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Guards is an American rock band consisting of Richie Follin, Loren Humphrey, and Kaylie Church. They released their debut album, In Guards We Trust, in February 2013.




History






= 2010: Formation

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Guards formed in New York City when Follin finished a European tour and went to a recording studio. He began writing and recording with his sister's band, Cults, and he ended up singing the songs. They put the songs on the internet and began to get show offers, so he formed Guards consisting of himself, Loren Humphrey and Kaylie Church. Follin and Humphrey were originally of the band The Willowz. The trio caught the attention of 3 Syllables Records and they released their eponymous debut EP on the label in 2010. They released their first single, "Resolution of One", on Small Plates Records in December 2010. The single was re-released in May 2011, on Kitsuné Music, with B-sides "Hear You Call" and "Swimming After Dark".
NPR stated the band has "a sound deconstructed through the minds of musicians who look more to memories than they do to the future, and in the process find something that sounds like a new discovery". Dazed and Confused stated that "the songs are uncompromisingly raw harnessing pessimistic heartache to craft tracks about birth, death and any emotional malaise you might experience in between”. The Guardian simply stated, "It's pretty fucking impressive”.




= 2013: Debut album

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The band released their first full length album In Guards We Trust in 2013. The Wall Street Journal touted the record as “one of the years best albums”, and Pitchfork proclaimed “...slack verses with palm-muted guitars give way to a monster chorus delivered with the confidence that tells you Guards know they have a hit on their hands". NME would refer to the band as “Cali reverb scuzz kings”. NPR stated that “at a time in music when pop, rock, country and hip-hop acts all strain to create anthems that will inspire sing- along devotion in large-size audiences, Guards — a band that's only been around for a few years and has released comparatively little music — is already well on its way to giving the anthem form more interest and gravitas than musicians with far more experience”. Stereogum called the album “widescreen indie-pop garnished with epic hooks and hum-along melodies...[the album] takes a simple new-wave riff and builds layers upon it, reaching soaring, cinematic climaxes on the chorus, showcasing singer Richie Follin’s yearning vocal, always in service of the song’s central and indelible hook”. The Los Angeles Times proclaimed, “Guards toy with loud-soft dynamics, and touch on pastel harmonies and thick, almost ‘60s garage rock riffs, but it’s the back and forth between keyboardist Kaylie Church and Richie Follin that sets the group apart”. IFC premiered the band's video for "Silver Lining" and stated that “it’s a boisterous and driving track that shows Guards doing what it does best: making raucous rock with a retro edge and undeniable appeal”.
Guards toured worldwide the entire year in support of their debut album, opening for such acts as Queens of the Stone Age, MGMT, Two Door Cinema Club, Palma Violets. They also played in festivals such as Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Primavera Sound.
The song "I Know It's You" off the album was featured in FIFA 14 and in the film Endless Love. The song "Silver Lining" is featured in the Big Ten Conference's "Maps" television commercial.




Discography






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= Singles

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Members


Richie James Follin – vocals, guitar
Loren Humphrey – drums
Kaylie Church – keyboards, vocals




References

• Source: Guards Band

The Guards Band (Finnish: Kaartin soittokunta; Swedish: Gardets musikkår) is the premier band of the Finnish Defence Forces. Established in Parola on April 1, 1819, it is the oldest of the six Finnish military bands as well as the oldest continuously operating professional musical organization in Finland.
The Guards Band is officially the Representative Band of the President of the Republic of Finland. As of 2022, it consists of 42 musicians led by Senior Conductor Timo Kotilainen and Conductor Aino Koskela.
The Guards Band performs in over 100 events every year, including state visits, military parades, state dinners, concerts and the Independence Day Reception at the Presidential Palace. Its most important annual concerts include the Töölö concerts, held at the Temppeliaukio Church to highlight contemporary music, the entertainment concerts at the Finlandia Hall, and a classical concert at the Helsinki Music Centre.




Different names


During its history the orchestra has operated under various names:

Kaartin soittokunta 1990-
Helsingin Varuskuntasoittokunta 1952-1990
Helsingin Varuskunnan soittokunta I 1952
Helsingin Varuskunnan soittokunta 1941-1952
Suomen Valkoisen Kaartin rykmentin soittokunta 1919-1940
Valkoisen Kaartin rykmentin soittokunta 1918-1919
Suomen Valkoisen Kaartin rykmentin soittokunta 1918
Pohjois-Pohjanmaan rykmentin soittokunta 1918
Helsingin Torvisoittokunta 1901-1918
Henkivartioväen 3. Suomen tarkk'ampujapataljoonan soittokunta 1878-1905
Henkivartioväen Suomen tarkk'ampujapataljoonan soittokunta 1829-1878
Suomen Opetustarkk'ampujapataljoonan soittokunta 1827-1829
Helsingin Opetuspataljoonan soittokunta 1819-1827




History


2021 Timo Kotilainen appointed as senior conductor of the band.
2021 Aino Koskela appointed as conductor.
2016 Pasi-Heikki Mikkola appointed as senior conductor.
2014 visits Norwegian Military Tattoo in Oslo.
2013 Jyrki Koskinen appointed as senior conductor of the band.
2011 visits Berlin Tattoo.
2011 Ville Paakkunainen appointed as conductor.
2009 The first three-day Kaartin Soittokunta Festival in Suomenlinna.
2009 Raine Ampuja appointed as senior conductor of the band.
2008 Elias Seppälä appointed as senior conductor of the band.
2006 Sami Hannula appointed as conductor.
1997 visits Germany and Tallinn. Tattoo'97 figure marching tour.
1996 visits Tallinn.
1995 Elias Seppälä appointed as conductor. Band visits Czechoslovakia.
1993 took part in the first nationwide Tattoo-tour.
1990 name changed to Kaartin Soittokunta (Guards Band).
1984 Esko Juuri appointed as conductor.
1977 Teuvo Laine appointed as conductor.
1976 visits Paris.
1972 visits Zurich.
1967 Arvo Kuikka succeeds Uro in all functions.
1966 visits Lausanne.
1964 Arvo Uro appointed as Chief Conductor of Finnish Defence Forces as well as leading Helsingin Varuskuntasoittokunta and adjoining Defence Forces Music School.
1963 visits Copenhagen.
1959 visits to Stockholm and Gothenburg.
1952 name changed first to Helsingin Varuskunnan soittokunta I and then to Helsingin Varuskuntasoittokunta.
1940 name changed to Helsingin Varuskunnan soittokunta (Helsinki Garrison Band)
1934 Arthur Rope appointed as conductor.
1932 Chief conductor of the Finnish Defence Forces, Lauri Näre, is also conductor of the band.
1926 visits to Riga, Stockholm and Tallinn.
1924 Johan Leonard Linnala appointed as conductor.
1919 name changed to Suomen Valkoisen Kaartin Soittokunta (Finnish White Guards Band).
1918 Helsingin Torvisoittokunta performed in military functions of the Senate during the Finnish Civil War and was taken into active service as Valkoisen Kaartin Rykmentin Soittokunta (band of the White Guard Regiment).
1917 Finland gains independence.
1905 Henkivartioväen 3. Suomen tarkk'ampujapataljoona was disbanded. Many of the musicians transferred to Helsingin Torvisoittokunta which also received many instruments and sheet music from the band.
1904 first recording by a Finnish wind orchestra by the Band of the Finnish Guard. Conductor Albin Lindholm.
1901 Aleksei Apostol established Helsingin Torvisoittokunta (Helsinki wind orchestra). Musicians come from the Guard Battalion's band and former Uudenmaan Pataljoona band.
1899 Aleksei Apostol, an orphaned boy adopted by the band during the Russo-Turkish war, appointed as the conductor of the band.
1891 huge public concerts with 250 musicians to aid famine victims in Russia.
1880 Imperial decree on the instrumentation and number of musicians in the band.
1878 Suomen kaarti was given the rank of Old Guard and named as Henkivartioväen 3. Suomen tarkk'ampujapataljoona (3rd Imperial Guard Finnish Rifle Battalion).
1877-1878 battalion took part in the Russo-Turkish War
1874 first Finnish born conductor, Adolf Leander, was appointed Director of Music
1861 an imperial decree established the instrumentation of the band as 1 conductor, 34 musicians, 12 students, 1 band trumpet major and 20 company fanfare trumpeters plus the band drum major, a pure ensemble of brass and reed instruments, for a total composition of 70 personnel
1849 battalion took part in the quelling of the Hungarian Revolution
1831-1832 Suomen kaarti took part in the quelling of the November Uprising in Poland. Before leaving to Poland the band had one conductor, 32 musicians, 9 drummers, 9 trumpeters and one drum major.
1829 the battalion (and band) was named Suomen Opetustarkk'ampujapataljoona (Finnish Sharpshooter Drill Battalion) and received the rank of New Guards of the Russian Imperial Guard. It was more commonly known as Suomen kaarti (Finnish Guard) . Starting from this year, the battalion and band were stationed during the summer in Krasnoye Selo, near St. Petersburg, where the Tsar had his summer residence.
December 24, 1824: the band, now with 21 musicians, nine buglers and two fifers moved with the battalion to Helsinki.
First the band had only three musicians but in the end of year it had grown to a platoon of twelve.
Founded in Parola on April 1, 1819, as the band of the Helsingin Opetuspataljoona (Helsinki Drill Battalion), with Josef Thaddeus Tvarjansky as the founding conductor




External links


Official homepage (in Finnish)
The Guard's Brass Septet (in English)




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