Company of Thieves (band)
Encyclopedia
Company of Thieves is an indie rock
group from Chicago, Illinois
. Their first release, Ordinary Riches
, was released digitally on January 6, 2009, with a physical CD release on February 24, 2009. Company of Thieves is signed to Wind-up Records
.
Discovery Download for their song "Oscar Wilde", as well as in their Indie Spotlight: Rock/Alternative – featuring the album alongside the recommended track, "Pressure".
The band's debut album Ordinary Riches debuted on Billboard
s Heatseekers Chart at #5. They also won the 2007 New York Songwriters Circle contest for their song, "Oscar Wilde".
In January 2009, Genevieve and Marc appeared on "Live From Daryl's House", Daryl Hall
's monthly Internet concert, as Company of Thieves. They performed "Pressure", "Even In The Dark", "Past the Sleep" and "Around The Block" from their debut album, along with Hall & Oates
songs "Starting All Over Again" and "Everytime You Go Away
", as well as other covers. They also performed on Last Call with Carson Daly
in February.
Company of Thieves' single "Oscar Wilde" was featured on "Gossip Girl: Real NY Stories Revealed" as part of the Dove Go Fresh campaign, as well as being aired during an episode of Gossip Girl
.
Their second album, Running from a Gamble, was released on May 17, 2011. The lead-off single, "Death of Communication", was released on March 15, 2011.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
group from Chicago, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. Their first release, Ordinary Riches
Ordinary Riches
- Chart performance :-Personnel:*Genevieve Schatz – vocals*Marc Walloch – guitar*Mike Ortiz – drums*Dorian Duffy – bass...
, was released digitally on January 6, 2009, with a physical CD release on February 24, 2009. Company of Thieves is signed to Wind-up Records
Wind-Up Records
Wind-up Entertainment, Inc. is a record label based in New York City. It was formed in 1997 by Alan Meltzer, former owner of CD One Stop, following his 1996 purchase of Grass Records. Wind-up is currently the largest independently-owned record label in the world...
.
History
They have been featured as an iTunesITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
Discovery Download for their song "Oscar Wilde", as well as in their Indie Spotlight: Rock/Alternative – featuring the album alongside the recommended track, "Pressure".
The band's debut album Ordinary Riches debuted on Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
s Heatseekers Chart at #5. They also won the 2007 New York Songwriters Circle contest for their song, "Oscar Wilde".
In January 2009, Genevieve and Marc appeared on "Live From Daryl's House", Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall is an American rock, R&B and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates . Hall scored several Billboard chart hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, and is regarded as one of the best blue eyed soul singers...
's monthly Internet concert, as Company of Thieves. They performed "Pressure", "Even In The Dark", "Past the Sleep" and "Around The Block" from their debut album, along with Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...
songs "Starting All Over Again" and "Everytime You Go Away
Everytime You Go Away
"Everytime You Go Away" is a song written by Daryl Hall and covered by Paul Young in 1985 .The original appeared on Hall & Oates's 1980 album, Voices, although it was not released as a single. Hall & Oates also recorded it for their 1985 concert album Live at the Apollo. Young's version hit number...
", as well as other covers. They also performed on Last Call with Carson Daly
Last Call with Carson Daly
Last Call with Carson Daly is an American late night talk show that is broadcast on NBC. The show is hosted by Carson Daly, the half-hour show featuring celebrity interviews, documentary-style coverage of a topic, and musical performances. Last Call airs weeknights at 1:35 a.m. Eastern / 12:35 a.m....
in February.
Company of Thieves' single "Oscar Wilde" was featured on "Gossip Girl: Real NY Stories Revealed" as part of the Dove Go Fresh campaign, as well as being aired during an episode of Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite...
.
Their second album, Running from a Gamble, was released on May 17, 2011. The lead-off single, "Death of Communication", was released on March 15, 2011.
Members
- Genevieve Schatz – vocals
- Marc Walloch – guitar
- Chris Faller – drums
- Marcin Sulewski – bass
- Eitan Bernstein – keys
Former members
- Dorian Duffy – bass guitar
- James Ratke – drums
- Brad Sawicki – Bass
- Scott Heatherly- Piano
- Joe Drennan- Piano
- Josh Schroeder - Spoons
- Bob Buckstaff – bass
- Mike Ortiz - Drums
- Mike Maimone - keys
- Gabriel Albert - Bass
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Alt |
US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
US Rock |
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| Ordinary Riches Ordinary Riches - Chart performance :-Personnel:*Genevieve Schatz – vocals*Marc Walloch – guitar*Mike Ortiz – drums*Dorian Duffy – bass... |
|
162 | — | 5 | — | ||||
| Running From a Gamble Running from a Gamble Running From a Gamble is the second studio album by American indie rock band Company of Thieves. It was released on May 17, 2011.- Track listing :... |
|
97 | 12 | — | 25 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | "Oscar Wilde" | Ordinary Riches |
| 2011 | "Death of Communication" | Running From a Gamble |
External links
- Official Website
- Company of Thieves on MySpace
- Official Facebook page
- Wind-up Records
- Company of Thieves interview March 2009
- Pop Wreckoning article
- Buzzgrinder article
- LA Metromix article
- Company of Thieves on Channel One News
- Company of Thieves on Live From Daryl's House
- Dove Go Fresh Campaign
- Company of Thieves interview on HEAVEmedia, May 2011