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Letting Up Despite Great Faults
OriginAustin, Texas, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
GenresIndie rock, indie pop, dream pop, indietronica, shoegazing
Years active2006–present
MembersMike Lee
Kent Zambrana
Annah Fisette
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)

Remixes

  • Passion Pit – "Little Secrets" (2009)[1][14]
  • Tape Deck Mountain - "On My Honor" (2009)[15][16]
  • MillionYoung - "Cynthia" (2010)[17]
  • Montauk - "Holiday" (2010)[18]
  • Silver Swans - "Secrets" (2010)[19]

Other Appearances

Film and TV

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. 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  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.
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