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本帖最后由 BaconHam 于 2011-11-4 09:20 编辑
Alisa Xayalith is the lead vocalist and songwriter of this duo group, although they become a five piece band when touring. Alisa has a Chinese-Thai background.
The Naked and Famous are a New Zealandindie rockband from Auckland.They formed in 2008 when Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith recorded two EPs withengineer Aaron Short, a fellow student at Auckland'sMAINZ music college. The EPs weresubsequently released on a local independent label and Powers and Xayalithbegan performing live with Ben Knapp (bass) and Jordan Clark (drums).
In 2009, the group recorded the single All of This. Aaron Short became aperforming member of the group and Jesse Wood (drums) and David Beadle (bass)joined the band as fulltime members.
The group then set about recording the single "Young Blood" and theirdebut album, recording mostly at home and at Auckland studio, The Lab. "Young Blood" debutedon the New Zealand chart at number one in 2010—the first New Zealand artist inthree years to do so.[1]The Naked and Famous released their debut studio album, Passive Me, Aggressive You, on 6 September 2010 on their own label,Somewhat Damaged. [2]Thealbum was produced by Thom Powers and Aaron Short and mixed by Billy Bush.
On 6 December 2010, the BBC announced that TheNaked and Famous had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.[3]
In 2011, the band garnered six nominations at the New Zealand Music Awards for Album of theYear, Single of the Year, Best Group, Breakthrough Artist of the Year, BestAlternative Album and the People's Choice Award. They were also nominated forthe NZ On Air Best Music Video and won the MAINZ Best Engineer Award and theMAINZ Best Producer Award.[4] |
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