Shy Child
is a band from New York City consisting of Pete Cafarella on vocals and keytar and Nate Smith on drums.
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History
The duo was formed in New York in the summer of 2000, Cafarella and Smith having previously played together in the band
El Guapo (Cafarella continuing with the band when they became
Supersystem). Shy Child played around New York for years, releasing their first album
Please Consider Our Time
in 2002 on a small Montreal label,
Grenadine Records, and released their next album
One With the Sun
on local NYC label
Say Hey Records in 2004. Both albums were also released in Japan on Tokyo's
Romz Record, and the band did a short tour of Japan in 2004.
In 2006, Shy Child began playing steadily in the UK, and they also started working on their next album with producers
Chris Zane and
Paul Epworth. In the summer of 2006, they signed with UK label
Wall of Sound. A U.S. tour supporting
Hot Chip followed in the fall.
In early 2007, Shy Child released the singles "Drop the Phone" and "Noise Won't Stop" in the UK. They supported
Klaxons on their tour of England in May, the same month that they released their album
Noise Won't Stop
. The band toured extensively in the UK and Europe in the summer of 2007, playing at Barcelona Acció Musical, the London's O2
Wireless Festival, the
Reading and Leeds Festivals, and
Bestival, among others. They also supported
Muse at
Wembley Stadium on
June 17,
2007, becoming the first American act to play the new Wembley Stadium. The group released the single "Summer" in September 2007, followed by an October headline tour around the UK. "Drop the Phone" was re-released in November, where it was picked as
Jo Whiley's "Pet Sound" of the week on
Radio One.
Shy Child toured New Zealand and Australia as part of the
Big Day Out Festival in January and February 2008, and opened for
Björk at the forecourt of the
Sydney Opera House as well.
Noise Won't Stop
was released in the USA by
Kill Rock Stars in May 2008.
Television
In June 2007, Shy Child performed on the
BBC television show
Later with Jools Holland. In October 2007, Shy Child performed "Drop the Phone" for
Stella McCartney during the
Swarovski Fashion Rocks event at
Royal Albert Hall in London, which was broadcast worldwide. They have also appeared on the UK television shows
The Culture Show
,
Transmission
, and
Death Disco
.
Discography
Albums
- Please Consider Our Time
- CD (Grenadine Records, 2002, US/CAN; Romz Record, 2003, Japan)
- One with the Sun
- CD (Say Hey Records, 2004, US/CAN; Romz Record, 2005, Japan)
- Noise Won't Stop
- CD/LP (Wall of Sound Records, 2007, UK/EU; Liberator Records, Australia, 2007, Kill Rock Stars, US, 2008)
EPs
- The Humanity EP
- CD EP (Grenadine Records, 2003, US/CAN)
Singles
- "The Noise Won't Stop" – 7" (Good and Evil Records, 2005, UK)
- "Technicrats" – 7" (Good and Evil Records, 2006, UK)
- "Drop the Phone" – 7" (Wall of Sound Records, 2007, UK/EU)
- "Noise Won't Stop" – 7" (Wall of Sound Records, 2007, UK/EU)
- "Summer" – 7"/12" (Wall of Sound Records, 2007, UK/EU) #22 UK Indie
Remixes
Shy Child has remixed songs for
Demander,
Midnight Juggernauts,
The Futureheads,
Tokyo Police Club,
Editors,
Archie Bronson Outfit,
The Boggs,
Dead Kids, and
AC Slater; their remixed version of The Boggs' "Arm in Arm" was featured in a trailer for
Grand Theft Auto IV and appears in the game as well.
Artists and bands that have remixed Shy Child include
Buraka Som Sistema,
South Central,
Busy P and DSL,
Infadels,
Seiji,
MRK1,
Joseph Nothing,
Com.A, and
Milky Chu.