The Naked and Famous
The Naked and Famous is a two piece indie band hailing from Auckland, New Z… Read Full Bio ↴The Naked and Famous is a two piece indie band hailing from Auckland, New Zealand, now based out of Los Angeles, California. The band comprises Thom Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Aaron Short, David Beadle and Jesse Wood, with Powers and Xayalith being the two current active members. According to the Young Blood Songfacts, they took the name from a line in UK trip hop singer-songwriter Tricky's track, Tricky Kid.
After their initial formation in 2008, their debut album "Passive Me, Aggressive You" was released on the "Somewhat Damaged" label during September 2010. The single "Young Blood" debuted at number one on the New Zealand chart - the first New Zealand artist to do so in three years. On 6 December 2010, the BBC announced that The Naked and Famous had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.
Their second album, 2013's In Rolling Waves, reached the top 5 on the New Zealand Albums chart, and top 15 on the Australian Albums and US Billboard Top Alternative Albums charts. Their following album, Simple Forms, was Xayalith and Powers' first release as a two-piece. Their fourth album, Recover, was released in 2020, and peaked at 19 on RMNZ's New Zealand Artist Albums chart.
After their initial formation in 2008, their debut album "Passive Me, Aggressive You" was released on the "Somewhat Damaged" label during September 2010. The single "Young Blood" debuted at number one on the New Zealand chart - the first New Zealand artist to do so in three years. On 6 December 2010, the BBC announced that The Naked and Famous had been nominated for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.
Their second album, 2013's In Rolling Waves, reached the top 5 on the New Zealand Albums chart, and top 15 on the Australian Albums and US Billboard Top Alternative Albums charts. Their following album, Simple Forms, was Xayalith and Powers' first release as a two-piece. Their fourth album, Recover, was released in 2020, and peaked at 19 on RMNZ's New Zealand Artist Albums chart.
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The Naked and Famous Lyrics
A Small Reunion I don't mean to sound ungrateful Shouldn't we both be in…
A Source Of Light tell me, tell me why it feels so right? tell me,…
A Still Heart Borders and horizon lines We're alone but side by side We're…
A Stillness Gallantly rise Strike spears of light Inside my eyes Over th…
A Wolf in Geek's Clothing Don't sweat Take a bow Don't fret It's over now Overflow Sh…
aesthetic I’m half awake I’m almost dead Sick to my stomach In a hospi…
All of This I can't begin to explain How we disassemble The parts and…
Backslide Best of luck don′t run amok We all get tongue tied Keep…
Bells All the lights go down All the lights go down I'm shackled…
Birds I'm so untrue I want something more For you Oh let go …
Blinding Lights I been tryna call I been on my own for long…
Bright Lights i feel a little empty so fill me up just a little…
Bury Us (Bury us, bury us) Little daydream, looking up at me When y…
Cheek What do you keep on fighting for? Your problematic storms g…
Come As You Are You shouldn't have to try Just take it or leave it,…
Coming Back To Me I buried the idea of love It buried me and left…
Count on You I don’t know if I’ll ever get this feeling back It…
Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! come on boy just come round i may be crazy but…
Dadada Da da da da Dadadada da There is no light No light outside …
Death Could you be someone I could cling to In moments of…
Easy Standing in the station waiting for the southbound train and…
Echoes in the Dark Echoes in the dark Echoes in the dark Echoes in the dark Ech…
Everybody Knows I'm on the mend, I'm tender to the touch Can you…
Eyes Frighten me with desolation You and I, we both agree Better …
Falling Silent restraint Take comfort in the fall In everything I ga…
Frayed All of my dreams, tear at the seams Frayed, all over…
Girls Like You Run, whirlwind run Further and further away Into the sun In,…
Golden Girl Fall away Fall away Melt the edge of today Am I your gold…
Grow Old Fall away Fall away Melt the edge of today Am I your golden…
Hearts Like Ours Borders and horizon lines We're alone but side by side We're…
Higher Higher, high Like we understood Made with adrenaline Seepin…
I Kill Giants The end of June came And took you away We were all…
Jilted Lovers I am weary From a love that games I'm not hearing Any other…
Kill The Littleblackdots Find me out I'm not the same person This machine Just ain't …
Laid Low Laid low by heart break And I'm gonna let you know I'm…
Last Forever Can we stay awake And lay the day to waste forsake…
Losing Our Control Does your arm reach? Where there's blood there's always bone…
Meeting People Sucks Keep it, quiet to the lips you find Keep it, hesitate…
Monument I'm sitting at the foot of this Torn and broken monument Thi…
My Energy Promise you will rescue me If I bind you with my…
No Way When the daylight comes Do you feel it? Leave your bag of…
Part 2 Perfect, peachy Smiling, guilty Someone is waiting They’r…
Post Oh let out Oh let out some intention! Your beauty, your ch…
Punching in a Dream All the lights go down as I crawl into the…
Recover I can’t replace the loss of my mother I can’t erase…
Rolling Waves Before we sleep can I hear you say? For the last…
Rotten Just because you've gotten Yourself into a hole There's no n…
Serenade Oh, darling, I don't think this serenade Is gonna carry thr…
Sow Our heavy hearts We´re gonna be this way right from the…
Spank I don't remember the first time But I think I…
Spies! Spies! Spies! This Machine has got my name This Machine thinks I'm the…
Sunseeker Diggin' up the dirt Buryin' the bones You don't have to work…
Teardrop Love, love is a verb Love is a doing word Fearless on…
The Ends The world's escaping much to fast Before you gave yourself a…
The Mess There's nothing here but the distance There's nothing here b…
The Runners High just like the runners We survived under crystal skies S…
The Sound of My Voice And it’s not gonna stop And we’ll never be fine And the…
The Sun Here it comes, The unavoidable sun weighs my head, And what …
The Water Beneath You I'll be right here with you Every step of the way Don't…
To Move With Purpose I've seen a million different people A million different fac…
Waltz I can see you with your brothers And your homes have…
We Are Leaving Cover up your shaky hands I hear that you're doing well Back…
Well-Rehearsed Nothing new (Nothing new, new) This love so well-rehearsed F…
What We Want I can see you crawling And I'm chasing on all fours Wouldn't…
Who Are You Talking To? There is no life outside this house There is no light No…
Wild You got a little taste of wild in your lovin I…
Young Blood We're only young and naive still We require certain skills T…