LANY

LANY
LANY at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas on September 28, 2017
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, US
Genres
Years active2014–present
Labels
Members
  • Paul Jason Klein
  • Jake Clifford Goss
Past members
  • Charles Leslie "Les" Priest
Websitethisislany.com

LANY (/ˈleɪni/, an acronym for "Los Angeles, New York") is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles. Formed in Nashville in 2014, the band consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Paul Jason Klein and drummer Jake Clifford Goss.

Signed to Polydor and Interscope Records, the band have released three top 5 albums: LANY (2017), Malibu Nights (2018), and Mama's Boy (2020). Additionally, they have released a few of singles, their most successful being the RIAA-certified "ILYSB" (2015), the Julia Michaels collaboration "Okay" (2019), "Super Far"(2017), "Malibu Nights" (2018) and "Mean It" (2019) featured Lauv. In 2020, they released their third studio album, Mama's Boy, which was followed by their fourth album, gg bb xx, in September 2021. In 2023, the band announced their fifth studio album A Beautiful Blur. The album will be their first on Sunset Records/Virgin Records, following their departure from Interscope Records.

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