Owl City

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Owl City

Owl City is the name of a project formed in early 2007 consisting of one member, Adam Young. Young started out making music in his parents' basement, which he claims is a result of his insomnia.

Among Young's influences are disco and European electronic music. 1980s synthpop and New Wave music is also heard in Owl City's sound.

History

Early years (2007-2008)

Owl City found early popularity through its own MySpace profile, which has received more than 6 million plays on tracks, such as "Hello Seattle". Young is joined by Breanne Duren on several tracks; the most noted being "The Saltwater Room."

Relient K vocalist Matt Thiessen has also collaborated with Owl City on several tracks.

In 2007, Owl City released an EP titled Of June and in 2008, the album Maybe I'm Dreaming was released. Of June reached #20 on the Billboard Electronic Albums chart, and Maybe I'm Dreaming peaked on the same chart at #16.

Owl City's first two records were released while Young was unsigned. In early 2009, music industry website "Crazed Hits" leaked that Owl City signed with the major label, Universal Republic.

Ocean Eyes (2009)

Owl City's third album Ocean Eyes was released on iTunes July 14, 2009, with the physical release following on July 28, 2009. The album debuted at #27 on the Billboard 200. Ocean Eyes went on to reach #2 on the Top Albums section of iTunes during the iTunes week of July 14. After two weeks the album had received over 2,600 ratings on iTunes with an average score of five stars. Owl City has also released four singles, "Hello Seattle", "Hot Air Balloon", "Strawberry Avalanche", and "Fireflies", leading up to the release of Ocean Eyes.

"Fireflies" was released as a free download on the iPod/iPhone game Tap Tap Revenge 3 made by Tapulous. Prior to the July 14, 2009 internet release of Ocean Eyes, and the "Fireflies" single, Steve Hoover was hired as a director for a music video for "Fireflies". The video had an exclusive premiere on MySpace, but was leaked onto Dailymotion and YouTube hours earlier. "Fireflies" became a big sleeper hit, topping the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in late October 2009.

Owl City is featured on Soundtrack 90210 with a song entitled "Sunburn", which was released on October 13, 2009.

Young produced Relient K's song "Terminals". Relient K vocalist Matt Thiessen stated that it is very likely that he and Adam will produce a side project called "Goodbye Dubai" in the future.

Owl City is currently on tour with The Scene Aesthetic and Brooke Waggoner. In January-February of 2010 he will tour with contemporary synthpop singer Lights and Christian rock band Deas Vail.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	US	US Elec	UK
2007	Of June Released: September 8, 2007 Label: Self-released	—	20	—
2008	Maybe I'm Dreaming Released: March 17, 2008 Label: Self-released	—	16	—
2009	Ocean Eyes Released: July 14, 2009 Label: Universal Republic	8	2	47

Singles

Year	Single	US Hot 100	US Pop 100	US Alt	CAN Hot 100	Album
2009	"Fireflies"	1	15	27	13	Ocean Eyes
	"Vanilla Twilight"	95	—	—	—

External links

• Owl City Official Site
• Template:Myspace
• Official iLike Artist Profile
• Full Review Of 'Ocean Eyes' @ Thealbumproject.net
• Owl City coverage on Audioholic Media
• Fireflies Video
• Owl City Street Team on Fancorps
• Swimming with Dolphins at MySpace
• Port Blue at MySpace
• Windsor Airlift at MySpace
• Insect Airport at MySpace
• Seagull Orchestra at MySpace