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Warpaint (band)
Warpaint is an American indie rock band from Los Angeles formed in 2004. The band consists of Emily Kokal (vocals, guitar), Theresa Wayman (vocals, guitar), Jenny Lee Lindberg (bass, vocals), and Stella Mozgawa (drums). The band has released four studio albums: The Fool (2010), Warpaint (2014), Heads Up (2016), and Radiate Like This (2022).
Warpaint formed in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day 2004.[citation needed] The original lineup consisted of childhood friends Wayman and Kokal alongside sisters Lindberg and Shannyn Sossamon.[citation needed] The band played in Los Angeles for three years, writing songs ("Stars", "Beetles" and "Elephants") which eventually were on their debut EP. According to Jenny Lindberg in a 2011 interview with Guardian Music, the band originally went by the name "World War 4" and changed their name to Warpaint only after writing their song "Warpaint" (which they had been playing for years but first appeared on their LP, The Fool).
The band began recording their debut EP, Exquisite Corpse, in December 2007, with producer Jacob Bercovici.[citation needed] Former RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer performed drums and guitar on the EP in 2007.[citation needed] The sessions took over two months and concluded with mixing and mastering by John Frusciante, who was also Kokal's boyfriend at the time.[citation needed] Warpaint self-released the EP in 2008.[citation needed] It became No. 1 in the Los Angeles Amoeba Records local artist chart.[citation needed] In 2009, Exquisite Corpse was rereleased worldwide by Manimal Vinyl.[citation needed]
In the winter of 2009, Australian drummer Stella Mozgawa joined the band.[citation needed] Shortly afterwards, Warpaint were signed to Rough Trade Records and immediately began extensive touring throughout the United States and Europe, including an opening slot for the xx. On December 6 2010, the BBC announced that Warpaint had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll and they were the cover stars of Beat magazine's Winter 2010 launch issue. In 2010, Warpaint contributed a cover of David Bowie's song "Ashes to Ashes" to We Were So Turned On, a Bowie tribute album released in conjunction with War Child.
On October 25 2010, the band released their debut album, The Fool. The album received a glowing review from NME. "Shadows", the first single from their debut album, was released as a digital download and 12" vinyl on January 10, 2011. A remix of the single, "Shadows (Neon Lights Remix)", proved to be popular and was playlisted by BBC Radio 1 as part of "In New Music We Trust".[citation needed]
In the spring and summer of 2011, Warpaint toured the U.S. and Europe promoting the album.[citation needed] They played at various festivals including Summer Sundae, Bonnaroo, Glastonbury Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Rock Werchter, and Electric Picnic.[citation needed] In 2011, the rerelease of the track "Undertow" as a single charted in the UK at No.92 and in Australia at No.75.[citation needed] On September 25, 2011, they played the prestigious Hollywood Bowl, sharing the bill with TV on the Radio, Arctic Monkeys, Panda Bear, and Smith Westerns.
As early as 2011, drummer Mozgawa, in an interview with NME, expressed the band's intention to "experiment and write with one another" as the lineup at the time had never composed songs "from the ground up" together.[citation needed] Bassist Lindberg further indicated that most of the newer songs were written by "just jam[ming] and free-flow[ing] onstage".[dead link] In February 2013, Wayman confirmed to NME that the band intended to create a minimalist sound on Warpaint, revealing that the band developed songs at soundchecks, and experimented more with acoustic guitars and percussion instruments on the album.[dead link] Lead vocalist Kokal noted that R&B and rap music were influences on Warpaint and stated that the album featured "things that have drum machines and ambience, music that's more than standard rock".[citation needed] Kokal added that the album was largely keyboards-based, which contributed to the overall sound being "definitely different" from the band's previous album, The Fool.[dead link]
Produced and mixed by Flood, except for two tracks which were mixed by Nigel Godrich, Warpaint was released by Rough Trade on January 17, 2014 in Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and Switzerland; January 20 in Denmark, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and January 21 in Spain and the U.S.[citation needed] A snippet of the album's lead single, "Love Is to Die", was featured in an advertisement for Calvin Klein on September 25, 2013 and later as part of a teaser for an upcoming documentary of the same name about the recording of Warpaint. The single was released on October 28 with the pre-ordered digital version of the album.
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Warpaint (band)
Warpaint is an American indie rock band from Los Angeles formed in 2004. The band consists of Emily Kokal (vocals, guitar), Theresa Wayman (vocals, guitar), Jenny Lee Lindberg (bass, vocals), and Stella Mozgawa (drums). The band has released four studio albums: The Fool (2010), Warpaint (2014), Heads Up (2016), and Radiate Like This (2022).
Warpaint formed in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day 2004.[citation needed] The original lineup consisted of childhood friends Wayman and Kokal alongside sisters Lindberg and Shannyn Sossamon.[citation needed] The band played in Los Angeles for three years, writing songs ("Stars", "Beetles" and "Elephants") which eventually were on their debut EP. According to Jenny Lindberg in a 2011 interview with Guardian Music, the band originally went by the name "World War 4" and changed their name to Warpaint only after writing their song "Warpaint" (which they had been playing for years but first appeared on their LP, The Fool).
The band began recording their debut EP, Exquisite Corpse, in December 2007, with producer Jacob Bercovici.[citation needed] Former RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer performed drums and guitar on the EP in 2007.[citation needed] The sessions took over two months and concluded with mixing and mastering by John Frusciante, who was also Kokal's boyfriend at the time.[citation needed] Warpaint self-released the EP in 2008.[citation needed] It became No. 1 in the Los Angeles Amoeba Records local artist chart.[citation needed] In 2009, Exquisite Corpse was rereleased worldwide by Manimal Vinyl.[citation needed]
In the winter of 2009, Australian drummer Stella Mozgawa joined the band.[citation needed] Shortly afterwards, Warpaint were signed to Rough Trade Records and immediately began extensive touring throughout the United States and Europe, including an opening slot for the xx. On December 6 2010, the BBC announced that Warpaint had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll and they were the cover stars of Beat magazine's Winter 2010 launch issue. In 2010, Warpaint contributed a cover of David Bowie's song "Ashes to Ashes" to We Were So Turned On, a Bowie tribute album released in conjunction with War Child.
On October 25 2010, the band released their debut album, The Fool. The album received a glowing review from NME. "Shadows", the first single from their debut album, was released as a digital download and 12" vinyl on January 10, 2011. A remix of the single, "Shadows (Neon Lights Remix)", proved to be popular and was playlisted by BBC Radio 1 as part of "In New Music We Trust".[citation needed]
In the spring and summer of 2011, Warpaint toured the U.S. and Europe promoting the album.[citation needed] They played at various festivals including Summer Sundae, Bonnaroo, Glastonbury Festival, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, Rock Werchter, and Electric Picnic.[citation needed] In 2011, the rerelease of the track "Undertow" as a single charted in the UK at No.92 and in Australia at No.75.[citation needed] On September 25, 2011, they played the prestigious Hollywood Bowl, sharing the bill with TV on the Radio, Arctic Monkeys, Panda Bear, and Smith Westerns.
As early as 2011, drummer Mozgawa, in an interview with NME, expressed the band's intention to "experiment and write with one another" as the lineup at the time had never composed songs "from the ground up" together.[citation needed] Bassist Lindberg further indicated that most of the newer songs were written by "just jam[ming] and free-flow[ing] onstage".[dead link] In February 2013, Wayman confirmed to NME that the band intended to create a minimalist sound on Warpaint, revealing that the band developed songs at soundchecks, and experimented more with acoustic guitars and percussion instruments on the album.[dead link] Lead vocalist Kokal noted that R&B and rap music were influences on Warpaint and stated that the album featured "things that have drum machines and ambience, music that's more than standard rock".[citation needed] Kokal added that the album was largely keyboards-based, which contributed to the overall sound being "definitely different" from the band's previous album, The Fool.[dead link]
Produced and mixed by Flood, except for two tracks which were mixed by Nigel Godrich, Warpaint was released by Rough Trade on January 17, 2014 in Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and Switzerland; January 20 in Denmark, France, Sweden and the United Kingdom; and January 21 in Spain and the U.S.[citation needed] A snippet of the album's lead single, "Love Is to Die", was featured in an advertisement for Calvin Klein on September 25, 2013 and later as part of a teaser for an upcoming documentary of the same name about the recording of Warpaint. The single was released on October 28 with the pre-ordered digital version of the album.
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