Shy Child were an American

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duo from

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, United States, consisting of Pete Cafarella on vocals and synthesizers and Nate Smith on drums.

History

Shy Child formed in the summer of 2000, when former college friends Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith separately moved to

. The duo shared a love for

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and electronic music, and started playing music together in an attempt to create a fusion of the genres. Shy Child recorded their debut album, '' Please Consider Our Time'', in 2001. Originally sold through local record shops,

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signed the band and re-released it proper in 2002, followed by the Humanity EP in 2003. In 2004 the band released their second album, '' One with the Sun'', on New York label

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. Two singles were later released in the UK from the album, "The Noise Won't Stop" and " Technicrats", though the album itself was only released in North America. Shy Child began playing steadily in the UK in 2006, and they also started working on their next album with producers Chris Zane and

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. In the summer of 2006, they signed with UK label

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. A U.S. tour supporting Hot Chip followed in the fall. In early 2007, Shy Child released the singles " Drop the Phone" and "Noise Won't Stop" in the UK. They supported

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on their tour of England in May, the same month that they released their third album, '' Noise Won't Stop''. The band toured extensively in the UK and Europe in the summer of 2007, playing at Barcelona Acció Musical, London's O2

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, the

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, and

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, among others. They also supported

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on June 17, 2007, becoming the first American act to play the new Wembley Stadium. The group released the single " Summer" in September 2007, followed by an October headline tour around the UK. " Drop the Phone" was re-released in November. Shy Child toured New Zealand and Australia as part of the

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Festival in January and February 2008, and opened for Björk at the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House as well. " Noise Won't Stop" was released in the US by

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in May 2008. In March 2010, Shy Child released a new single, " Disconnected" and their fourth studio album, '' Liquid Love''. A UK tour to support the album had to be rescheduled due to Cafarella suffering concussion. A second single, " Open Up the Sky", was released later in the year. In September 2010, '' Liquid Love'' was released in North America by

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. This would be the duo's final project before becoming inactive, and they have not released any new material for over a decade after ''Liquid Love''.

Side projects

Before Shy Child, Pete Cafarella had been playing synthesizer in El Guapo, later known as Supersystem. Nate Smith was drumming for another New York duo, Touchdown.

Instrumentation

Cafarella is well known for playing entire songs using only a keytar. The keytar in question, a Roland AX-7, accompanied the band through all of their tours until 2010, when it was replaced by two regular synthesizers. When asked about this, Cafarella responded with " he keytar iskinda broken", and also that he felt people were not taking the band seriously because of it.

Television

Shy Child performed "The Noise Won't Stop" on

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's '' Transmission'' in May 2007. In June of the same year, they performed " Drop the Phone" on the

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History

Side projects

Instrumentation

Television

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

Remixes

References

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