Artist:Echosmith
Song:Cool Kids
Album:Talking Dreams
Cool Kids was a top twenty hit in 2013. It was the only big hit for the band Echosmith. One of their other songs charted so they are not technically a one hit wonder. They only released one album on a major label and now record for their own label. Echosmith is from Chino, CA. They are a family group with Sydney Sierota on lead vocals, Jamie Sierota on guitar and keyboards, Noah Sierota on bass and Graham Sierota on drums. They started out performing covers and released a video of Come Together on YouTube. This got the attention of Warner Bros. Records president Rob Cavallo and he signed Echosmith. An EP was released featuring Come Together and they went out on tour. Meanwhile, their father Jeffrey David, who is also their manager, helped them write original songs. The album Talking Dreams was released and the single Cool Kids reached #13 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was certified Gold. All the songs were written by Echosmith and their dad. Mike Elizondo produced the album. He has produced Dr. Dre and Eminem among others. The album was rereleased in 2014 with a new cover. It's available on CD. This is the only album that Echosmith recorded for Warner Bros. The band's official reason was they left Warner Bros. "to escape the creative limitations of a major label and regain full control over their musical direction". The likely real reason was that Cavallo left Warner Bros. as part of a larger management shuffle. It's likely that Echosmith would have been lost in the shuffle anyway. They continued to tour. Jamie Sierota left Echosmith to be a father. Guitarist Josh Murty was hired to play guitar on tour. Echosmith started their own label. But get this. The label is distributed by Warner Music GroupADA which distributes indie labels. So Warners still distributes their albums. But there's no promotion. They have released two albums written and produced by the band and their dad. I guess that's what they wanted. But most bands need promotion. They aren't getting that anymore. Sydney is pregnant so they haven't been touring. And she has released a solo EP. So we'll see if they get anywhere. I have my doubts. Here's the video for Cool Kids by Echosmith.
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