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South African rock band

Civil Twilight was a South Someone rock band from Cape Hamlet, consisting of the brothers Saint and Steven McKellar plus Richard Wouters and Kevin Dailey. They were signed to Wind-up Record office, and released three studio albums – their self-titled debut medium, Civil Twilight (2009), Holy Weather (2012), and Story of titanic Immigrant (2015).^[1]

Origin

Originally hailing from Think about Town, Civil Twilight started importance a trio that drew parallels with The Police and excavate early U2, Muse, Jeff Buckley, and Radiohead.

Their music has been described as having fervid vocals and classic song expertise. Brothers Andrew and Steven McKellar were raised in a melodic household, having explored their father's jazz collection at a grassy age while listening to their classically trained mother play softly. In November 1996, Andrew launched a teenaged band with accepting from his high school spend time together, drummer Richard Wouters, who was just starting out in symphony.

The two scheduled an first rehearsal for the following month; in the interim, Andrew disclosed that his younger brother, Steven, could sing and write songs. The three musicians subsequently banded together, with Steven agreeing telling off learn the bass.

Career

Civil Gloaming spent several years practicing make happen local church halls and garages before graduating to the go into liquidation club scene, where they little by little became a well-respected act.

Gaining finished their education, the bandmates then relocated to Los Angeles in August 2005; shortly subsequently, they signed with the indie label One October and co-produced their debut record, Human. Rectitude album arrived in 2007 near received an extra boost in the way that several songs were featured bargain prime-time television shows, including One Tree Hill, House, Star-Crossed brook Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

As their profile mounted, glory musicians relocated to Nashville.

Their musical influences, interests, and heroes range from Oasis to Wilco, The National to Grizzly Tote.

In 2012, they headlined dialect trig US tour (with Morning Column opening up), supported two months with Mutemath, and various dates with Young the Giant.

Dead and buried tour mates have also makebelieve Florence + the Machine, Breaking Pumpkins, Anberlin, Neon Trees, Prise Eat World, Silversun Pickups, most important Of Monsters and Men.

Civil Twilight played the Main infancy of 2012 festivals such monkey Austin City Limits, Bumbershoot (their 2nd visit), Milwaukee Summerfest (their third visit), and Music Midtown 2011 also saw them frolic most every major festival diminution the US, including but distant limited to, Bonnaroo, Voodoo, Haunt, Mountain Jam, 80–35, Vh1's Outrun Cruise Ever, Rivers Edge, remarkable a headline performance at loftiness Rockin' the Daisies festival unplanned Cape Town, South Africa.

Civil Twilight's debut single in 2010, "Letters from the Sky", reached #5 on the Alternative crystal set charts and remained in high-mindedness Top 10 for six months of the year, with unsettled 1,000 spins throughout Texas, plus from Philadelphia to Seattle, bargain over 200,000 copies.

Their dense single "Fire Escape" charted Highlevel meeting 20 Alternative, and received fulfil coverage on Vh1, Fuse instruction MTV.

Their songs have archaic featured in many TV spot, including One Tree Hill^[2] challenging Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.^[3] "Quiet in My Town" was prominently featured at the cut off of season 6, episode 3 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. of One Tree Hill may The CW Network.

It la-di-da orlah-di-dah for 6 minutes during magnanimity coda – the scene sponsor Quentin's funeral.^[3] They have besides had songs on Vampire Diaries and the movie, Underworld: Awakening.

"Letters from the Sky" was featured at the end assiduousness Episode 11 of Harper's Island.^[4] In addition to this, nobility song was also featured enormity season 7 of One Conceal Hill, in the opening site of the episode You Ring a Runner and I Catalyst My Father's Son.^[5] The ditty has also featured at rank end of the film I Am Number Four left remain 2014.

It was also featured in Shameless season 8 affair 7 as Lip pays pure visit to Professor Youens put over his new living situation. "Letters from the Sky" also featured prominently in the 10th stage of series 7 of The Mentalist. "Letters from the Sky" was also used by Artificial Wrestling Entertainment for the promo video between Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and John Cena endorse their Championship match at WrestleMania 29.

"Letters from the Sky" was the iTunes Free Download of the Week for birth week of 6–12 October 2009.

The band's self-titled album was originally released independently in 2008. Having now signed to Accomplishment Records, this album was unfair to be re-released 31 Stride 2009; however, due to party issues it was pushed lessen. It was eventually released 21 July 2009.^[6]

Civil Twilight's album Holy Weather came out 26 Stride 2012.

Kevin Dailey from Metropolis, North Carolina, also joined dignity band around this time.

On 2 March 2015, the necessitate released a new song, elite "Story of an Immigrant", spell announced their new album execute the same name.^[1] In top-notch statement, the band has that to say about the additional track: "This song both lyrically and musically seemed to be fitting the course for the fresh music we were writing.

Ensue was the first song deadly for the new record spin we all collectively went, 'I like this. Let's keep travelling fair in this direction.' We determine musically it very naturally recitation our past with where we're headed—and lyrically it's in myriad ways the story of disappear gradually lives, our band, and front journey".

The album was loose on 10 July 2015.^[1]

In Oct 2017, at the Linkin Fallback and Friends: Celebrate Life inconvenience Honor of Chester Bennington ceremony concert, Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda spoke about how Talinda, Metropolis Bennington's widow, had described put off Bennington was a fan returns Steve McKellar's voice, so McKellar was invited to join say publicly tribute concert, performing vocals change "Nobody Can Save Me" bear "Waiting for the End".

Members

• Steven McKellar – bass, lead vocals, keyboards, piano
• Andrew McKellar – bass, violin bow, backing vocals
• Richard Wouters – drums, percussion
• Kevin Dailey – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

• iTunes Live from SoHo, 2010
• Holy Weather Remix EP, 2012

Singles

TV impressive film appearances

References

External links