"Childhood friends Cole Gann (lead singer/guitar) and Jack Sehres (guitar) started Forty Feet Tall as Los Angeles teens. Influenced by grunge, post- punk and alternative rock, their hard-edged, expansive sound and high- energy performances scored them slots at venues including the Troubadour, Roxy and the Whiskey.
Bass player Brett Marquette joined in 2017; later, drummer Ian Kelley solidified the quartet's formidable rhythm section. Forty Feet Tall released a self-titled album in 2014, followed by the Red Dressed EP. Yet the band's new material, recorded with Portland polymath Cameron Spies (Radiation City, Night Heron), eclipses their previous accomplishments.
Songs like "BOIL" and "Can't Go Back To Normal" abound with ideas, yet stay sharply focused, a la Archers of Loaf, the Killers, Pavement, or Pixies. But the biggest buzz around the band is its live show; gigs routinely climax with incendiary showstoppers that find Cole tangled up in mic cords or diving into the crowd.
But their outrage is anchored in hope, and a drive to do better. Their memorable music may sound loud and confrontational, but the community they've built around it resonates with positivity."
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For the better part of the past 12 years, Mikaiah Lei of The Bots has spent his adolescence in the spotlight. The Bots released two studio albums, toured around the world, landed glossy magazine spreads, and performed live everywhere from Coachella to Glastonbury in that time. Lei was just 21 years old the last time The Bots put out an album, 2014's Pink Palms. Now, after seven transformative years, Lei has a brand new outlook on life and himself -- and he's got the remarkable new album 2 Seater to show for it.
Now with the Deluxe release of 2 Seater, Mikaiah has married his indie pop flare with the enigmatic guitar of legendary guitarist, Robby Krieger of The Doors, in the unforgettable new track, 'Why Pretend.' "Recording 'Why Pretend' with Robby was really a dream come true! Never in my life I thought I'd get to work with a rock 'n' roll legend and one of the greatest bands of all time. It was as fun and exciting of an experience as you would imagine."
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Bass player Brett Marquette joined in 2017; later, drummer Ian Kelley solidified the quartet's formidable rhythm section. Forty Feet Tall released a self-titled album in 2014, followed by the Red Dressed EP. Yet the band's new material, recorded with Portland polymath Cameron Spies (Radiation City, Night Heron), eclipses their previous accomplishments.
Songs like "BOIL" and "Can't Go Back To Normal" abound with ideas, yet stay sharply focused, a la Archers of Loaf, the Killers, Pavement, or Pixies. But the biggest buzz around the band is its live show; gigs routinely climax with incendiary showstoppers that find Cole tangled up in mic cords or diving into the crowd.
But their outrage is anchored in hope, and a drive to do better. Their memorable music may sound loud and confrontational, but the community they've built around it resonates with positivity."
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For the better part of the past 12 years, Mikaiah Lei of The Bots has spent his adolescence in the spotlight. The Bots released two studio albums, toured around the world, landed glossy magazine spreads, and performed live everywhere from Coachella to Glastonbury in that time. Lei was just 21 years old the last time The Bots put out an album, 2014's Pink Palms. Now, after seven transformative years, Lei has a brand new outlook on life and himself -- and he's got the remarkable new album 2 Seater to show for it.
Now with the Deluxe release of 2 Seater, Mikaiah has married his indie pop flare with the enigmatic guitar of legendary guitarist, Robby Krieger of The Doors, in the unforgettable new track, 'Why Pretend.' "Recording 'Why Pretend' with Robby was really a dream come true! Never in my life I thought I'd get to work with a rock 'n' roll legend and one of the greatest bands of all time. It was as fun and exciting of an experience as you would imagine."
"Childhood friends Cole Gann (lead singer/guitar) and Jack Sehres (guitar) started Forty Feet Tall as Los Angeles teens. Influenced by grunge, post- punk and alternative rock, their hard-edged, expansive sound and high- energy performances scored them slots at venues including the Troubadour, Roxy and the Whiskey.
Bass player Brett Marquette joined in 2017; later, drummer Ian Kelley solidified the quartet's formidable rhythm section. Forty Feet Tall released a self-titled album in 2014, followed by the Red Dressed EP. Yet the band's new material, recorded with Portland polymath Cameron Spies (Radiation City, Night Heron), eclipses their previous accomplishments.
Songs like "BOIL" and "Can't Go Back To Normal" abound with ideas, yet stay sharply focused, a la Archers of Loaf, the Killers, Pavement, or Pixies. But the biggest buzz around the band is its live show; gigs routinely climax with incendiary showstoppers that find Cole tangled up in mic cords or diving into the crowd.
But their outrage is anchored in hope, and a drive to do better. Their memorable music may sound loud and confrontational, but the community they've built around it resonates with positivity."
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For the better part of the past 12 years, Mikaiah Lei of The Bots has spent his adolescence in the spotlight. The Bots released two studio albums, toured around the world, landed glossy magazine spreads, and performed live everywhere from Coachella to Glastonbury in that time. Lei was just 21 years old the last time The Bots put out an album, 2014's Pink Palms. Now, after seven transformative years, Lei has a brand new outlook on life and himself -- and he's got the remarkable new album 2 Seater to show for it.
Now with the Deluxe release of 2 Seater, Mikaiah has married his indie pop flare with the enigmatic guitar of legendary guitarist, Robby Krieger of The Doors, in the unforgettable new track, 'Why Pretend.' "Recording 'Why Pretend' with Robby was really a dream come true! Never in my life I thought I'd get to work with a rock 'n' roll legend and one of the greatest bands of all time. It was as fun and exciting of an experience as you would imagine."
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Bass player Brett Marquette joined in 2017; later, drummer Ian Kelley solidified the quartet's formidable rhythm section. Forty Feet Tall released a self-titled album in 2014, followed by the Red Dressed EP. Yet the band's new material, recorded with Portland polymath Cameron Spies (Radiation City, Night Heron), eclipses their previous accomplishments.
Songs like "BOIL" and "Can't Go Back To Normal" abound with ideas, yet stay sharply focused, a la Archers of Loaf, the Killers, Pavement, or Pixies. But the biggest buzz around the band is its live show; gigs routinely climax with incendiary showstoppers that find Cole tangled up in mic cords or diving into the crowd.
But their outrage is anchored in hope, and a drive to do better. Their memorable music may sound loud and confrontational, but the community they've built around it resonates with positivity."
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For the better part of the past 12 years, Mikaiah Lei of The Bots has spent his adolescence in the spotlight. The Bots released two studio albums, toured around the world, landed glossy magazine spreads, and performed live everywhere from Coachella to Glastonbury in that time. Lei was just 21 years old the last time The Bots put out an album, 2014's Pink Palms. Now, after seven transformative years, Lei has a brand new outlook on life and himself -- and he's got the remarkable new album 2 Seater to show for it.
Now with the Deluxe release of 2 Seater, Mikaiah has married his indie pop flare with the enigmatic guitar of legendary guitarist, Robby Krieger of The Doors, in the unforgettable new track, 'Why Pretend.' "Recording 'Why Pretend' with Robby was really a dream come true! Never in my life I thought I'd get to work with a rock 'n' roll legend and one of the greatest bands of all time. It was as fun and exciting of an experience as you would imagine."
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