Desire (band)

Desire
OriginMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres
Years active2009–present
LabelItalians Do It Better
Members
Past membersNat Walker

Desire is a Canadian electronic music duo from Montreal,[4][5] based in Palm Springs, California. Formed in 2009, the band consists of vocalist Megan Louise and producer Johnny Jewel, a former member of Chromatics and Glass Candy. Nat Walker (also a previous member of Chromatics) was formerly a member of Desire, playing synthesizer and drums.[4][6] Their lyrics are in French and English.[5]

Their debut studio album, II, was released in 2009, via the Italians Do It Better label.[6][7] Fact magazine listed II as the 14th best album of 2009.[8] That same year, the band's song "Under Your Spell" was featured in the 2010 S/S Max Mara fashion show, in Christian Dior's Haute Couture Spring–Summer 2012, and in the soundtracks of the 2011 films Drive and Oslo, August 31.[1][9] Kid Cudi sampled "Under Your Spell" in his 2012 song "Teleport 2 Me, Jamie". Desire recorded the song "Behind the Mask" for the soundtrack to the 2015 film Lost River.[10]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Desire (2009)
  • Escape (2022)
  • Games People Play (2025)

Singles

  • "If I Can't Hold You" (2009)[11]
  • "Under Your Spell" (2009)
  • "Tears from Heaven" (2018)
  • "Bizarre Love Triangle" (2020)[12]
  • "Escape" (2020)
  • "Black Latex" (2020)
  • "Liquid Dreams" (2020)
  • "Boy" (2020)
  • "Zeros" (2021)
  • "Future Lights" with Double Mixte (2021)
  • "Ghosts" (2021)
  • "Haenim" feat. Ether (2021)
  • "Can't Get You Out of My Head" feat. Guy Gerber (2022)
  • "54321" feat. Omar-S (2022)
  • "Hard Times" feat. Omar-S (2023)
  • "Parisian Time" feat. Jimmy Whoo (2023)
  • "The Power of Love" (2023)
  • "Love Races On" (2023)
  • "Darkside" (2024)
  • "Human Nature" (2024)
  • "Vampire" (2024)
  • "Dangerous Drug" (2024)
  • "I Know" (2024)
  • "Drama Queen" (2024)
  • "Something Real" feat. Omar-S (2025)

References

  1. ^ a b Simon, Reynolds (September 20, 2011). "'Drive' playlist: 5 tracks from Ryan Gosling's explosive thriller". Digital Spy. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  2. ^ "Kasper Bjorke's Exclusive Disco Mix". Dazed. February 19, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  3. ^ Grow, Kory (January 5, 2011). "'Girls & Boys Presents Glass Candy+Chromatics'". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Desire prep debut LP and Italians come to London". Fact. June 3, 2009. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  5. ^ a b Ace, Ezra (April 9, 2009). "Damaged Disco". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Desire – II". Resident Advisor. July 9, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  7. ^ Park, Dave (December 27, 2009). "Album Review: Desire – II". Prefix. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "The 40 Best Albums of 2009". Fact. December 9, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
  9. ^ "Oslo, 31. august (2011) – Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  10. ^ Feenstra, Gerrit (April 8, 2015). "Album Review: Johnny Jewel – Lost River Original Soundtrack". KEXP-FM. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  11. ^ Hogan, Marc (April 28, 2009). "Desire: "If I Can't Hold You"". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  12. ^ Murray, Robin (February 14, 2020). "Desire Cover New Order's 'Bizarre Love Triangle'". clashmusic.com. Clash. Retrieved February 21, 2020.

Further reading

allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_(band)