LOS ANGELES, CA – February 10, 2015 – Last night, LA duo The Bots made their national television debut, performing “Blinded” on NBC’s Late Nightwith Seth Meyers. Click here to watch the band’s thunderous appearance at 30 Rock. The Bots also recently brought the single to the back of anmotorhome for Jam in the Van and performed a stripped down version of the song on Balcony TV.
The Bots rounded out a whirlwind 2014 with high praise from Interview, who included the band in their “Faces of 2015” feature. Additionally, the band was profiled in a December issue of LA Weekly, who said “watching The Bots’ kinetic jams can remind anyone over 30 of the joyous exuberance and purity that music once brought” and called them “L.A.’s most celebrated rock duo.”
The band’s debut full-length, Pink Palms, was released in October via FADER Label. The LA Times premiered the record and called it “a mash of frenetic garage rock and lush indie rock.” To purchase the album, click here. Zane Lowe premiered “All I Really Want”, the album’s first single, proclaiming, “The Bots make brilliant, weird rock & roll music. And the future – a big part of it – belongs to them.” NPR Music called the song “an absolute knockout.” Click here to watch the band’s must-see music video for “All I Really Want”, which was praised by Wired as “The Internettiest Music Video That Ever Internetted” and by Fast Company as “an engaging social commentary.”
The band is currently starring in Mitsubishi’s “Every Mile Matters” TV commercial. The national spot features their album track “All Of Them (Wide Awake)” and can be viewed here. The band performed a stripped-down version of the song for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts here.
