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Also known asThe Jakes
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Albums7
Songs80
AboutToday, Young the Giant is composed of:
Sameer Gadhia (vocals),
Jacob Tilley (guitar),
Eric Cannata (guitar/vocals),
Payam Doostzadeh (bass),
Francois Comtois (drums/vocals).

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BIO:

EARLY YEARS --

Young the Giant is an American indie rock band that formed in Irvine, California, in 2004. The band's line-up is Sameer Gadhia (lead vocals, auxiliary percussion), Jacob Tilley (guitars), Eric Cannata (guitars), Payam Doostzadeh (bass guitar), and François Comtois (drums). Formerly known as The Jakes, Young the Giant was signed by Roadrunner Records in 2009 and released its eponymous debut album in 2010.

The Jakes were formed in 2004 in Irvine, California. After a number of lineup changes over the next few years due to various reasons, the groups permanent lineup was formed in 2008 consisting of Sameer Gadhia, Jacob Tilley, Ehson Hashemian, Eric Cannata, and François Comtois (though Hashemian would soon leave the group). That same year, with one member still in high school and others attending different colleges, the group decided to put their schooling on hold to focus on music. That winter, the band won an online contest on Sonicbids to open for Kings of Leon during a January 2009 show at the House of Blues in Chicago. Two months later, the band played four shows at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. The band's song "Texas Tea" was played during an episode of MTV's The Real World: Brooklyn, and "Paid the Piper" was featured on A&E's The Beast.

Another song, "Cough Syrup", received airplay on the Los Angeles radio station KROQ. After signing to Roadrunner Records in August, keyboardist Ehson Hashemian departed the band. In December, the band announced it had changed its name to Young the Giant.

Young the Giant spent 2010 touring with Minus the Bear and Steel Train while working on its debut album with producer Joe Chicarelli. After the band finished recording in early June, they played additional shows with Marina and the Diamonds, The Futureheads, Neon Trees and New Politics. Several songs—including "My Body", "I Got", and "Strings"—were leaked online in advance of the album's release.

DEBUT ALBUM RELEASE (2011)--

On October 26, Roadrunner Records digitally released the eponymous Young the Giant album, which received a physical U.S. release on January 25, 2011.

They performed on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Fuel TV's The Daily Habit in January 2011. First single "My Body" was released to U.S. radio that month, and went on to peak at number eight on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. The song was on iTunes as free single of the week beginning January 9, 2011, and was featured on an episode of American Idol.

Mind over Matter (2013–15)

On October 28, 2013, Young the Giant released "It's About Time", the lead single from the band's second album, Mind over Matter. On December 9, 2013, Young the Giant also released "Crystallized", another single from the band's second album. The album was released on January 21, 2014 via Fueled by Ramen. The band enlisted Grammy-nominated producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen to produce the album for the Southern California group.

The New York Times called the album "a sharp, electric album that has the cool reserve of the Cure matched with the arena mind-set of, say, Muse (though without that group's mechanical air)."

The next fall the band embarked on North American Tour starting in South Burlington Vt and ending Boulder Co, the band was opened by the band Wildling who Gadhia helped in their search for a drummer. Following the release of their second album, the group released another set of videos for their In the Open series on YouTube.

In 2015, the band released two songs named "Mirrorball" and "Mind Over Matter (Reprise)" exclusively on vinyl for Record Store Day of that year. The songs were later released online July 28, 2017.

Home of the Strange (2016–2017)

On April 15, 2016, the band released a new track "Amerika", taken from their third studio album Home of the Strange, released on August 12, 2016. The first official single on the record is "Something to Believe In", which was sent to alternative radio on May 10, 2016. Another track from the album, "Titus Was Born", was released with an accompanying music video on June 17, 2016. Young the Giant's tour for this album will begin August 13, 2016 - starting from the west coast of the United States. Two additional tracks from the new album, "Jungle Youth" and "Silvertongue", were released in the coming weeks before the release of the upcoming album.

Mirror Master (2017–present)

The band released the first single, "Simplify", from their upcoming album on June 14, 2018. The album's second single, "Superposition", was released on August 23, 2018, along with an announcement that Mirror Master will be released on October 12, 2018, by Elektra Records.

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