Peace (band)

Peace

Peace live in Denver 2013
Background information
Origin Worcester, England
Genres Indie rock, alternative rock, psychedelic rock
Years active 2009–present
Labels Columbia
Associated acts Drowning In Deuce, Third Exit, Farmyard Juice, Yak
Website peaceforeverever.co.uk
Members Harry "Harrison" Koisser
Samuel Koisser
Douglas Castle
Dominic Boyce

Peace are an English indie rock quartet, formed in Worcester.[1][2] The band consists of brothers Harry (vocals, guitar) and Sam Koisser (bass), Doug Castle (guitar) and Dom Boyce (drums).[3] The band began to receive critical acclaim in early 2012 from publications such as The Guardian and NME, who compared them to The Maccabees, Foals, Wu Lyf and Vampire Weekend.[3][4] They were considered part of the B-Town movement, along with other bands such as Swim Deep, Jaws and Superfood.

Their first single, "Follow Baby", was self-released in April 2012 in the form of 500 7" vinyl copies.[5] The band then signed to Columbia Records & released their debut extended play, EP Delicious, on 7 September 2012.[6] With their debut studio album, In Love, released on 25 March 2013,[7] the band released their lead single "Wraith" on 13 January 2013.[8] It was announced by the BBC on 9 December 2012 that Peace had been nominated for the Sound of 2013 poll.[9]

History

2009–2011: Formation and beginnings

Originally named November and the Criminal, the band formed in August 2009 and released their self-titled debut EP in March 2010[10] before changing their name to Peace in October 2010.[11] The band stated in 2013 they changed their name after having "written a whole different group of songs, which had a different feel" and dismissed their previous incarnation as November and The Criminal as being a "high-school band, when we were in college". During the band's last gig under their old name, they performed the first song written as Peace twice during their set.[12]

Lead singer Harry Koisser stated that the band arose out of boredom, while the name Peace was inspired by a photograph celebrating the end of World War Two.[3][13] The Koisser brothers grew up in Droitwich[14] where they attended the Wychavon Youth Music after school club and formed Farmyard Juice[15] before forming The Third Exit together in January 2004 whilst at Droitwich Spa High School.[16] The brothers also formed Emo/Melodic hardcore band "Drowning In Deuce" in 2008.[17][18][19][20] Boyce and Castle both attended Nunnery Wood High School, with the band forming when Harry Koisser and Boyce met at Worcester Sixth Form College.[21]

Up until this point, the band were relatively unknown on the local music scene – and their earliest documented gig took place during the Worcester Music Festival on 23 August 2009[22] Andrew Marston of BBC Introducing was one of the band's first supporters – giving them a prime-time slot on the BBC Hereford & Worcester stage at the Nozstock Festival of Performing Arts in July 2010 after receiving much airplay beforehand.[23] Andy O'Hare would later put them in his top ten picks of the year.[24]

In January 2012, Peace released their first track "Bblood" online.[25] Having grabbed the attention of NME, the band were soon featured as part of the magazine's Ones to Watch [in 2012] feature, who praised them for "Doomy, gruff vocals laced with foreboding guitars that board on tropical (and sound about 10 times more exhilarating than you imagine that could be)".[25] Peace were also well received by The Guardian, who hailed them "the future of indie".[3]

The band released their debut single "Follow Baby" in April 2012, which was limited to 500 7" vinyl copies, 200 of which were signed by the four band members.[5] Having supported the likes of Mystery Jets and The Vaccines on tour,[26] Peace proceeded to release their debut extended play EP Delicious on 7 September. Well received by the BBC and NME, the four-track extended play featured "California Daze", a track made available as a free download by the band in August of that year.[27][28]

2012–2013: In Love

On 9 December 2012, the BBC announced that Peace had been nominated for the Sound of 2013 poll.[9] The band released the lead single from their upcoming studio album "Wraith" on 13 January 2013,[7][8] where it debuted at number seventy-five on the UK Singles Chart for the week ending 26 January 2013.[29]

In February 2013, the band performed in an opening slot on the NME Awards Tour 2013 alongside Palma Violets, Miles Kane and headliners Django Django.[30] "Follow Baby" was reissued as the second single from their debut album on 17 February 2013, failing to chart in the United Kingdom.[31] In Love was released as the band's debut studio album on 25 March 2013 in the United Kingdom, debuting at number sixteen on the UK Albums Chart with sales of 9,028 copies for the chart week dated 6 April 2013.[32]

Late 2013–present: Happy People

In November 2013, Peace confirmed they had started recording for their second album. The band toured the US in October 2013, with Oliver Henry Burslem (who later formed and fronted Yak) temporarily replacing guitarist Douglas Castle.[33] In late November and December 2013, playing at notable venues such as 2 nights at o2 Shepherds Bush Empire, o2 Academy Birmingham, and Rock City (club) in Nottingham. During this November–December 2013 tour Peace debuted future single 'Money'. The single received its first play on Hottest Record in the World on Radio 1 by Huw Stephens on 15 April 2014, with Peace announcing that it would be the first single off their upcoming second album and would be released 16 June 2014 and uploaded the music video for the song to their VEVO channel. The album date was scheduled for early February 2015.[34]

On 11 July 2014, Peace announced on their Facebook page that they would be supporting The Libertines for their show at Alexandra Palace on 26 September

On 30 July 2014, Peace announced the next single taken from their second album will be called 'Lost On Me' and will be released on 28 September [35]

On August 2014 the band returned to the Reading and Leeds festivals playing their largest shows to date. The band performed sixth on the bill for the main stage, playing before a number of popular artists such as The Hives, Foster the People and the day's headliners Arctic Monkeys.

The second album, Happy People, was released on 9 February 2015.

Members

Harry "Harrison" Koisser – Lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, tambourine (2009–present)
Douglas "Doug" Castle – Guitar (2009–present)
Dominic "Dom" Boyce – Drums, percussion, bongos, backing vocals (2009–present)
Samuel "Sam" Koisser – Bass, backing vocals (2009–present)

Discography

Studio albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
UK
[32]
In Love 16
Happy People 12

Extended plays

Title Details
EP Delicious

Singles

Title Year Peak chart positions Album
UK
[29]
"Follow Baby"[5][31] 2012 — In Love
"Wraith" 2013 75
"California Daze" —
"Lovesick" —
"Money" 2014 66 Happy People
"Lost On Me"[37] —
"I'm a Girl" —
"—" denotes single that did not chart.

Tours

Awards and nominations

Year Organisation Award Work Result
2012 NME 50 Best Tracks
of 2012[42]		 "California Daze" #13
"Bloodshake" #43
"Follow Baby" #47
BBC Sound of 2013[9] N/A Nominated
2013 NME Best New Band[43] N/A Nominated
2014 NME Best Album[44] In Love Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Top music magazine is giving Peace a chance". Worcester News. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  2. ↑ O'Hare, Andy (22 January 2010). "The Marr's Bar, Worcester 22.01.2010". Hereford and Worcester. BBC. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Lester, Paul (16 January 2012). "New band of the day: Peace (No 1,186)". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  4. ↑ Daly, Rhian (16 March 2012). "Radar Band Of The Week No:82: 'Peace'". NME. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Peace – Follow Baby 7". Deadlystore. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Peace – 'EP Delicious' – Digital Download". iTunes. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 "Peace – 'In Love'". Amazon. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Peace – 'Wraith' – Digital Download". iTunes. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 "Sound of 2013 Profiles: Peace". BBC. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  10. ↑ "About: November and the Criminal". Not Just Sauce. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "November and the Criminal announce rename". Alter the Press. October 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  12. ↑ "Underground Festival 2012 - Peace (Interview)". No Ripcord.
  13. ↑ Homewood, Ben. "Ones To Watch: Peace". The Fly. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  14. ↑ "3rd Exit on PureVolume". PureVolume.
  15. ↑ "Whychavon District Council – Arts Newsletter" (PDF). Whychavon District Council. May 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  16. ↑ "Third Exit: The Band". n/a. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  17. ↑ "Drowning in Deuce". Flickr - Photo Sharing!.
  18. ↑ "Honesty Fails, Friday First, Drowning In Deuce". remotegoat.com.
  19. ↑ "Drowning in Deuce". Last.fm.
  20. ↑ "Official page of Drowning in Deuce genre: Hardcore Rock". emergenza.net.
  21. ↑ "Interview: Peace". 7 Bit Arcade. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  22. ↑ "Andy O'Hare reviews the Worcester Music Festival 2009". Hereford and Worcester. BBC. 23 August 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "In pictures: November and The Criminal live at Nozstock". Hereford and Worcester. BBC. 23 July 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  24. ↑ "The Very Best of 2010". Hereford and Worcester. BBC. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  25. 1 2 "Peace – NME Ones to watch 2012 – Bblood Demo". Deadly People. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  26. ↑ "10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week (11/08/12)". NME. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  27. ↑ Diver, Mike. "Peace EP Delicious Review". BBC. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
  28. ↑ Howard, Tom (12 September 2012). "Peace EP Delicious". NME.
  29. 1 2 "New Chart Entries > 26 January 2013". Zobbel.de. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  30. 1 2 "Django Django to headline NME Awards Tour 2013". NME. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  31. 1 2 "Peace – 'Follow Baby' – Digital Download". iTunes. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  32. 1 2 "Official Charts: PEACE (Artist)". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  33. ↑ http://www.jthstigertales.org/arts-entertainment/2013/11/25/peacefully-rocking-out/
  34. ↑ Ed Keeble, Andrew Trendell. "Peace discuss their 'experimental' new album". gigwise.com.
  35. ↑ "Peace - Lost On Me - All-Noise". All-Noise.
  36. ↑ "'Peace Discuss Their New Experimental Album". Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  37. ↑ "Peace – Lost On Me (Audio)". YouTube. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  38. ↑ "Peace Supertour Poster". Peace. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  39. ↑ "Peace Tour Delicious Poster". Peace. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  40. ↑ "Peace reveal 'In Love' album artwork and UK tour details". NME. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  41. ↑ "Peace and Drenge to tour UK together in November". NME. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  42. ↑ "50 Best Tracks of 2012". NME. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  43. ↑ "NME Awards 2013 winners in full". Digital Spy. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  44. ↑ "NME Awards 2014 nominees in full". Digital Spy. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
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