The year 2014 saw the breakthrough of a few acts, Ariana Grande, Iggy Azalea and UK artiste SAM SMITH. Opening for SAM SMITH on tour last year was a small band by the name of 'Years and Years'. Consisting of lead vocalist Olly Alexander, bassist Mike Goldsworthy (awesome last name btw) and synth player Emre Turkmen.
I stumbled upon Years & Years late 2014, the first offering I heard from them was the melody filled, dance ready, joy inducing 'Desire'. I immediately rushed to find more material from the band, discovering cuts such as 'Take Shelter' and 'Real'. How was it I had never heard about them earlier? After all they had been releasing music since 2012. Well as it so turns out 2014 was a breakthrough year for Years and Years, with the release of the aforementioned 'Real', whose music video features a dance scene featuring actor Ben Whishaw (Q from the 2012 James Bond film 'Skyfall'). Noting that their admiration of R&B (Which I can hear in their song 'Memo'), they signed to Polydor Record in the UK and were most recently named BBC radio's Sound Of 2015 winners. Yup, a bright 2015 is surely on the horizon for this band, hopefully they can ride this wave for years and years to come
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