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. They are self-released on their own Feature Records label. Their songwriting is heavily influenced by early
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Beginnings, ''Don't Make Me Wait'' (2003–2009)

Locksley was formed in Madison, Wisconsin in 2003 by Jesse Laz,
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and Aaron Collins. They were students at
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. The band relocated to New York shortly after forming. Their first show was September 10, 2003, at the CBGB Gallery. They recorded a CD of demos in their apartment called ''Safely From the City'', which they self-released in the fall of 2004. Only 1000 copies were ever printed. In 2005 Locksley released a five-song, self-titled EP. Several tracks off ''Locksley'' were licensed for commercials, including "Don't Make Me Wait" and "She Does" to Payless Shoes and "Don't Make Me Wait" to the STARZ network. Locksley was featured in the STARZ ad campaign as well, in a music video shot by the network. The EP and the licensing exposure attracted some label interest, though ultimately they never signed a record contract, instead releasing "Don't Make Me Wait" (a collection that included a mix of originals, tracks from the ''Locksley'' EP and some rerecordings of songs off ''Safely From the City'') on their own Feature Records label in January 2007. (It was later released in Japan on Fabtone Records in June 2007 and in France on Minimum Records in August 2008). This release would be their first studio album and first broad album release. The band cites "Don't Make Me Wait" as their first album. On January 18, 2008, Locksley announced on their website that bassist Aaron Collins would be leaving the band. Jordan Laz, Jesse Laz's younger brother, played bass for the band during a performance at the Mercury Lounge in New York City on March 20, 2008. He was officially announced as the band's new bassist the following day. Shortly thereafter, Locksley left on tour as direct support for
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and spent the rest of the spring in between tours with Rooney and
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. "Don't Make Me Wait" was rereleased on September 9, 2008.


Television, press and placements

Locksley performed "Don't Make Me Wait", "Let Me Know" and "She Does" on ''
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'' March 2, 2007. They performed "Let Me Know" on ''
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'' on August 13, 2007.
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made Locksley their Featured Artist of the Week for two weeks straight from September 8 to 22, 2008. After the release of ''Don't Make Me Wait'', Locksley were featured in multiple magazine spreads, notably ''
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''s "Breaking Out", ''
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''s "6 Breakout Bands to Watch", ''
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''s "100 Bands You Need To Know" and in ''
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'' with an eight-page fashion spread in their March 2007 issue. They also performed the national anthem as well as "Oh! Wisconsin" during halftime at the 2011 Christmas game against the Chicago Bears. They are now the first and only band to perform at halftime at Lambeau Field. Many of the songs off of ''Don't Make Me Wait'' were licensed for TV, commercials and movies, notably: "She Does" as the theme to HLN's ''
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'', placement in the ''
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'' remake, "Don't Make Me Wait" as the trailer music to the
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'' and "My Kind of Lover" in the
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''. On August 24, 2008, "All Over Again," "Don't Make Me Wait," and "She Does" were made available as downloadable content for the popular
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''. The songs have been downloaded over 60,000 times to date. Locksley credits licenses with keeping the band going. Locksley wrote the song "Slink (A Hymn)" for use as the theme song to FOX's TV show '' The Good Guys''. "On Fire" was featured on the soundtrack and end credits of the 2011 film ''
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uses "The Whip" in a number of radio and TV commercials. "The Whip" is also used in an
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commercial, and has been used by the
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as their goal song at some point since the 2011-12 NHL season. The
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also use the song as their goal song. The
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have also used the song when they hit a home run. The season two premiere of
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features "Black Ajax" in two scenes.


''Be in Love'' (2009–2010)

Locksley began recording their second studio album (Be in Love) at the beginning of January 2009. Locksley announces "Be In Love" to be released January 26 as well as an opening slot as direct support for
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on their Afternoon Tour. The band's first-ever single release, "Darling, It's True", was released September 22, 2009, digitally and as the
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to a 7" released on
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's Wicked Cool Records. B-sides were "There's a Love" (a William Bell cover) and "Talk to Me" (an original Locksley song by Kai Kennedy). The ''Be In Love'' release was pushed back to February 23 for the album digitally and March 16 in stores. The video for "The Whip" premiered to fans on June 13, 2010, via Locksley's website. Immediately following the debut the band joined fans for a live chat about the video and upcoming tour. No dates had been set. The Whip has been used as the scoring song for some professional sports teams, which include Major League Baseball's
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and the American Hockey League's
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, who adopted it when affiliating with the National Hockey League's
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, who also use it.


''Locksley'' album (2011)

Locksley released their third full-length album on July 12, 2011.


Touring

Locksley's first national shows were a club tour with San Francisco's
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in early 2007. They followed that as support on The Rapture's early 2007 Pieces of the People We Love tour. That summer Locksley performed at the MIDI festival in Beijing, China and the Summersonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan. In late 2007 they were direct support on
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's The Walk tour. In early/mid-2008 they were direct support on Rooney's U.S. tour and The Hives U.S./Canada tour. In late 2008 they headlined MTV's Choose or Lose Tour and in late 2008 they were direct support and the backing band for Ray Davies on his U.S. tour. In late 2009 they were direct support for Mae on their Afternoon Tour. In Dec. 2009 Locksley announced a spring Japan tour, as direct support for
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. In early and mid-2010, Locksley were the opening act for
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on his North American tour. As of 2013, the band has started a social networking campaign using the Twitter hashtag #whereislocksley accompanied by anonymous photos to play a number of secret shows in cities like Tucson, AZ and Uncasville, CT. In January 2015, Locksley was featured during the National Hockey League's All-Star Game in Columbus, Ohio.


Discography


Albums

*''Safely From The City'' *''Don't Make Me Wait'' (2007/2008, rerelease) *''Be In Love'' (2010) *''Locksley'' (2011) *''Forward'' (2018)


EPs

*''Locksley'' (2005) *''Garage Sale'' (2008) *''Ghosts'' (2011) *''Forward , Summer'' (2016) *''Forward , Fall'' (2016)


Singles

*"Darling, It's True" (2009) *"The Whip" (2010) *"Black Ajax" (2012) *"Hype" (2012) *"Holiday" (2012) *"Let It Ride" (2014) *"Spooky" (2020)


References


External links

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