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Freelance Whales is an American indie rock band which formed in Queens, New York, United States, in 2008. The band consists of frontman Judah Dadone (lead vocals, banjo, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizer, bass), and bandmates Doris Cellar (bass, harmonium, glockenspiel, synthesizer, vocals), Chuck Criss (banjo, bass, synthesizer, glockenspiel, harmonium, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Jacob Hyman (drums, percussion, vocals) and Kevin Read (acoustic and electric guitar, glockenspiel, mandolin, synthesizer, vocals). ==History== Freelance Whales was founded during 2008,〔()〕 after connecting through Craigslist and friends of friends.〔()〕 The band's debut album, ''Weathervanes'', was largely composed by frontman Judah Dadone, the lyrics based on a combination of childhood memories and dream journaling. Because they're from New York, the band's name derives from that freelance atmosphere that the city has. Judah Dadone, once said: 'Everybody in New York is a freelancer of something, and we used to be too when we played in the subways'. Multi-instrumentalist Chuck Criss is the brother of actor and singer Darren Criss.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqND3dJATi4&feature=youtube_gdata_player )〕 The band began to gain traction in October 2009 as they honed their sound on subway platforms around New York City. Toward the latter part of 2009, they self-released ''Weathervanes'', and on April 27, 2010 the album was re-released under the band's record labels, Frenchkiss and Mom + Pop. In September 2010, Twitter selected Freelance Whales' music as the background for a video introducing a major rework of the service's user experience. The same song, entitled "Generator ^ First Floor", was also used by the NBC show ''Chuck'' in its 4th season premiere episode ("Chuck vs. the Anniversary"), which premiered September 20, 2010, as well as by Chevrolet in advertisements for the 2011 Chevy Volt. On October 12, 2010, the song "Broken Horse" appeared in an episode of ''One Tree Hill'' ("Nobody Taught Us to Quit"). Their song "The Great Estates" was also featured in an episode of the USA show ''Covert Affairs'' Season 1. Their song "Generator ^ Second Floor" was used on season 5, episode 1 of the British show ''Skins'' while "Location" was featured in episode 4. Their song "Starring" was used in season 2 ''My Life as Liz'' on MTV. "Starring" was also featured in an episode of ''Grey's Anatomy'' in Season 7. A 2011 Starbucks commercial also used "Generator ^ First Floor" as background music, as did the David Cornfield Melanoma Fund for their "Dear 16-year-old Me" melanoma awareness campaign. Their song "Hannah" was also used in the Australian television show ''Offspring''. Their song "Location" from the ''Weathervanes'' album was featured in ''LOL'', starring Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore. The band released their sophomore album, ''Diluvia'', on October 9, 2012. On April 17, 2013, the band announced on Facebook that Doris Cellar would be leaving the band. On August 15, 2014, a new song by the band, titled "Hyde", was posted to The Wild Honey Pie's YouTube channel. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Freelance Whales」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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