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Fitz and The Tantrums
American band
Fitz and the Tantrums are an American indie pop and neo soul band from Los Angeles, California, that formed in 2008. The band consists of Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Karnes, and Jeremy Ruzumna (keyboards).
John Wicks, who played drums and percussion, left the band in 2022 to teach at the University of Montana. Their debut studio album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, was released in August 2010 on indie label Dangerbird Records and received critical acclaim; it also reached no. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.
In early 2013 the band signed to their current label, Elektra Records, which released their second LP, More Than Just a Dream, the same year. Their self-titled third album was released in 2016, which contains their most notable song, "HandClap".
members: James King, Noelle Scaggs, Michael Fitzpatrick, Scott Ellis, Ethan Phillips, John Wicks, Joseph Karnes
formed in: Los Angeles
genres: indie pop
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indie poppopblue-eyed soulpop rocksoulelectronic
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Early history (2008–2009)
Fitz and the Tantrums was founded by Michael Fitzpatrick in 2008. Having purchased an old Conn electronic organ, he was inspired to write the song "Breakin' the Chains of Love" that same night. He contacted his college friend, saxophonist James King, who recommended singer Noelle Scaggs and drummer John Wicks. In turn, King brought in bassist Joseph Karnes and keyboardist Jeremy Ruzumna. According to Fitzpatrick, the band immediately clicked. He has said, "It was literally like five phone calls, one rehearsal, and we could have played a show that night." The band performed their first show at Hotel Café in Hollywood, in December 2008, which Fitzpatrick booked one week after their first rehearsal. In interviews, he has stated the importance...
Fitzpatrick has said that the band's musical style can be fairly described as "soul-influenced indie pop". He said that while the band is influenced by the classic songs of the Motown and Stax record labels, the band is not trying to create an exact replica of that music. In another interview, Fitzpatrick talked about his decision not to use guitars in the band. "I did want to try and make a big sounding record without guitars," he said. "For me, I just feel like in any music that has a band, the guitar is always there, it's always featured, it's always prevalent. I'm just sick of hearing it."
Neo-soul/pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, CA in 2008 by Michael Fitzpatrick.
Also known as: Fitz & The Tantrums
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Liner notes
Fitz and The Tantrums, the records, oldest first
Songs for a Break Up, Volume 1
2009 ep
Pickin' Up the Pieces
2010 album
More Than Just a Dream
2013 album
wanted
Fitz and the Tantrums
2016 album
All the Feels
2019 album
wanted
Head Up High
2021 album
Let Yourself Free
2022 album
Perfect Holiday
2023 ep
Summer of Us
2024 album
Man on the Moon
2025 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
"I Just Wanna Shine" is a song by American indie pop band Fitz and the Tantrums. It was released on July 14, 2019, as the fourth single from the band's fourth studio album All the Feels.
Band's members Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, Joe Karnes, James King, Jeremy Ruzumna and John Wicks wrote the song with Nick Long, and it was produced by Jake Sinclair.
Music video
An accompanying music video was released on July 15, 2019. The video shows young skateboarding breakdancer "practicing her craft" at different locations of Los Angeles, finally "culminating on the rooftop of her apartment building with the city's skyline behind her."
"Out of My League" is a song recorded by American band Fitz and the Tantrums and produced by Tony Hoffer. The song is the lead single from the band's second studio album, More Than Just a Dream.
"Out of My League" was released as a single on February 7, 2013. The song became the group's first number one hit on the Alternative Songs chart, as well as making history for completing the slowest climb to the summit of the chart, at 33 weeks.
Music video
The music video for "Out of My League," which was directed by Jordan Bahat and choreographed by Candice Love, was released on April 22, 2013, via VH1.com and MTV.com. The video utilizes Kinect camera mapping to produce kaleidoscopic, wire-framed, and duplicated visual effects.
