Neon Trees

Overview

Neon Trees is the thinking person's pop rock outfit. Bassist Branden Campbell can quote Henry David Thoreau, lead vocalist Tyler Glenn considers himself a ‘loser loner’, and none of them is willing to sacrifice the band's songs for any old corporate scheme. "We're not just a pop act that's floozy with their music," Glenn explained to diffuser.fm last year.

When the Neon Trees last visited the Antipodes two years ago, their song 'Animal' had the crowds on their feet and the critics at their keyboards. It became 2011's most played song on Australian radio.

Now they’re on their way back with a single, 'Everybody Talks', which has gone platinum here and multiplatinum in the US, and a sophomore studio album, Picture Show, which Billboard has described as starting with a "half-dozen hook bombs right in a row".

They've maintained their infectious, catchy sound but have taken things into slightly darker territory. According to Glenn, this is just the beginning: "We know that we have a sound that's going to continue to expand ... We have more tricks up our sleeves."