Milky Chance Sadnecessary Debut

            

After building palpable buzz and drawing widespread critical acclaim, MILKY CHANCE unlock the pre-order for their full-length debut, Sadnecessary[Republic Records], today and receive an instant download of “Flashed Junk Mind.” Following a special limited-edition vinyl release of the record on September 30, the album officially arrives in stores and at iTunes and all digital partners on October 14^th. Milky Chance has turned out to be the hottest ticket of fall 2014! Last week, the German duo revealed their first-ever North American tour dates and shows literally sold out instantly, while New York and Los Angeles specifically sold out in less than five minutes.

Press continues to sing their praises. Rolling Stone recently named them one of "10 Artists You Need to Know Now". Nylon called their first single "Stolen Dance" a "breakout smash", Buzzfeed dubbed it one of the "songs you need in your life this summer". Radio has already caught on to the international smash as it has hit #1 at Triple A (four weeks straight).

Online “Stolen Dance” hit has gone viral with over 136 million streams across Spotify and YouTube. The smash song has taken over Spotify with over 75 million streams, hit #1 on the Spotify Viral Chart, and is currently #20 on the Spotify overall chart. However, the band is only beginning to make its mark on the United States. On YouTube, the official video for “Stolen Dance” just crossed the 61-million mark and counting.
 
Longtime friends Clemens and Philipp came together during high school in Kassel, Germany and founded MILKY CHANCE shortly after. Initially, they released Sadnecessary independently in Europe through their own label Lichtdicht Records and saw major success, hitting #1 in France and going Top 10 in 9 countries, while “Stolen Dance” took off online. Given their impressive debut and the power of “Stolen Dance”, they inked a deal with Republic Records earlier this year.
 
Sadnecessary is the beginning of something very special for MILKY CHANCE. Keep a close watch for a full- fledged North American tour in 2015. In addition, the music community has embraced the group with Ásgeir recently covering "Stolen Dance" which accumulated over 200,000 views, while Imagine Dragons recently did their own live rendition of the song while performing in Hamburg, Germany with the crowd singing along.

Milky Chance Tour Dates – SOLD OUT
October 13^th    New York, NY              Bowery Ballroom
October 16^th    Toronto, CA                Virgin Mobile Mod Club
October 20^th    Los Angeles, CA         Troubadour