Genevieve Schatz (born April 1, 1987), better known simply as Genevieve, is an American

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singer and songwriter from Elgin,

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, United States. Schatz is the frontwoman of

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band Company of Thieves and embarked on her solo career as Genevieve in early 2014. Her first solo track, "Show Your Colors", premiered on Vice Noisey in December 2014. Her debut EP ''Show Your Colors'' was released on March 10, 2015, via

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History with Company of Thieves

Company of Thieves won the 2007 New York Songwriters Circle contest for their song "Oscar Wilde" and signed with

in October 2008. The band's debut album '' Ordinary Riches'' debuted on the US Heatseekers Albums Chart at number five. Company of Thieves were featured as an iTunes Discovery Download for their song "Oscar Wilde", as well as in their Indie Spotlight: Rock/Alternative – featuring the album alongside the recommended track "Pressure". "Oscar Wilde" was also featured on ''Gossip Girl: Real NY Stories Revealed'' as part of the

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Go Fresh campaign, as well as being aired during an episode of ''

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''. In January 2009, Genevieve appeared on ''

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'', with Marc of Company of Thieves, playing several songs including a sultry cover of "

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", "Pressure", "Even in the Dark" and a belting version of "

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". She also performed with the band on ''

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'' in February 2009. Company of Thieves' second album, ''

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'', was released on May 17, 2011, and debuted at number 97 on the ''Billboard'' 200. On May 21, 2017, Company of Thieves confirmed their reunion tour in September 2017. and on July 28, 2017, a new single entitled "Treasure" was released. An 11-city tour ran from Tuesday, September 12 in Indianapolis to September 30 in

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. According to an interview with Walloch on axs.com, the band intended to work on writing music for new singles and EPs after the reunion tour finished, and future tours would follow.

Discography

EPs

Singles

Other

References

External links

Wind-up RecordsLive from Daryl’s HouseINTERVIEW: GENEVIEVE

"Youthgasm"
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