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Cults
American indie pop band
Cults is an American indie pop band formed in New York City in 2010, comprising multi-instrumentalists Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion. The band first rose to prominence after the release of their debut extended play, Cults 7" (2010), which was released on their Bandcamp page.
They signed with English singer Lily Allen's record label In the Name Of, an imprint of Sony Music, to release their eponymous debut studio album (2011). Their song "Bad Things" was sampled by American rapper J.
Cole for his 2013 single "She Knows", on which they were credited as featured artists.
File card: Cults
members: Madeline Follin, Ryan Michael Mattos
formed in: Manhattan
labels: In the Name Of
genres: indie rock
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History
Cults was formed in 2010 while guitarist Brian Oblivion and singer Madeline Follin, both from San Diego, were students in New York City. Oblivion went to New York University to study documentary cinema, while Follin went to The New School. Follin had previously recorded with punk band Youth Gone Mad on the album Touching Cloth. The name Cults was inspired by the Heaven's Gate cult from San Diego, California, where Follin and Oblivion grew up.