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Letting Up Despite Great Faults
OriginLos Angeles, California, USA
GenresIndie rock, indiepop, dreampop, indietronica, shoegaze
Years active2006–present
MembersMike Lee
Kent Zambrana
Daniel Schmidt
Websitewww.lettingup.com

Letting Up Despite Great Faults is an American indie pop/dream pop group founded in 2006 by Los Angeles native Mike Lee, who currently resides with the rest of the band in Austin, TX.[1][2] Pitchfork has dubbed them "shoegaze-y indie pop."[3] Rolling Stone and Canada's Exclaim! have compared them to The Postal Service,[4][5] while the consensus in the blogosphere has been more M83 and The Radio Dept.[6][7][8][9] The name stems from Blonde Redhead's song "Loved Despite of Great Faults."[10] One of their first songs, "Disasters Are Okay," appeared on the television show One Tree Hill.[1][9][11] In 2011 their single, "Teenage Tide," appeared on 90210. All songs are written and produced by Mike Lee.[12]

Discography

Albums

  • Letting Up Despite Great Faults (October 13, 2009 US / April 14, 2010 Japan)
  • Untogether (October 9, 2012 US / July 25, 2012 Japan)[13]
  • Neon (August 12, 2014 US / June 4, 2014 Japan)

EPs

  • Movement (August 15, 2006)
  • Paper Crush (August 2, 2011 US / October 24, 2011 UK & Europe)
  • Japan Tour EP (October 10, 2012)
  • Neon Japan Tour EP (August 6, 2014)
  • Alexander Devotion (February 10, 2017 US, UK & Europe)

Remixes

Other Appearances

Film and TV

Music videos

References

  1. ^ a b c "( Letting Up Despite Great Faults > Biography )". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  2. ^ "Letting Up Despite Great Faults: 'I Hear You Drowning But I'm Tied'". NPR. 2006-08-23. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  3. ^ "Track Reviews: Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "In Steps"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  4. ^ J. Edward Keyes (2009-12-03). "Hype Monitor: Oh No Ono, Sharon Van Etten and Letting Up Despite Great Faults : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  5. ^ "Exclaim! Canada's Music Authority". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  6. ^ kevin (2009-10-15). "Letting Up Despite Great Faults: ready and Able(ton) —". Buzzbands.la. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  7. ^ "i guess i'm floating: [MP3] Letting Up Despite Great Faults: "In Steps" + "Our Younger Noise"". Iguessimfloating.blogspot.com. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  8. ^ kid_for_today (2004-02-26). "kid_for_today: yes to great faults". Kidfortoday37.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  9. ^ a b Frixone, John (2009-10-09). "Earworm: Letting Up Despite Great Faults "In Steps" | The New Music". Blog.thenewmusic.net. Archived from the original on 2009-12-15. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  10. ^ "Blog Archive » Letting Up Despite Great Faults: Letting Up Despite Great Faults [Album Review]". FensePost. 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  11. ^ a b Default (2007-05-30). "One Tree Hill Music". www.oth-music.com. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  12. ^ http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1746611&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=30&start=1
  13. ^ "Untogether - Letting Up Despite Great Faults". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2014-12-23.
  14. ^ RARCHE says (2009-10-17). "on Rolling Stone!!!". Scottish Friction. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  15. ^ "Radio Free Silver Lake: Interview: Letting Up Despite Great Faults". Radiofreesilverlake.typepad.com. 2009-11-20. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  16. ^ "Letting Up Despite Great Faults op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2009-12-08.
  17. ^ "Surfing On Steam: Million Young: 'Cynthia (Letting Up Despite Great Faults remix)' MP3". surfingonsteam.blogspot.com. 2010-02-02. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  18. ^ "Sheena Beaston: Montauk - Holiday (Letting Up Despite Great Faults Remix)". www.sheenabeaston.com. 2010-03-11. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  19. ^ "Knox Road: Letting Up Despite Great Faults remix Silver Swans". knoxroad.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  20. ^ "90210, 'Mama Can You Hear Me'". CW. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
  21. ^ "'Now Apocalypse', 'Where Is My Mind'". Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  22. ^ Letting Up Despite Great Faults (2011-08-28), Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Teenage Tide", retrieved 2016-12-17
  23. ^ Letting Up Despite Great Faults (2013-07-25), Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "Details Of My World", retrieved 2016-12-17
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