Formed in 2010 in Manhattan, New York, Cults is an American indie pop dup consisting of Brian Oblivion and Madeline Follin.
Cults formed in 2010 while guitarist Brian Oblivion and singer Madeline Follin were students at New York University in Manhattan. Before forming Cults, Madeline had previously been a part of the punk band Youth Gone Mad who had released “Touching Cloth.” Cults released their first EP entitled “Cults” on Forrest Family Records and then set out tour. While on tour they were joined by other musicians to fill the parts, including Gabriel Rodriguez, Cory Stier, Nathan Aguilar, Marc Deiso, and Loren Humphrey.
By June 2011 the duo released their self-titled debut album by Columbia Records and earned a second "Best New Music" from Pitchfork was earned for the track "Abducted." In 2011 they collaborated with the group Superhuman Happiness for a version of the track "Um Canto De Afoxé para o Bloco Do Ilê" for the Red Hot Organisation's charity album Red Hot+Rio 2. In early 2012 the duo played at the Australasian music festival Laneways, and a year later released their second album, “Static,” which went on to land within the top 200 charts. In 2013 Cults featured alongside Amber Coffman on J. Cole's Born Sinner album, which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200, and then number 96 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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