Spotlight: 15 for 2015 ‘Ones To Watch’ – Years & Years

Whilst they may had been ‘bubbling under’ for a while, 2014 became Years & Years’ time to shine, and showed just how powerful the internet can be to break and support new artists.

Starting the year with the title-track from their Real EP, Years & Years’ summer cover of Blu Cantrell’s Breathe fully catapulted the trio into the blogisphere, and subsequently won them a legion of new fans. And fully justified too.

Taken from their Take Shelter EP, Breathe literally breathed new life in for Years & Years, and with collaborations starting to filter through (The Magician’s Sunlight, and most-recently with Tourist on Illuminate), Years & Years hit a turning point in their career. Desire became their first featured single to chart in the UK, and subsequently led Years & Years to impress BRIT Awards judges enough to quantify the band as a nomination for the 2015 Critics Choice Award.

With a debut album set to land soon (which we’ve already documented in our ’15 British albums we want to hear in 2015′ feature, 2015 seems likely to be the time when Years & Years achieve the recognition and credit they fully deserve.

Let’s hope we’ll be discussing Years & Years for years and years to come….