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Fitz and the Tantrums is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Coin, Michael Andrews, Barns Courtney, Nico Vega and Peking Duk. Those roots explain a lot about how Fitz and the Tantrums arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as American Authors, lovelytheband, AJR, Smallpools and Bad Suns, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Midnight City, Maroon 5, Daryl Hall and OneRepublic, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Fitz and the Tantrums, reaching back through Coin and forward to Midnight City. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Fitz and the Tantrums are an American indie pop and neo soul band from Los Angeles, California, that formed in 2008. The band consists of Michael Fitzpatrick, Noelle Scaggs, James King, Joseph Karnes, and Jeremy Ruzumna (keyboards). John Wicks, who played drums and percussion, left the band in 2022 to teach at the University of Montana. Their debut studio album, Pickin' Up the Pieces, was released in August 2010 on indie label Dangerbird Records and received critical acclaim; it also reached no. 1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. In early 2013 the band signed to their current label, Elektra Records, which released their second LP, More Than Just a Dream, the same year. Their self-titled third album was released in 2016, which contains their most notable song, "HandClap". Their fourth studio album, All the Feels, was released in 2019, their fifth, Let Yourself Free, in 2022, and their sixth, Man on the Moon, in 2025.
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Fitz and the Tantrums connections
Fitz and the Tantrums grew out of Coin, Michael Andrews, Barns Courtney and Nico Vega, shares an orbit with American Authors, lovelytheband, AJR and Smallpools, went on to shape Midnight City, Maroon 5, Daryl Hall and OneRepublic. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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