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The Dance Party is an American
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from
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The Dance Party


Formation, EP, ''Friction! Friction Friction!''

The Dance Party was formed in 2005 in
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by vocalist Mick Coogan, guitarist Kevin Bayly, drummer Jeff David, and bassist Danny Hoag, and soon released their first EP, ''The Dance Party EP.'' After building a reputation in the D.C. area and throughout the Mid-Atlantic
/ref> for wild partying and huge, over-the-top live performances, The Dance Party self-released their full-length record '' Friction! Friction! Friction!'' in July 2007. In late 2007, the band rounded out their live show by adding keyboardist Drew Doucette of Beauty Pill as a full-time member.


''Tigers'' EP

In 2008, the band recorded an unreleased album with Andros Rodriguez which was later released as the five-song EP ''
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'' in a limited pressing containing the song "Sasha Don't Sleep." On November 14, 2011, the band announced that ''
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'' would be released in its entirety on December 23, 2011. Music from ''
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'' has been featured on such television series as '' The Jersey Shore'', ''
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'', and ''
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''. After the departure of David and Hoag in early 2009, the band added former Driving East drummer Jon Jester and bassist Rishi Chakrabarty to the line up.


''Touch''

In 2009, the band signed with HellYa! Records/
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and moved to
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to record their major label debut with producers
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,
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, and Julian Bunetta. The album was mixed by
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at '62 Studios During the production of ''Touch'', both Doucette and Chakrabarty left the band. After auditioning and performing with a series of new bassists, Dave "Moose" Kuehl joined the lineup in February 2010, just before the band's series of performances at
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2010. Leading up to the release of ''Touch'', the band embarked on a national tour, playing select dates with Atomic Tom. On September 28, 2010, The Dance Party released "Touch" as their first mainstream studio album. In October 2010, The Dance Party played
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. In January 2011, The Dance Party went on a bicoastal North American tour with Wallpaper. and
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. In 2011, The Dance Party played all 44 dates of the
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, personally invited by tour founder
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to perform on the Kevin Says Stage.


''Tigers'' (2011)

On November 14, 2011, The Dance Party announced that a full, ten-song version of ''Tigers'' would be released on December 23, 2011, beginning with the digital release of "Sing Your Song" on November 18, 2011. This album was composed of archival material recorded from 2008 to 2009.


Brett

After the release of ''Tigers,'' the band announced a temporary name change to Brett due to the difference in sound of their newly written sounds. They initially reassured that the Dance Party was not finished, only temporarily changed. However, this was not the case, and the Dance Party permanently became Brett upon releasing their self-titled debut album on May 20, 2014, through Cascine Records. Shortly after the release of "Brett," Mick Coogan left Washington, D.C. and moved to Los Angeles. He stopped collaborating with Kevin Bayly due to distance and began working with Scott Dittrich on all subsequent albums. Since Brett they have released: Mode (2016), Die Young (2016), Mustangs (2017), Half (2018), Perfect Patterns (2019), THX (2019), Aquamarine (2021), and many singles.


Members


The Dance Party

*Mick Coogan –
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,
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s *Kevin Bayly –
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,
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s,
Programming Program (American English; also Commonwealth English in terms of computer programming and related activities) or programme (Commonwealth English in all other meanings), programmer, or programming may refer to: Business and management * Program m ...
*Jon Jester –
Drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
*David "Moose" Kuehl –
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Brett

* Mick Coogan * Scott Dittrich


Discography


Albums


The Dance Party

*''Friction! Friction! Friction!'' (2007) *''Touch'' (2010) *''Tigers'' (2011)


Brett

*''Brett'' (2014) *''Mode'' (2016)


EPs


The Dance Party

*''The Dance Party EP'' (2005) *''
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'' (2009)


Brett

* ''Die Young'' (2016) * ''Mustangs'' (2017) * ''Half'' (2018) * ''Perfect Patterns'' (2019) * ''THX'' (2019) * ''Aquamarine'' (2021)


References


External links


The Dance Party on Myspace.com

Friction! Friction! Friction! from Dischord.com
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