Eighty Ninety's debut single "Three Thirty" quickly reached #2 on Spotify's Global Viral Chart. Their music has had over 33 million streams across albums “Bowery Beach Road” and “The Night Sky”, featuring on Spotify playlists New Music Friday, Pop Rising, Indie Pop, Chill Pop, Chill Vibes, Viral Hits, Soda, Fresh Finds and many more — even earning a co-sign from Taylor Swift along the way when the singer added Eighty Ninety’s single “Your Favorite Song” to her official Spotify playlist Songs Taylor Loves.
NYC-based brothers Abner and Harper James fuse intimate storytelling, sticky melodies, and minimalist pop productions built on acoustic instruments and electronic sounds in a style they call “808s and telecasters”. Their music, videos, and performances have been featured in blogs and publications such as Rolling Stone, Ones To Watch, Alternative Press, Galore, LadyGUNN, Indie Shuffle, Billboard, NME, Huffington Post, Local Wolves, Dancing Astronaut, and Run the Trap - and has been featured on over 500,000 Spotify-curated and user playlists.
The success of “Elizabeth” saw Eighty Ninety’s photo on the cover of Spotify’s Fresh Finds playlist with their song "Fading" while a second single, “Heartbreaker”, made waves on international viral charts.
Taylor Swift chose Eighty Ninety’s next single “Your Favorite Song” as #13 on her official Spotify playlist Songs Taylor Loves. Popdust noted that “The pop superstar has picked her new big acts to support and these brothers might be her favorite...the oh so sweet spot of #13...just happens to be Taylor's lucky number. Coincidence? We think not”. Ones To Watch wrote that the brothers had been “Ordained by Taylor Swift herself”.
"Your Favorite Song" was also praised by outlets like Alternative Press, which called the song a "heartfelt anthem", and Huffington Post, which declared it "beautiful...pop music at its best."
The band followed with a remix of "Your Favorite Song" by multiplatinum pop-duo Loote, and a new single “Dream”, which featured on 11 of Spotify’s New Music Friday playlists (including US). Ones To Watch premiered “Dream”, calling the song “ethereal...mesmerizing...intoxicating…”.
Eighty Ninety began performing at New York venues such as Music Hall of Williamsburg, Ludlow House, Elsewhere, and Mercury Lounge, sharing the stage with artists including Des Rocs, VHS Collection, PHANGS, Savoir Adore, and Vinyl Theatre. They embarked on an east coast tour to SXSW, playing multiple showcases around Austin. LadyGUNN caught one of their sets and named Eighty Ninety an “Artist You Should Have Seen At SXSW”. Indie Shuffle covered another of their SXSW shows, comparing the band to artists like The 1975 and LANY and writing that the band “marry soft pop melodies with acoustic guitars and glossy synths…Eighty Ninety’s polished work is beautiful…I can’t stress enough that their live acoustics are something special.”
They followed SXSW by supporting Savoir Adore on the east coast leg of their First Bloom Tour. Ones To Watch named Eighty Ninety “one of indie pop music’s most promising acts”.
After the tour, the band released “10K Summer Nights”. Ones To Watch premiered the song, calling for listeners to “fall in love with Eighty Ninety’s movie soundtrack sound,” and writing that “Eighty Ninety’s emotive tunes embody authenticity and artistic growth in every way, and ‘10K Summer Nights’ is no exception.” They followed in August with the nervy, melodic alt-rock of “Got Your Message”, premiering with Billboard Magazine. 2020 saw the release of “Know Me”, a soaring ballad that premiered with We Found New Music, followed by the first singles in a series of collaborations with grammy-nominated writer/producer Gian Stone, “Happier” and “Better as Friends” — so far featuring on Spotify’s Chill Pop, Soda, and Hanging Out And Relaxing playlists along with the Spotify station Today’s Indie Pop.
Eighty Ninety began 2021 with anthemic indie pop ballad “Forever”. Atwood Magazine premiered the song, writing: “Soaringly bittersweet and emotional, “Forever” brings us all back to the vulnerability of our first true heartbreak.” Idobi Radio added: “If 808s and heartbreak was a song [“Forever”] would be it...Sit back and let this one transport you." Their record “The Night Sky” was released in June 2022.
Full length album “Bowery Beach Road” was released in 2023. It was followed by a self-titled second full length at the end of the year, which Rolling Stone France praised as “honoring melodies and minimalist productions”.
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