Dreamers (stylized as DREAMERS) is an American

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duo, featuring Nick Wold and Marc Nelson (known by his surname).

History

Formation and first EP (2014)

Nick Wold moved from Seattle to New York at the age of 18 to study jazz saxophone at

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's Steinhardt School.Madison Vain
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'', December 3, 2015. In New York, Wold was the lead singer and guitarist in the grunge band Motive, along with drummer Chris Bagamery, bassist Andrew McGovern, and lead guitarist David Leondi. McGovern, Bagamery, and Wold were longtime friends from Seattle who grew up playing jazz together. Wold met Leondi at NYU, and the trio became a quartet.Emily McDermott
"Exclusive Song Premiere: 'Wolves,' Dreamers,"
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'', July 16, 2014. Hailed as "The Strokes 2.0", Motive shared the stage with The Vaccines, Walk The Moon, Bear Hands, and were featured on MTV2's show ''120 Minutes'' with Matt Pinfield, The New York Times, NYLON guys, and CBS News. The band toured the US several times, and had 9 showcases at SXSW in 2013. Following the dissolution of Motive, Wold was living and writing songs in a Brooklyn rehearsal space. He and Bagamery met bassist Marc Nelson (known only by his surname), and the three teamed up to form the band."Read Dreamers' Tour Diary From Their Time on the Road With Stone Temple Pilots,"
'' Spin'', May 13, 2015.Austin Murphy
"DREAMERS Come to Town,"
''Santa Barbara Independent'', January 15, 2016. Their first single, "Wolves (You Got Me)", was released on July 16, 2014, and was in rotation on Sirius XM's

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. It was included on their self-titled debut EP, produced by Danny Kalb, which was recorded at Ravensworth Studio outside Charlottesville, Virginia, and released on November 18, 2014.Chris Payne
"Unsigned Indie Poppers Dreamers Premiere Addictive Self-Titled EP,"
'' Billboard'', November 14, 2014. The four-track EP was streamed on '' Billboard'' a week ahead of its release date. In 2014, ''

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'' named Dreamers one of their 100 Bands You Need To Know.Tyler Sharp
"Stone Temple Pilots tap Dreamers as direct support for spring tour,"
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'', February 24, 2015.

''You Are Here'' and ''This Album Does Not Exist'' (2015–2016)

In February 2015, Dreamers signed a deal with Fairfax Recordings.Nick Williams
"Indie Pop Trio DREAMERS Return With 'You Are Here' EP,"
''Billboard'', February 4, 2016. Drummer Jacob Lee Wick joined the band at the end of 2015, replacing Bagamery after they relocated to Los Angeles.Estefany Gonzalez
"Dreamers release 'This Album Does Not Exist' at Amoeba tonight,"
The Bay Bridged, August 26, 2016.Mike Bell
"Brooklyn buzz band Dreamers ready to live up to the hype,"
'' Calgary Herald'', January 26, 2016.Jeff Niesel
"Band of the Week: Dreamers,"
'' Cleveland Scene'', September 28, 2016. That year, the trio started recording tracks with producer Kevin Agunas for their debut LP. On December 3, 2015, they released the video for their second single, "Shooting Shadows", off their second EP, ''You Are Here''.Amanda Choy
"Philosophy, Grunge, And NYU: An Interview With Brooklyn Band DREAMERS,"
''Odyssey'', December 8, 2015. The song was written by Wold and

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lead singer Keith Jeffery. On February 5, 2016, ''You Are Here'' was released on Fairfax Recordings. It included their first single, "Wolves (You Got Me)", their new single "Drugs", and three additional tracks. The video for "Drugs" premiered on ''Billboard'' on March 2, 2016.Nick Williams
"Indie Pop Trio DREAMERS Return With Phone-Smashing New Clip for 'Drugs',"
''Billboard'', March 2, 2016. The first single off their debut LP ''This Album Does Not Exist'' was "Sweet Disaster", released on June 24, 2016. The album was released on August 26, 2016. Much of the album was written by Wold in Brooklyn before the band's relocation to Los Angeles.

EPs and ''Launch Fly Land'' (2018)

On July 13, 2018, Dreamers released ''Launch'', a four-song EP. The EP serves as the first of a trilogy of releases. The album cover displays a picture of a SpaceX

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at liftoff with a purple hue. On September 7, 2018, Dreamers released ''Fly'', a five-song EP and the second in the trilogy. It features the single "All Washed Out" and a stripped-down version of the single "Screws". On February 21, 2019, "Die Happy" was released as the first single from what fans assumed was a third EP. However, on April 4, 2019, the band announced that their second album, ''Launch Fly Land'', would be released April 26, 2019, which includes "Die Happy", and released the second single from the album, "Insomniac". In April 2020, Dreamers released a new rendition of their single "Heat Seeker" with vocals from

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. The solo version is featured in the video game ''

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''. On April 1, 2022, ahead of their release of single "Black Confetti", Dreamers announced that drummer Jacob Lee Wick would be leaving the band.

Band members

* Nick Wold – lead vocals, guitar * Marc Nelson – bass, keyboard, vocals

Performances

Dreamers were selected to open for

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on their US tour in April and May 2015, at venues including

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in San Francisco, Aztec Theatre in San Antonio,

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in Chicago,

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in New York City and at

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in West Palm Beach. They were picked out of 500 bands who submitted to be the opener.Troy Reimink
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'', July 22, 2015. From December 2015 through April 2016, Dreamers went on tour across North America. This included their first foray into Canada, where they co-headlined with Arkells, joining the band onstage to perform a cover of George Harrison's version of "

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". The bands also covered

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's " Modern Love" together, and Dreamers have separately covered

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".Adrien Begrand
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'', August 26, 2015. Dreamers have also played with

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, and

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in 2017 as well as with Night Riots in support of The Maine later that year. In 2018, they joined New Politics, alongside The Wrecks, on their Lost In Translation tour, named after their third album. In the fall of 2018, Dreamers went on their first US headlining tour with Weathers, Morgxn, and Rad Horror. February and March 2019 took them on a multi-city trip around the States for the North American leg of You Me At Six's international tour for their album ''VI''. In 2019, they opened for

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Discography

Albums

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artists

As featuring artists

Music videos

* "My Little Match" (2014, dir. Micah Weisberg & Bill Dvorak) * "Waste My Night" (2014, did. Frank Young) * "Wolves (You Got Me)" (2015, dir. Nikolai Vanyo) * "Shooting Shadows" (2015, dir. Frank Young) * "Drugs" (2016, dir. Frank Young) * "Sweet Disaster" (2017, dir. Nic Collins) * "Painkiller" (2017) * "Screws" (2018, dir. Nick Wold) - eat. cameos from members of Papa Roach,

, Joywave,

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, Weathers, Rad Horror, Gnash,

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, as well as a screeching DeLorean (time machine)] * "Die Happy" (2019, dir. Nick Wold) * "Desensitize" (2019, dir. Phil Knott) * "Heat Seeker" (2020, dir. Nick Wold) * "Heat Seeker" ft. grandson (2020, dir. Andrew William Ralph) * "True Crime" ft. DeathbyRomy (2020, dir. Jared Asher Harris) * "Still Not Dead" ft. American Teeth, Wes Period (2021, dir. Joe Striff) * "Palm Reader" ft. Big Boi, UPSAHL (2021, dir. Samuel Halleen and Joe Striffler) * "Body Language" (2022, dir. Joe Mischo)

Collaborations

* Featured on Micky James' single "Rest of the Best" (November 2018, Dirty Canvas Records)

Notes

References

External links

* *instagram.com/dreamersjoinus
twitter.com/dreamersjoinus
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