The Lumineers: “Jimmy Sparks went into bars and opened his mouth… Said some things to wounded men that they could not allow…”
Join the video premiere for “Jimmy Sparks” from ‘Chapter III’ in two hours below:
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The Lumineers will be the featured musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Tuesday, September 17th. Tune in at 11:35/10:35c on NBC.
Check back, we’ll embed the performance below.
The Lumineers – “Jimmy Sparks”
.@thelumineers have unveiled ‘III.’ ? Constructed from three EPs and including highlights like “Gloria” and “It Wasn’t Easy To Be Happy For You,” the band’s much anticipated new album is an emotionally-charged triumph. Spin it now: https://t.co/cV1gHYxJzJ pic.twitter.com/9bbAHcpzFC
— Pandora (@pandoramusic) September 13, 2019
The Lumineers: Stop what you’re doing, because we’re about to celebrate our ‘III’ Album Release Party live in NYC right now with iHeartRadio, streaming exclusively on LiveXLive! ?
The Lumineers: We finished the album “III” last September, a year ago… It’s felt like we’ve been walking around, keeping a secret. Well, the secret’s finally out – thanks for listening and much love. – Wesley & Jeremiah
.@thelumineers' highest-charting songs on the #HotRockSongs chart:
#1, Ho Hey
#5, Ophelia
#7, Gloria
#10, Stubborn Love
#10, Angela
#11, Cleopatra
#11, Sleep On The Floor
#17, Nightshade
#19, Flowers In Your Hair
#23, Slow It Down
#24, Classy Girls
#25, Gale Song
#28, Gun Song— Billboard Charts (@billboardcharts) September 18, 2019
“There’s a traditional way to roll something out in music and if you defy that, you’re kind of swimming upstream.” https://t.co/VewG9bIRnD
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) September 12, 2019
The self-titled debut studio album from The Lumineers was certified ‘Triple Platinum’ by the RIAA for sales in excess of three million copies in the United States alone. Released on April 3, 2012, the album debuted at #45 on the Billboard 200 chart, but, driven by the success of the single “Ho Hey,” it eventually peaked at #2.
About the 3X ‘Platinum’ certification, Jeremiah Fraites said: “This one means a lot. I cannot believe we surpassed 3,000,000 copies of our debut album. That’s approximately 2,970,000 more than I ever thought we’d sell. Thank you to the greatest fans in the world. Also, thank you to the FedEx guy for finally stopping after chasing you for 2 blocks to get this package from you.”
Cleopatra, the latest album by The Lumineers, has been certified platinum after selling over one million equivalent copies*. Released on April 8, 2016, the band’s second full-length effort debuted at #1 in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.
The group’s previous album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #45 with first week sales of 10,000 traditional units. Following the success of their massive hit single, “Ho Hey,” the band’s 2012 debut record eventually peaked at #2, selling over three million copies in the United States alone.
*Certifications are no longer solely based on traditional album sales, but now include individual digital song sales and audio / video streams.
The Lumineers: “”Angela” is probably the only song that was really written IN the studio. Most of the songs we ever record are demo’d and rewritten countless times before being immortalized on a record. But this song was different.”
“Angela” is taken from the group’s second studio album, Cleopatra, and was released as the album’s third single on April 1, 2016. The song is about “a small town beauty struggling to escape her past” and has the distinction of being about lead singer Wesley Schultz’s ex-girlfriend, Angela Henard.
“Although we didn’t work out, she still holds a place in my heart,” Schultz explained. “This is why she is brought up in multiple songs.”
Lyrics:
When you left this town, with your windows down
And the wilderness inside
Let the exits pass, all the tar and glass
‘Til the road and sky align
The strangers in this town,
They raise you up just to cut you down
Oh Angela it’s a long time coming
And your Volvo lights lit up green and white
With the cities on the signs
But you held your course to some distant war
In the corners of your mind
From the second time around
The only love I ever found
Oh Angela it’s a long time coming
Home at last
Were you safe and warm in your coat of arms
With your fingers in a fist
Did you hear the notes, all those static codes
In the radio abyss?
Strangers in this town,
They raise you up just to cut you down
Oh Angela it’s a long time coming
Oh Angela spent your whole life running
Home at last
Home at last
Vacancy, hotel room, lost in me, lost in you
Angela, on my knees, I belong, I believe
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last
Home at last, hmm