City Calm Down

City Calm Down
City Calm Down at Shimmerlands, February 2017
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Alternative pop electronic
Years active	2008–2019 (hiatus)
Labels	I Oh You
Members	Jack Bourke Sam Mullaly Jeremy Sonnenberg Lee Armstrong
Website	www.citycalmdown.com

City Calm Down are a four-piece band from Melbourne, Australia. The band's four members are Jack Bourke (vocals), Sam Mullaly (synths/keys), Jeremy Sonnenberg (bass), and Lee Armstrong (drums/percussion). Their debut album In a Restless House debuted at number 25 on the ARIA Charts,^[1] and the single "Rabbit Run" from the album came in 137th place on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2015.^[2] They are signed with the Melbourne-based record label, I Oh You.^[3]

The band have played multiple sold-out tours and major festivals including Splendour in the Grass, Laneway, Falls, and The Great Escape. City Calm Down have also performed with Alt-J,^[4] Chvrches,^[5] and Bombay Bicycle Club.^[6] City Calm Down's song "Your Fix" appears in the 2017 game AFL: Evolution.

The band's second full-length album Echoes in Blue was released on 6 April 2018. Featuring the singles "In this Modern Land", "Joan, I'm Disappearing" and "Pride", the album debuted at number 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart^[7] and was given a 9/10 score by Beat Magazine.^[8]

Following the release of their third album Television in 2019, City Calm Down announced that the band was "going on indefinite hiatus".^[9]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		AUS [10]
In a Restless House	Released: 6 November 2015 Label: I Oh You Formats: CD, LP, digital download	25
Echoes in Blue[11]	Released: 6 April 2018 Label: I Oh You Formats: CD, LP, digital download	20
Television	Released: 23 August 2019 Label: I Oh You Formats: CD, LP, digital download	63

Extended plays

Title	Details
Movements	Released: 4 November 2012 Label: I Oh You Formats: CD, digital download

Singles

Year	Title	Album
"Speak to No End"	2013	Non-album singles
"Pavement"	2014
"Rabbit Run"	2015	In a Restless House
"Son"
"Your Fix"	2016
"Border On Control"
"Blood"[12]	2017	Echoes in Blue
"Blame"[12]
"In This Modern Land"[12]
"Joan, I'm Disappearing"[13]	2018
"Television"	2019	Television
"Stuck (On the Eastern)"
"Flight"[14]
"Mother"

References

1. "Aria Charts Issue 1342" (PDF). Australian Web Archive. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
2. "2015 Hottest 101-200". Triple J. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
3. "City Calm Down - I OH YOU". I OH YOU. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
4. "Live Review: Alt-J + City Calm Down - Metro Theatre (06.02.13) | the AU review". the AU review. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
5. "Live Review: CHVRCHES + City Calm Down - Oxford Art Factory (02.08.13) | the AU review". the AU review. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
6. "Live Review: Bombay Bicycle Club + City Calm Down + East - Metro Theatre Sydney (28.09.14) | the AU review". the AU review. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
7. "ARIA Charts: Kylie at #1 leads stampede of new artists into the album chart - Mediaweek". mediaweek.com.au. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
8. "City Calm Down : Echoes in Blue". Beat Magazine. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
9. "City Calm Down: "To our fans, family, friends..."". Facebook. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
10. "Discography City Calm Down". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
    • Television: "ARIA Chart Watch #540". auspOp. 31 August 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
11. "Echoes In Blue by City Calm Down". iTunes Store (AU). Retrieved 6 April 2018.
12. "City Calm Down - 'In This Modern Land'". Mushroom. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
13. "CITY CALM DOWN on Instagram: "Excited to present our new single 'Joan, I'm Disappearing' (@rileyblakeway) AND announce that our new album 'Echoes In Blue' will be..."". Instagram. 6 February 2018. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
14. "City Calm Down / Flight Single". Rock 'N' Load. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

External links

• Official website