Shy Child

Shy Child
Shy Child at the Oxygen Festival in London 2007
Background information
Origin	New York City, New York, USA
Genres	8-bit, Indie rock
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Current: Kill Rock Stars, Wall of Sound Former: Say Hey Records, Romz Record, Grenadine Records
Associated acts	Supersystem
Website	Official website
Members
Pete Cafarella Nate Smith

Shy Child is a band from New York City consisting of Pete Cafarella on vocals and keytar and Nate Smith on drums.

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.

In March 2010, Shy Child will release their fourth studio album, "Liquid Love".

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)
• Liquid Love - (2010)

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.

External links

• Shy Child - Official Site
• MySpace page
• Interview with Shy Child from Vice magazine