# Darwin Deez

Darwin Deez is an American indie band from New York City signed to music label Lucky Number Music. The group's frontman, Darwin Deez (Darwin Merwan Smith), grew up in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, attended Wesleyan University, and has been a guitarist for Creaky Boards. Darwin Smith lives in Brooklyn, New York.

## History

The band began to receive public attention in the United Kingdom during late 2009, which followed the release of the band's debut single, "Constellations". In April 2010, the band released their second single, "Radar Detector", which reached number 62 in the UK Singles Chart, number 5 on the UK Indie Chart. He has appeared on the cover of the NME and was placed in the Top 10 of their annual Cool List. The band's self-titled debut album, Darwin Deez, was released on 12 April 2010 in the United Kingdom and on 22 February 2011 in the United States. The third single from the album, "Up In The Clouds", was released on 12 July 2010.
In February 2011, they released a mixtape titled Wonky Beats and announced in a March interview at the SXSW music festival that they'd made it free to download. Darwin Deez embarked on a tour of Australia in April 2011, during which time they played at the Groovin the Moo festival and a number of side-shows.
In February 2013, Darwin Deez released their second album titled Songs for Imaginative People and went on tour to support the album.
Darwin Deez released their third studio album, titled Double Down, on September 18, 2015, via Lucky Number.
Their latest album, 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart, was released in 2018.
In 2018, the band embarked on a House Show Tour, booking performances at fans' homes across the country. The tour was filmed as a documentary by Sound It Out films.

## Discography
### Albums

| Year | Album details | Chart Peak Positions | Chart Peak Positions |
| Year | Album details | UK | UK IND |
| 2010 | Darwin Deez Released: 10 May 2010 Genre: Indie pop Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download | 61 | 3 |
| 2013 | Songs for Imaginative People Released: 11 February 2013 Genre: Indie rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download | 91 | — |
| 2015 | Double Down Released: 18 September 2015 Genre: Indie rock Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download | — | — |
| 2018 | 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart Released: 31 August 2018 Genre: Indie rock, electronic Label: Lucky Number Format: LP record, CD, digital download | — | — |
| 2024 | of course i still love you Released: 17 December 2024 Genre: Indie rock, electronic Label: Lucky Number Format: digital download | – | – |

### Mixtapes

| Year | Album details | Chart Peak Positions | Chart Peak Positions |
| Year | Album details | UK | UK IND |
| 2011 | Wonky Beats Released: 25 January 2011 Genre: Hip Hop/Rap Label: N/A (Self Released) Format: digital download | — | — |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak Positions | Peak Positions | Album |
| Year | Title | UK | UK IND | Album |
| 2009 | "Constellations" | – | – | Darwin Deez |
| 2010 | "Radar Detector" | 62 | 5 | Darwin Deez |
| 2010 | "Up In The Clouds" | 120 | 13 | Darwin Deez |
| 2010 | "Constellations" (re-release) | 174 | 15 | Darwin Deez |
| 2010 | "Bad Day" | – | – | Darwin Deez |
| 2012 | "You Can't Be My Girl" | — | — | Songs For Imaginative People |
| 2013 | "Free (The Editorial Me)" | — | — | Songs For Imaginative People |
| 2015 | "Kill Your Attitude" | — | — | Double Down |
| 2015 | "Time Machine" | — | — | Double Down |
| 2015 | "The Mess She Made" | — | — | Double Down |
| 2018 | "The World's Best Kisser" | — | — | 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart |
| 2018 | "Queen of Spades" | — | — | 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart |
| 2018 | "Say It First" | — | — | 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart |
| 2021 | "The Birthday Song" | — | — | Good Ribbons EP |
| 2024 | "Caroline" | — | — | TBA |

### Music videos

| Year | Title | Director |
| 2010 | "Radar Detector" | Ace Norton |
| 2010 | "Up In the Clouds" | Tom Kingsley |
| 2010 | "Constellations" | Terri Timely |
| 2010 | "DNA" | Miles Crawford |
| 2012 | "Free (The Editorial Me)" | Ninian Doff |
| 2013 | "You Can't Be My Girl" | Keith Schofield |
| 2015 | "Kill Your Attitude" | Dent De Cuir |
| 2015 | "The Mess She Made" | Oscar Hudson |
| 2018 | "The World's Best Kisser" | |
| 2018 | "Say It First" | Darwin Smith |