunes/Apple Music’s “Best Alternative Songs of 2015” and made SiriusXM Alt Nation’s “Songs to Know For 2016” list.
ALBUM: Lewis Del Mar
RELEASE DATE: 10/7
SINGLE: “Painting (Masterpiece)”
TV: James Corden (Corden himself proclaimed, “I really think this is going to be one of the biggest bands in the world!”)
LIVE: Supported BØRNS, Glass Animals, Foals and Miike Snow this summer on U.S. tour dates; festival favorites at Lollapalooza, Outside Lands, ACL and more; currently on their first headline tour; L.A. and S.F. shows sold out weeks in advance
INTERNET: Went #2 on Twitter Emerging Artist Chart; #8 most-blogged-about artist on HypeMachine; all four EP songs went Top 3 on HypeM (“Malt Liquor” and “Loud(y)” #1); reached #3 on Spotify U.S. Viral Chart, #10 on Global Viral Chart
RADIO: At Alt and AAA radio now; #1 research at WEQX Albany; featured on SiriusXM Alt Nation’s Advanced Placement program; was a “Trending Track” on syndicated show 2 Hours With Matt Pinfield
PRESS: Spin, N.Y. Times, Rolling Stone (“10 Artists That You Need to Know”), KCRW, CMJ, Indie Shuffle, NME, Consequence of Sound, Nylon, Best New Bands, Earmilk; included in SF Weekly’s “Outside Lands Staff Picks,” NPR All Songs Considered
BOOKING: Windish/Paradigm
PUBLISHING: UMPG
MANAGEMENT: Drew Simmons/Foundations