Never Shout Never – debut UK release out March 21st
aaamusic | On 13, Mar 2011
With a Stateside Top 20 album and a Hot 100 Single Sales #1 hit to his name, the prolific singer-songwriter Never Shout Never will introduce himself to UK audiences with the release of ‘EP 01’ on March 14th on Warner Bros. Records / Sire / Loveway Records.
‘EP 01’ features four tracks taken from Never Shout Never’s albums ‘What Is Love?’ and ‘Harmony’, both of which were released in America in 2010. The lead track ‘CheaterCheaterBestFriendEater’, ‘I Love You More Than You Will Ever Know’ and ‘Harmony’ are all taken from the USTop 20 album ‘Harmony’ that was produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, Muse, Green Day). The other track, ‘Love Is Our Weapon’, originally featured on hisButch Walker (Dashboard Confessional, Weezer) produced debut album ‘What Is Love?’.
Never Shout Never – the 20-year-old Missourian Christofer Drew – first picked up a guitar after his promising tennis career was ended by injury. After learning the instrument by playing along to albums from The Beatles and Bob Dylan, he developed his own songwriting by crafting a new song for the weekly open mic night that he used to play at.
In 2008, he self-released ‘The Yippee EP’ which sold more than 30,000 copies and hundreds of thousands of individual digital download tracks. He would become one of MySpace’s most popular artists while still entirely independent, averaging 100,000 plays a day. At present, he has had a total of almost 160 million plays atMySpace.
Never Shout Never subsequently hit the Warped and AP tours, and has also played with artists such as Dashboard Confessional, Gym Class Heroes, TheAcademy Is… and The Maine. He also won the Breaking Woodie new artist award at the mtvU Woodies, triumphing over competition that included La Roux,Passion Pit and Grizzly Bear.
