Midnight Youth were a

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rock band formed in 2006. Their debut album, ''

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'', was released in 2009 in New Zealand and Australia. The band subsequently toured and played festivals across Australasia, the United States and Asia. Their second and last studio album, '' World Comes Calling'', was released in October 2011. They played their last show on 2 March 2013.

History

Early beginnings

Midnight Youth came together while at

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's North Shore with three members of the band playing together in New Zealand's high school Rockquest competition.

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and Nick Campbell completed the group in mid-2006. The band released two independent singles, "Supernatural" and "A New Day", in 2007 and played opening slots for

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, OK Go and a re-formed INXS in their New Zealand shows. In 2008 they self-funded a trip to

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to lodge and record with producer Terence Dover. With Hotbed Studios (vocals and bass) as their quarters and home base, Dover recorded them at studios across New York. Skyline Studios (drums) in Manhattan, GödelString (guitars, drums, vocals, bass) in Brooklyn, The Buddy Project (guitars and vocals) in Queens and (Grand Piano) City College's Sonic Arts Center concert hall were all unique recording environments Dover selected for their debut record ''

''.

Signing & debut album

After recording the album, the band signed with

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NZ in September 2008 and released their third single, "The Letter", to widespread acclaim across New Zealand. The song became the band's first Top 40 hit in New Zealand in January 2009, eventually peaking at #19 on the NZ singles chart and spending 17 weeks in total inside the NZ Top 40. Their follow-up single, "All On Our Own", debuted at #18 on the New Zealand

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Singles Chart in March, 2009, and peaked at number six, after twelve weeks on the chart. The song went on to spend another 11 weeks inside the NZ top 40 and beat out international acts to be the most-played song on NZ radio for 2009. The album spawned five singles in New Zealand in total: third single "Learning To Fall" was released in June 2009, its video filmed in

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, New York, fourth single "Cavalry" spent seven straight weeks at number one on rock radio in New Zealand. The fifth single, "Golden Love", initially gave the band exposure in the United States through a feature on the season finale of One Tree Hill in May 2010 before going on to have a second life after being featured in Korean TV drama ''

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'' in 2016. As of July 2018, the song has amassed over 8 million streams between

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and

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. Midnight Youth's debut album, ''

'', was released in New Zealand on 27 April 2009, and peaked at number two on the New Zealand Album Chart. The album was certified platinum in New Zealand in December 2009. Midnight Youth were nominated for eight awards in the 2009 New Zealand Music Awards, including Best Album (''The Brave Don't Run''), Best Single ("

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") and Best Group. The band won the Best Rock Album award, Best Group award and Best Engineer

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. The band gained a reputation as a top-performing festival act after playing sets at SXSW,

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, Musexpo, One Movement, Sounds of Spring, and Rhythm and Vines. On 9 September 2011 they performed as the supporting act to

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and

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at the opening of the 2011 Rugby World Cup waterfront stadium.

Split

On 6 September 2012 lead singer

announced that he had quit the band to pursue a solo career. On 1 March 2013 the band announced they would play their last-ever show on 2 March at

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via its

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page.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Music videos

The band

Current members

*Simon Oscroft (

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) *Nick Campbell (

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/ Rhythm Guitar) *Matt Warman ( Bass) *Aidan Bartlett ( Drums)

Past members

( Lead vocals)

Footnotes

External links

Midnight Youth artist website
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