Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi | |
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Lake Malawi in November 2018 |
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General information | |
origin | Třinec , Czech Republic |
Genre (s) | Indie pop |
founding | 2013 |
Website | www.lakemalawimusic.com |
Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar, drums |
Albert Černý (since 2013) |
Bass, keyboard |
Jeroným Šubrt (since 2013) |
Drums |
Antonín Hrabal (since 2016) |
former members | |
Drums |
Pavel Palát (2013-2016) |
guitar |
Patrick Karpentski (2013-2017) |
Lake Malawi is a Czech indie pop - band .
history
The band was founded in September 2013 in Třinec by singer Albert Černý after his previous band Charlie Straight broke up.
In 2014 the band released their first song, Forever June . In the same year, the band performed frequently at major Czech music festivals such as Colors of Ostrava and Rock for People . In addition, she also took part in The Great Escape Festival in the UK. Lake Malawi was also the opening act for concerts in Prague by artists such as The Kooks , Mika and Thirty Seconds to Mars . In 2016, the drummer and former member of Charlie Straight Pavel Palát left the band and was replaced by Antonín Hrabal.
In 2017 the band released their debut album Surrounded by Light . At the end of 2017 the guitarist Patrick Parpentski left the band.
In January 2019 it was announced that she would take part in the Czech preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv , Israel . On January 28, 2019, they were announced as winners and represented the Czech Republic with the song Friend of a Friend . In this they made it to the finals and finally reached 11th place.
In 2020 the singer of the band, Albert Černý, who himself went to school in Poland, accepted the Polish preliminary decision for the ESC ( Szansa na Sukces Eurowizja 2020 ) and was able to achieve 2nd place in the final.
Discography
Studio albums
- 2017: Surrounded by Light
EPs
- 2015: We Are Making Love Again
Singles
- 2014: Always June
- 2014: Chinese Trees
- 2015: Aubrey
- 2015: Young Blood
- 2016: We Are Making Love Again
- 2017: Prague (In the City)
- 2017: Surrounded by Light
- 2017: Not My Street
- 2017: Bottom of the Jungle
- 2017: Paris
- 2018: Spaced Out
- 2019: Friend of a Friend
- 2019: Stuck in the 80's
- 2020: Lucy
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zpěvák Albert Černý ze skupiny Lake Malawi: Chtěl bych od fanoušků druhou Šanci
- ↑ Lake Malawi v "Young Blood" nabízejí životní vlakový příběh
- ↑ Lake Malawi si pražský křest "Surrounded By Light" mohou přidat do zlatého fondu svých koncertů
- ↑ RECENZE: Lake Malawi debutují na světové úrovni
- ↑ Miki Gligorov: A Friend of a Friend! Lake Malawi revealed as the Czech representatives for Eurovision 2019. In: escxtra.com. January 28, 2019, accessed January 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Poland goes with Alicja Szemplińska for Eurovision 2020. In: eurovision.tv. EBU, February 23, 2020, accessed on May 25, 2020 (English).