The Boys You Know
| The Boys You Know | |
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 The Boys You Know at their performance on January 5th, 2017 in Vöcklabruck |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock , grunge , alternative rock |
| founding | 2012 |
| Website | www.theboysyouknow.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Thomas Hangweyrer | |
| Mathias Kollos | |
| Benjamin Philippovich | |
| Manuel Kurzmann (since 2016) | |
| Dominik Mayr (since 2018) | |
| Stefan Slamanig (since 2016) | |
| former members | |
| Sophie Schmidauer (2012-2016) | |
| Max Hauer (2016-2017) | |
The Boys You Know is an indie rock band from Austria .
history
The Boys You Know was founded in 2012 by film director Thomas Hangweyrer , Mathias Kollos, Benjamin Philippovich and Sophie Schmidauer. In 2013 the debut album Waste Your Time was released on the Vienna label Living Room Records. The album was produced by Wolfgang Möstl, the frontman of Killed by 9V Batteries and a member of numerous other bands ( Mile Me Deaf , Sex Jams). The singles All The Other Kids and Wake Up were played by the Austrian radio station FM4. In July 2013 the album was released on the Japanese label "Vinyl Junkie Recordings" ( The Wombats , Ringo Deathstarr).
In May 2014, the second studio album, Purple Lips , was released. With Purple Lips , the band managed to attract more attention in Germany for the first time (Joiz, MTV, VIVA, Motor Music).
In 2016 Sophie Schmidauer left. Three new members were Max Hauer, Manuel Kurzmann and Stefan Slamanig. The third studio album, Elephant Terrible , was released in August 2016 . The album was charted for the first time in Austria. Positive reviews came from the German Rolling Stone magazine, the Austrian radio station FM4, ORF.at and the daily newspaper Die Zeit .
In the summer of 2017, the band was on tour with Dinosaur Jr. and the Pixies .
Max Hauer left the band in 2018, Dominik Mayr took over as the new keyboardist.
reception
After the publication of Purple Lips in 2014, the Upper Austrian News wrote about the “probably best rock band from Austria right now”, the Kurier about the “best rock album in the country so far”. ORF .at wrote “Pop can be a screen again”.
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
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 AT
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| 2013 | Waste your time | - | |
| 2014 | Purple Lips | - | |
| 2016 | Elephant Terrible |
AT47 (1 week) AT |
Video albums
- 2018: Sant Marti feat. PAENDA
- 2018: A Song For A Failure
- 2016: Morals
- 2016: Teenager Of The Year
- 2014: Money
- 2014: The Cult
- 2013: Wake Up
- 2013: She Goes Around
- 2013: Walk With Me
- 2013: All The Other Kids
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.theboysyouknow.com/#!waste/c1p9k
- ↑ http://www.joiz.de/show/livingroom/the-boys-you-know-paula-lambert-living-room-s2-e30
- ↑ http://www.mtv.de/artists/18590-the-boys-you-know
- ↑ http://www.viva.tv/musikvideo/61310-the-boys-you-know-money
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from July 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Boys+You+Know&titel=Elephant+Terrible&cat=a
- ↑ Rolling Stone: Exclusive video premiere: The Boys You Know - "Teenager Of The Year". June 8, 2016, Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ The tame indief fan - fm4.ORF.at. In: fm4.orf.at. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Vienna's most fashionable guitar pop - news.ORF.at. July 28, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Jan Friday: La Femme, De la Soul and The Boys you know: New Pop releases . In: The time . September 1, 2016, ISSN 0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed September 7, 2016]).
- ^ [1] Upper Austrian News , June 6, 2014
- ↑ Pop is allowed to be a canvas again. In: news.orf.at. April 5, 2014, accessed November 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Chart sources: AT
- ↑ TheBoysYouKnow: The Boys You Know - A Song For A Failure (official video). May 3, 2018, accessed May 26, 2018 .
- ↑ TheBoysYouKnow: The Boys You Know - Morals (Official). August 26, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ TheBoysYouKnow: The Boys You Know - Teenager Of The Year (Official). June 9, 2016, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Video Money on Youtube
- ↑ Video The Cult on Youtube
- ↑ Video Wake Up on Youtube
- ↑ Video She Goes Around on Youtube ( Memento from October 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Video Walk With Me on Youtube
- ↑ Video All The Other Kids on Youtube
