Latest Release
- The Lumineers · 2012
- Cleopatra (Deluxe) · 2016
- The Lumineers · 2012
- Cleopatra (Deluxe) · 2016
- Cleopatra (Deluxe) · 2016
- III · 2019
- Cleopatra (Deluxe) · 2016
- Cleopatra (Deluxe) · 2016
- III · 2019
- Pete's Dragon (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) · 2016
Essential Albums
- With their playful, rustic indie folk, The Lumineers deftly evoke a nostalgic vision of America. Lyrics about American Bandstand, JFK and flappers dot their debut as vocalist Wesley Schultz adds a Dylan-esque quaver to foot-stompers ("Flowers In Your Hair") and piano-parlour romps ("Big Parade"). Sparse acoustic ballads "Dead Sea" and "Slow It Down" temper the mood with slithering strings and wistful crooning, but it's the shout-along "Ho Hey" that sums up what this album is all about: "Love, we need it now."
Albums
- 2022
- 2019
- 2016
- 2012
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2022
Artist Playlists
- Denver’s alt-folkers raise their voices and stomp their feet.
- Listen to the hits performed on their blockbuster tour.
Compilations
- 2024
More To Hear
- Frontman Wesley Schultz talks new Lumineers album 'BRIGHTSIDE.'
About The Lumineers
The Lumineers gave folk rock a refreshing makeover with a stripped-down, unplugged style full of foot stomps, handclaps, rolling piano riffs and passionately strummed acoustic guitars. But despite their back-porch sound and their status as one of the biggest bands in folk rock and modern Americana, the band began not in some rustic backwater but in New York City. That’s where New Jersey natives Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites started playing their songs together as The Lumineers in 2005 after a few years of banging around with various names and styles. Things came fully into focus when singer/guitarist Schultz and multi-instrumentalist Fraites relocated to Denver in 2009, and they soon brought cellist/singer Neyla Pekarek aboard. The trio’s self-titled debut album appeared in 2012, and the single “Ho Hey” burst the dam, becoming a phenomenal success in a world with its appetite for acoustic music whetted by Mumford & Sons, and helping the album go multi-platinum. Intensifying the contrast between hummable tunes and forlorn lyrics that powered the first album, 2016’s No. 1 Cleopatra maintained the minimalism but still managed to lead The Lumineeers into sold-out arena shows. Pekarek split to go solo in 2018, but the two founding members reconfigured and solidified their vision, releasing III in 2019 and taking a batch of intensely personal, emotionally naked songs into the top tier of the Pop charts.
- ORIGIN
- Ramsey, NJ, United States of America
- FORMED
- 2005
- GENRE
- Alternative