New Politics is a Danish rock band from Copenhagen, formed in 2009. It currently consists of David Boyd, Søren Hansen, and Louis Vecchio. The band's sound has been described as a blend of "punk, pop, and electronically induced dance rock". They have released five albums: New Politics in 2010, A Bad Girl in Harlem in 2013, Vikings in 2015, Lost in Translation in 2017 and An Invitation to an Alternate Reality in 2019 and are best known for their singles "Yeah Yeah Yeah" and "Harlem".
History
After writing songs together for three years for their respective solo albums, Boyd and Hansen realized they had a group forming. In 2009, the duo sent two of their songs into the Danish National Radio P3's Karriere Kanonen competition. Of the 973 bands that entered, New Politics was one of 42 selected to perform—despite not yet being an official band, and not having selected the final line-up. Boyd and Hansen hired Poul Amaliel to play drums. The new trio were among the top four winners and went on to play in a major music festival in Denmark. In November 2009, New Politics signed with RCA. After a brief UK tour, the trio went on to do a nationwide US tour. Because of the group's new record deal with RCA, they decided to move to the United States. They currently reside in a loft apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. The band performed at the South by Southwest festival in March 2010. On July 13, 2010, they released their first album, the self-titled New Politics. It featured ten tracks, including their hit single "Yeah Yeah Yeah". An official video was filmed in New York City for this single. The album received a mixed review from Allmusic, who thought that the band's influences were too obvious. They embarked on a 30-date tour of the US to promote the album, and supported Thirty Seconds to Mars on the Into the Wild Tour in September and October 2010. They made a second video for their single, "Dignity", and released it on Myspace.com on October 8, 2010. Like "Yeah Yeah Yeah," this video was also filmed in New York City. In autumn of 2010, drummer Poul Amaliel left the band to return to Denmark. On November 26, 2012, a song titled "Harlem" was promoted as the first single from their second album, A Bad Girl in Harlem, released on May 21, 2013. In late 2013, New Politics' "Harlem" broke onto U.S. radio. From May 28-June 26, 2013, the band served as the opening act for pop-punk band Fall Out Boy during their Save Rock and Roll Spring Tour. On July 21, 2013, New Politics performed "Harlem" at Guy Code Honors at Comic-Con. The band served as the opening act for Pink during her The Truth About Love Tour at select dates until November 6, 2013. In early 2014, New Politics kicked off their U.S. tour with openers Magic Man & Sleeper Agent. The tour spanned the first few months of 2014 and was their first-ever headlining tour. They opened for Fall Out Boy along with The Pretty Reckless for the European leg of the Save Rock and Roll tour in 2014. They were the opening act for the 2014 tour by Paramore and Fall Out Boy, Monumentour. On September 22, 2014, the band released a new single titled "Everywhere I Go ", the first single from their forthcoming album Vikings, under their new labels, DCD2 Records and Warner Bros. Records. The band kicked off their headlining Everywhere I Go Tour with Bad Suns and SomeKindaWonderful on Oct. 14th in Washington, D.C. touring the US and Canada. In April 2015, the band recorded their hit "Everywhere I Go" in a made-up language, Simlish, for the popular game 'The Sims 4', bringing them more popularity to a different demographic. On May 5, 2015, the band released "West End Kids" as the second single from Vikings and announced that the album would be released on August 14, 2015. In October the band joined Andrew McMahon with special guests The Griswolds, as well as fellow DCD2 artist LOLO on 'The Wilderness Politics Tour'. It began in Seattle and ended in Philadelphia in November, 2015. In early 2017, the band released the single "One Of Us" and is scheduled to tour the United States with band 311 during the summer. On August 2, 2017, New Politics announced that their fourth studio album Lost in Translation would be released on October 6, 2017 and released a new single "CIA" the day after. They posted on Facebook that the new album would focus on life after touring and growing more successful, as well as describing the task of reinventing themselves through the tight bonds that they developed as band mates over the years. In support of the new album New Politics toured twice during the spring and fall of 2018 across North America. In April 2019, New Politics had their tenth anniversary as a band. As teased on social media, the song "Comeback Kid" was released on April 16, 2019. The band announced on October 18, 2019, that their fifth studio album, An Invitation to an Alternate Reality, will be released on November 1, 2019.
Band members
Current members
David Boyd – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming
