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* BookEnds: Their SelfTitledAlbum's "Apartment" begins and ends thus:
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* BookEnds: Their SelfTitledAlbum's "Apartment" begins and ends thus:
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Like I'm on Film/TheTrumanShow!"
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Like I'm on Film/TheTrumanShow!"''Film/TheTrumanShow''!"
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* UnpluggedVersion: The band produces an "In The Open" remix of many of their songs, using only acoustic instruments.instruments.
* YouAreNotAlone: Dropped repeatedly almost word-for-word in "Darkest Shade of Blue", offering comfort and companionship for someone feeling isolated.
* YouAreNotAlone: Dropped repeatedly almost word-for-word in "Darkest Shade of Blue", offering comfort and companionship for someone feeling isolated.
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* ColourCodedEmotions: Mirror Master's "Darkest Shade of Blue" links depression and sadness to the color blue, while [[YouAreNotAlone comforting a person in its throes, telling them that they're not alone.]]
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* ColourCodedEmotions: Mirror Master's "Darkest Shade of Blue" links depression and sadness to the color blue, while [[YouAreNotAlone comforting a person in its throes, telling them that they're not alone.]]
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* MultiPartEpisode: In [[https://www.1057thepoint.com/music-news/young-the-giant-premieres-new-song-wake-up-off-upcoming-american-bollywood-album/ an interview with 105.7: The Point]], Gadhia states that American Bollywood is to be told in four acts: Origins, Exile, Battle, and Denoument.
* ShoutOut: From Mind Over Matter's "It's About Time":
* ShoutOut: From Mind Over Matter's "It's About Time":
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* MultiPartEpisode: In [[https://www.1057thepoint.com/music-news/young-the-giant-premieres-new-song-wake-up-off-upcoming-american-bollywood-album/ an interview with 105.7: The Point]], Gadhia states that American Bollywood ''American Bollywood'' is to be told in four acts: Origins, Exile, Battle, acts--"Origins", "Exile", "Battle", and Denoument.
"Denoument"--each released as their own EP.
* ShoutOut: FromMind Over Matter's "It's About Time":
* ShoutOut: From
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* SiameseTwinSongs: Mind Over Matter's "Slow Dive" has no dialogue, and leads directly into "Anagram".
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* SiameseTwinSongs: Mind ''Mind Over Matter's Matter'''s "Slow Dive" has no dialogue, dialogue and leads directly into "Anagram".
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** Each verse of Mirror Master's "You + I" describes the singer's life with another woman; when they first meet at a party, when they're adults wrangling housework, and when they're old and gray, helping each other down the stairs.
** The two verses of American Bollywood's "[[TitleTrack American Bollywood]]" cut between the protagonist[[note]]Possibly Sameer's father[[/note]] being thirteen, and then twenty-four, years old.
** The two verses of American Bollywood's "[[TitleTrack American Bollywood]]" cut between the protagonist[[note]]Possibly Sameer's father[[/note]] being thirteen, and then twenty-four, years old.
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** Each verse of Mirror Master's "You + I" describes the singer's life with another woman; when they first meet at a party, when they're adults wrangling housework, and when they're old and gray, helping each other down the stairs.
** The two verses ofAmerican Bollywood's "[[TitleTrack American Bollywood]]" cut between the protagonist[[note]]Possibly Sameer's father[[/note]] being thirteen, and then twenty-four, years old.
** The two verses of
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Like I'm on Film/TheTrumanShow!''
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Like I'm on Film/TheTrumanShow!''Film/TheTrumanShow!"
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After leaving your apartment,\\
I hear the coast!
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I hear the
* BornDuringAStorm: "Titus Was Born" drops the trope almost word-for-word right in the opening verse, describing the origins of the song's quasi-mythic protagonist.
--> "Titus was born\\
Under the eye of a storm.\\
Rain water carried his bed\\
Around the world and back again."
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* CarefulWithThatAxe: Downplayed with Mind Over Matter's "Crystallized", which begins with a brief shout.
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* CarefulWithThatAxe: Downplayed with Mind Over Matter's "Crystallized", which begins with a brief shout.
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* {{Eagleland}}: ''Home of the Strange'' frequently leans into critiquing "'Murica the Boorish", with album opener "Amerika" commenting on the false promises the United States offers immigrants only to often leave them feeling rejected. The title track wraps the album up on a slightly more optimistic note, playing off of "America the Beautiful's" reflections on the nation's promise but suggesting they have been unmet.
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* {{Eagleland}}: ''Home of the Strange'' frequently leans into critiquing "'Murica the Boorish", with album opener "Amerika" commenting on the false promises the United States offers immigrants only to often leave them feeling rejected. The title track wraps the album up on a slightly more optimistic note, playing off of "America the Beautiful's" Beautiful"'s reflections on the nation's promise but suggesting they have been unmet.
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* TheCharmer: "Silvertongue" is about the singer's talent with charming someone into bed with just his words.
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* DespairEventHorizon: The opening lines of "Cough Syrup" have the singer declaring that "life's too short to even care at all", and the rest of the song is about him seeking some miracle cure to "restore life the way it should be". It's little wonder that the song was used to score a suicide attempt in ''Series/{{Glee}}''.
* {{Eagleland}}: ''Home of the Strange'' frequently leans into critiquing "'Murica the Boorish", with album opener "Amerika" commenting on the false promises the United States offers immigrants only to often leave them feeling rejected. The title track wraps the album up on a slightly more optimistic note, playing off of "America the Beautiful's" reflections on the nation's promise but suggesting they have been unmet.
* {{Eagleland}}: ''Home of the Strange'' frequently leans into critiquing "'Murica the Boorish", with album opener "Amerika" commenting on the false promises the United States offers immigrants only to often leave them feeling rejected. The title track wraps the album up on a slightly more optimistic note, playing off of "America the Beautiful's" reflections on the nation's promise but suggesting they have been unmet.
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* {{Determinator}}: The chorus of "My Body" memorably reflects the attitude of perservering past the point of your own physical endurance.
-->"My body tells me 'no',\\
But I won't quit, 'cause I want more."
-->"My body tells me 'no',\\
But I won't quit, 'cause I want more."
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* AnImmigrantsTale: Several songs in their discography comment on the band members' experience of being immigrants to the United States, with "Amerika", the album opener of ''Home of the Strange'', most directly targeting the topic.
-->"And so I've arrived\\
With gold in my eyes\\
Are you paying attention?"
-->"And so I've arrived\\
With gold in my eyes\\
Are you paying attention?"
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: "Mr Know-it-All" is about a couple who both fancy themselves to be very sophisticated, listening to Music/DavidBowie and [[Music/WolfgangAmadeuMozart Mozart]] and quoting Creator/ErnestHemingway. However, the narrator (who eventually identifies himself as "Mr. Know-it-All") confirms that neither of them are actually all ''that'' smart (implying that [[SmallReferencePools they know little outside of the big names), that he is "boring as fuck", and that they both rely on drugs and cheap thrills to cover up for how shallow they and their relationship truly are.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: "Mr Know-it-All" is about a couple who both fancy themselves to be very sophisticated, listening to Music/DavidBowie and [[Music/WolfgangAmadeuMozart [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]] and quoting Creator/ErnestHemingway. However, the narrator (who eventually identifies himself as "Mr. Know-it-All") confirms that neither of them are actually all ''that'' smart (implying that [[SmallReferencePools they know little can't reference anything outside of the big names), names]]), that he is "boring as fuck", and that they both rely on drugs and cheap thrills to cover up for how shallow they and their relationship truly are.
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* KnowNothingKnowItAll: "Mr Know-it-All" is about a couple who both fancy themselves to be very sophisticated, listening to Music/DavidBowie and [[Music/WolfgangAmadeuMozart Mozart]] and quoting Creator/ErnestHemingway. However, the narrator (who eventually identifies himself as "Mr. Know-it-All") confirms that neither of them are actually all ''that'' smart (implying that [[SmallReferencePools they know little outside of the big names), that he is "boring as fuck", and that they both rely on drugs and cheap thrills to cover up for how shallow they and their relationship truly are.
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* UnpluggedVersion: The band produces an "In The Open" remix of many of their songs, using only acoustic instruments.
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* UnpluggedVersion: The band produces an "In The Open" remix of many of their songs, using only acoustic instruments.
%%* (Which trope is this?) Home of the Strange's "Mr. Know-it-All" revolves around students who front as being cool and interesting, while revealing their hobbies as a mere act.instruments.
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[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_the_Giant Young the Giant]] is an American rock band from Irvine, California. Its current lineup consists of Sameer Gadhia as lead vocalist, Jacob Tilley and Eric Cannata as guitarists, Payam Doostzadeh on bass, and François Comtois on the drums. Curiously, all five of them are either immigrants or sons of immigrants.
The band began life in 2004 as The Jakes, with a lineup of Sameer and Jacob alongside Addam Farmer, Kevin Massoudi, and Ehson Hashemian. After a few personnel shake-ups, the band settled by 2008 as Sameer, Jacob, Ehson, Eric, François, and Jason Burger. While they had recorded an EP during this period, Shake My Hand, each member had to soon choose between schooling and music. [[RevolvingDoorBand There were further roster shuffles in this early period]], where Jason and Ehson were swapped out for Payam, and in December of 2009, The Jakes had changed their name to Young the Giant.
The band began life in 2004 as The Jakes, with a lineup of Sameer and Jacob alongside Addam Farmer, Kevin Massoudi, and Ehson Hashemian. After a few personnel shake-ups, the band settled by 2008 as Sameer, Jacob, Ehson, Eric, François, and Jason Burger. While they had recorded an EP during this period, Shake My Hand, each member had to soon choose between schooling and music. [[RevolvingDoorBand There were further roster shuffles in this early period]], where Jason and Ehson were swapped out for Payam, and in December of 2009, The Jakes had changed their name to Young the Giant.
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[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_the_Giant Young the Giant]] is an American rock band from Irvine, California.UsefulNotes/{{California}}. Its current lineup consists of Sameer Gadhia as lead vocalist, Jacob Tilley and Eric Cannata as guitarists, Payam Doostzadeh on bass, and François Comtois on the drums. Curiously, all All five of them are either immigrants or sons of immigrants.
The band began life in 2004 as The Jakes, with a lineup of Sameer and Jacob alongside Addam Farmer, Kevin Massoudi, and Ehson Hashemian. After a few personnel shake-ups, the band settled by 2008 as Sameer, Jacob, Ehson, Eric, François, and Jason Burger. While they had recorded an EP during this period, Shake My Hand, each member had to soon choose between schooling and music. [[RevolvingDoorBand There were further roster shuffles in this early period]], where Jason and Ehson were swapped out for Payam, and in Decemberof 2009, The Jakes had changed their name to Young the Giant.
Giant shortly before releasing their debut SelfTitledAlbum through Creator/RoadrunnerRecords.
After several singles from ''Young the Giant'' achieved minor commercial chart success, the band switched over to the more genre-friendly Creator/FueledByRamen to release their next two albums, ''Mind Over Matter'' and ''Home of the Strange''. These and later albums ''Mirror Master'' and ''American Bollywood'' have continued to explore themes of identity and self-discovery.
The band began life in 2004 as The Jakes, with a lineup of Sameer and Jacob alongside Addam Farmer, Kevin Massoudi, and Ehson Hashemian. After a few personnel shake-ups, the band settled by 2008 as Sameer, Jacob, Ehson, Eric, François, and Jason Burger. While they had recorded an EP during this period, Shake My Hand, each member had to soon choose between schooling and music. [[RevolvingDoorBand There were further roster shuffles in this early period]], where Jason and Ehson were swapped out for Payam, and in December
After several singles from ''Young the Giant'' achieved minor commercial chart success, the band switched over to the more genre-friendly Creator/FueledByRamen to release their next two albums, ''Mind Over Matter'' and ''Home of the Strange''. These and later albums ''Mirror Master'' and ''American Bollywood'' have continued to explore themes of identity and self-discovery.
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* 2010 -- ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Young The Giant]]''
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* 2016 -- ''Home of the Strange''
* 2018 -- ''Mirror Master''
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* 2014 -- ''Mind Over Matter''
* 2016 -- ''Home of the Strange''
* 2018 -- ''Mirror Master''
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* 2010 -- ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Young The Giant]]''
Giant]]''[[labelnote:Singles]]"My Body", "Cough Syrup", "Apartment"[[/labelnote]]
* 2014 -- ''Mind OverMatter''
Matter''[[labelnote:Singles]]"It's About Time", "Crystallized", "Mind Over Matter"[[/labelnote]]
* 2016 -- ''Home of theStrange''
Strange''[[labelnote:Singles]]"Amerika", "Something To Believe In", "Titus Was Born", "Silvertongue"[[/labelnote]]
* 2018 -- ''MirrorMaster''
Master''[[labelnote:Singles]]"Simplify", "Superposition", "Heat of the Summer", "Call Me Back"[[/labelnote]]
* 2022 -- ''AmericanBollywood''Bollywood''[[labelnote:Singles]]"Wake Up", "The Walk Home"[[/labelnote]]
* 2014 -- ''Mind Over
* 2016 -- ''Home of the
* 2018 -- ''Mirror
* 2022 -- ''American
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* 2008 -- Shake My Hand ''(as The Jakes)''
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* 2014 -- Mind Over Matter
* 2016 -- Home of the Strange
* 2018 -- Mirror Master
* 2022 -- American Bollywood
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* 2014 -- Mind Over Matter
* 2016 -- Home of the Strange
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* 2008 -- Shake ''Shake My Hand ''(as Hand'' (as The Jakes)''
Jakes)
* 2010 --[[SelfTitledAlbum ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Young The Giant]]
Giant]]''
* 2014 --Mind ''Mind Over Matter
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* 2016 --Home ''Home of the Strange
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** Home of the Strange has a procession of multicolored emigrants making a pilgrimage to a living mountain.
** Mirror Master has a crowd of multicolored figures looking up at a square-shaped void in the sky.
** Mirror Master has a crowd of multicolored figures looking up at a square-shaped void in the sky.
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** Home ''Home of the Strange Strange'' has a procession of multicolored emigrants making a pilgrimage to a living mountain.
**Mirror Master ''Mirror Master'' has a crowd of multicolored figures looking up at a square-shaped void in the sky.
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After leaving my apartment,\\
I feel the cold!
I feel the cold!
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After leaving my your apartment,\\
Ifeel hear the cold!coast!
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* TBA 2022 -- American BollywoodBollywood
** Act I -- Origins
** Act II -- Exile
** Act III -- Battle
** Act IV -- Denoument
** Act I -- Origins
** Act II -- Exile
** Act III -- Battle
** Act IV -- Denoument
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* BookEnds: Their SelfTitledAlbum's "Apartment" begins and ends thus:
-->After leaving my apartment,\\
I feel this cold inside me\\
...\\
After leaving my apartment,\\
I feel the cold!
-->After leaving my apartment,\\
I feel this cold inside me\\
...\\
After leaving my apartment,\\
I feel the cold!
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* BurnBabyBurn: The music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqNSjJdU7gE American Bollywood]]" features a dollhouse on a beach set ablaze, while Sameer kneels in front of it on the sand.
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** The two verses of American Bollywood's "[[TitleTrack American Bollywood]]" cut between the protagonist[[note]]Possibly Sameer[[/note]] being thirteen, and then twenty-four, years old.
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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: François, Payam, Sameer, Eric, and Jacob.]]
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_the_Giant Young the Giant]] is an American rock band from Irvine, California. Its current lineup consists of Sameer Gadhia as lead vocalist, Jacob Tilley and Eric Cannata as guitarists, Payam Doostzadeh on bass, and François Comtois on the drums. Curiously, all five of them are either immigrants or sons of immigrants.
The band began life in 2004 as The Jakes, with a lineup of Sameer and Jacob alongside Addam Farmer, Kevin Massoudi, and Ehson Hashemian. After a few personnel shake-ups, the band settled by 2008 as Sameer, Jacob, Ehson, Eric, François, and Jason Burger. While they had recorded an EP during this period, Shake My Hand, each member had to soon choose between schooling and music. [[RevolvingDoorBand There were further roster shuffles in this early period]], where Jason and Ehson were swapped out for Payam, and in December of 2009, The Jakes had changed their name to Young the Giant.
!!Members
* Sameer Gadhia -- lead vocals, percussion, keyboards, guitar (since 2004)
* Jacob Tilley -- guitar, synthesizer, mellotron (since 2004)
* Eric Cannata -- guitar, vocals, keyboards (since 2007)
* Payam Doostzadeh -- bass guitar, synthesizer, vocals (since 2008)
* François Comtois -- bass guitar (2004-2007); drums, percussion, vocals (since 2007)
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!!!Former members, as ''The Jakes''
* Ehson Hashemian -- keyboards, piano, synthesizers (2004-2009)
* Jason Burger -- drums (2007)
* Sean Fischer -- drums (2004-2007)
* Addam Farmer -- unknown
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!!Studio Discography
* 2008 -- Shake My Hand ''(as The Jakes)''
* 2010 -- [[SelfTitledAlbum Young The Giant]]
* 2014 -- Mind Over Matter
* 2016 -- Home of the Strange
* 2018 -- Mirror Master
* TBA -- American Bollywood
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!!Tropes applying to ''Young The Giant'' include:
* AgeProgressionSong:
** Each verse of Mirror Master's "You + I" describes the singer's life with another woman; when they first meet at a party, when they're adults wrangling housework, and when they're old and gray, helping each other down the stairs.
** The two verses of American Bollywood's "[[TitleTrack American Bollywood]]" cut between the protagonist[[note]]Possibly Sameer[[/note]] being thirteen, and then twenty-four, years old.
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Downplayed with Mind Over Matter's "Crystallized", which begins with a brief shout.
* ColourCodedEmotions: Mirror Master's "Darkest Shade of Blue" links depression and sadness to the color blue, while [[YouAreNotAlone comforting a person in its throes, telling them that they're not alone.]]
%%* FadingIntoTheNextSong:
* FunWithAcronyms: The band's previous name, The Jakes, was pulled from the first initials of Jacob, Addam, Kevin, Ehson, and Sameer.
* MultiPartEpisode: In [[https://www.1057thepoint.com/music-news/young-the-giant-premieres-new-song-wake-up-off-upcoming-american-bollywood-album/ an interview with 105.7: The Point]], Gadhia states that American Bollywood is to be told in four acts: Origins, Exile, Battle, and Denoument.
* ShoutOut: From Mind Over Matter's "It's About Time":
-->''Close the front door!\\
I don't want to go\\
Like I'm on Film/TheTrumanShow!''
* SiameseTwinSongs: Mind Over Matter's "Slow Dive" has no dialogue, and leads directly into "Anagram".
* TextlessAlbumCover: Two of their album covers have no wording on them:
** Home of the Strange has a procession of multicolored emigrants making a pilgrimage to a living mountain.
** Mirror Master has a crowd of multicolored figures looking up at a square-shaped void in the sky.
* TitleTrack: Their only album to avert this is their SelfTitledAlbum.
* UnpluggedVersion: The band produces an "In The Open" remix of many of their songs, using only acoustic instruments.
%%* (Which trope is this?) Home of the Strange's "Mr. Know-it-All" revolves around students who front as being cool and interesting, while revealing their hobbies as a mere act.
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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: François, Payam, Sameer, Eric, and Jacob.]]
[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_the_Giant Young the Giant]] is an American rock band from Irvine, California. Its current lineup consists of Sameer Gadhia as lead vocalist, Jacob Tilley and Eric Cannata as guitarists, Payam Doostzadeh on bass, and François Comtois on the drums. Curiously, all five of them are either immigrants or sons of immigrants.
The band began life in 2004 as The Jakes, with a lineup of Sameer and Jacob alongside Addam Farmer, Kevin Massoudi, and Ehson Hashemian. After a few personnel shake-ups, the band settled by 2008 as Sameer, Jacob, Ehson, Eric, François, and Jason Burger. While they had recorded an EP during this period, Shake My Hand, each member had to soon choose between schooling and music. [[RevolvingDoorBand There were further roster shuffles in this early period]], where Jason and Ehson were swapped out for Payam, and in December of 2009, The Jakes had changed their name to Young the Giant.
!!Members
* Sameer Gadhia -- lead vocals, percussion, keyboards, guitar (since 2004)
* Jacob Tilley -- guitar, synthesizer, mellotron (since 2004)
* Eric Cannata -- guitar, vocals, keyboards (since 2007)
* Payam Doostzadeh -- bass guitar, synthesizer, vocals (since 2008)
* François Comtois -- bass guitar (2004-2007); drums, percussion, vocals (since 2007)
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!!!Former members, as ''The Jakes''
* Ehson Hashemian -- keyboards, piano, synthesizers (2004-2009)
* Jason Burger -- drums (2007)
* Sean Fischer -- drums (2004-2007)
* Addam Farmer -- unknown
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!!Studio Discography
* 2008 -- Shake My Hand ''(as The Jakes)''
* 2010 -- [[SelfTitledAlbum Young The Giant]]
* 2014 -- Mind Over Matter
* 2016 -- Home of the Strange
* 2018 -- Mirror Master
* TBA -- American Bollywood
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!!Tropes applying to ''Young The Giant'' include:
* AgeProgressionSong:
** Each verse of Mirror Master's "You + I" describes the singer's life with another woman; when they first meet at a party, when they're adults wrangling housework, and when they're old and gray, helping each other down the stairs.
** The two verses of American Bollywood's "[[TitleTrack American Bollywood]]" cut between the protagonist[[note]]Possibly Sameer[[/note]] being thirteen, and then twenty-four, years old.
* CarefulWithThatAxe: Downplayed with Mind Over Matter's "Crystallized", which begins with a brief shout.
* ColourCodedEmotions: Mirror Master's "Darkest Shade of Blue" links depression and sadness to the color blue, while [[YouAreNotAlone comforting a person in its throes, telling them that they're not alone.]]
%%* FadingIntoTheNextSong:
* FunWithAcronyms: The band's previous name, The Jakes, was pulled from the first initials of Jacob, Addam, Kevin, Ehson, and Sameer.
* MultiPartEpisode: In [[https://www.1057thepoint.com/music-news/young-the-giant-premieres-new-song-wake-up-off-upcoming-american-bollywood-album/ an interview with 105.7: The Point]], Gadhia states that American Bollywood is to be told in four acts: Origins, Exile, Battle, and Denoument.
* ShoutOut: From Mind Over Matter's "It's About Time":
-->''Close the front door!\\
I don't want to go\\
Like I'm on Film/TheTrumanShow!''
* SiameseTwinSongs: Mind Over Matter's "Slow Dive" has no dialogue, and leads directly into "Anagram".
* TextlessAlbumCover: Two of their album covers have no wording on them:
** Home of the Strange has a procession of multicolored emigrants making a pilgrimage to a living mountain.
** Mirror Master has a crowd of multicolored figures looking up at a square-shaped void in the sky.
* TitleTrack: Their only album to avert this is their SelfTitledAlbum.
* UnpluggedVersion: The band produces an "In The Open" remix of many of their songs, using only acoustic instruments.
%%* (Which trope is this?) Home of the Strange's "Mr. Know-it-All" revolves around students who front as being cool and interesting, while revealing their hobbies as a mere act.