Lydia

Shaped in 2003 by five senior high school friends, Gilbert, Arizona’s Lydia quickly attempt to create a dent in the neighborhood scene making use of their poetic and tender undertake indie rock. Related in audio to South Dakota’s the Spill Canvas, and frequently incorporating eloquent male/feminine vocal harmonies, the music group comprised Leighton Antelman (acoustic guitar/vocals), Maria Sais de Sicilia (vocals/keyboards), Steven McGraw (acoustic guitar/body organ), Loren Brinton (drums), and Evan Arambul (bass). Lydia 1st got observed outside their hometown in the summertime of 2004 if they earned a national competition placed on by Atticus, the music- and skate-oriented clothes business founded by people of blink-182. Their reward was inclusion on the 3rd level of Atticus: Dragging the Lake compilation series, released in early 2005. Lydia’s fittingly entitled music “Smile, You’ve Won” consequently appeared alongside well-known emo and punk functions like FALLOUT Boy, Mae, Movement Town Soundtrack, and Rise Against. Their debut recording, This Dec; It’s YET ANOTHER and I’m Free of charge, surfaced that fall via HourZero, a label and administration firm based from Mesa. Also in 2005, everyone within the music group was finally finished with senior high school, and Lydia could start touring full-time. Ultimately, Mindy White colored stepped directly into replace Sais de Sicilia. The team jumped set for a couple weeks of summer months 2006’s Warped Tour, while also hanging out on the highway with works like Spitalfield and Times Away. Touring ultimately became an excessive amount of for White, who bowed away that November, and the people pressed on being a foursome. With Craig Taylor changing Brinton on drums, the lush, atmospheric Illuminate premiered in early 2008, resulting in a short record offer and fall re-release with General/Motown. After their initial headlining tour, the self-released Assailants implemented this year 2010, and Mindy Light and Lydia co-founder Steven McGraw still left the music group. Following a short hiatus where Antelman documented an album for the project known as the Movie theater with manufacturer Matt Malpass, Color It Golden premiered in 2011 with just Antelman in the band’s primary lineup and Craig Taylor on drums. The music group toured on / off throughout 2012 and released the Acoustics EP; in early 2013 they released the Colby Wedgeworth-produced Devil, which broke in to the Billboard 200. A headlining tour of THE UNITED STATES implemented, and in the fall they released a luxurious model of Devil with brand-new bonus monitors, prompting even more touring. 2014 brought an Illuminate Tour (and their initial tour within the U.K.) where the music group played the complete record at each present. The trio lineup of Leighton Antelman, Justin Camacho on electric guitar, and Matt Keller on keyboards and guitars going into the studio room with Aaron Marsh (Copeland) in early 2015.