Is Tropical

Formed in London in 2009, the band released their debut single "When O’ When" on Hit Club Records in January 2010, produced by Al Al Al. They were soon signed to French music and fashion label Kitsuné. The band entered the studio in the autumn of 2010 with Jimmy Robertson to record their debut album, and released the single "South Pacific" in Jan 2011. This second release and first for their new label Kitsuné / Cooperative Music, was mixed by LEXXX. Around this time they toured the UK and Europe as special guests of Klaxons, The Big Pink, Mystery Jets, Good Shoes and also co-headlined a tour with Egyptian Hip Hop.

In June 2011 they released their debut album Native to, preceded by the single "The Greeks". "The Greeks" was accompanied by a video directed by French directors Megaforce, which quickly went viral (almost 3,500,000 plays to date on YouTube, and over 10,000,000 on Chinese YouTube){{citation needed|date=October 2014}}. The video was critically praised and has won several awards such as The Antville Music Video Awards 2011, UK Music Video Awards 2011, D&AD Yellow Pencil Award 2012, and an Artrocker Award. After the release of Native to and of single "Lies", the band spent rest of 2011 and part of 2012 touring Europe, USA (with Crystal Fighters), Japan, South America and the Far East.

In January 2013, Is Tropical released an EP, titled Flags, featuring artists Get People, Visions, Drugzndreamz, Goodbye Leopold and Owen Pratt.

The band released their second album I’m Leaving on 20 May 2013 on Kitsune / Pias. The album was produced by Luke Smith. The first single taken from the album is "Dancing Anymore", accompanied by a video by previous collaborators Megaforce, which gained notoriety and was removed from YouTube within hours of its release due to its graphic depiction of imagined sexual acts between a young man and naked CG characters. The second single, 'Lover's Cave' was released on 26 August 2013. The video was directed by cult New York photographer Richard Kern.

In April 2013, Is Tropical became one of the first Western bands to play in Mongolia. Their trip was filmed by Noisey with a 2 parts documentary and in an article by The Guardian.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/may/17/is-tropical-in-mongolia | title=No sleep till Ulan Bator! | author=Mumford, Gwylim | work=The Guardian | date=17 May 2013 | accessdate=17 October 2014}}

Antville Music Video Awards

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| rowspan="4" | 2011

| rowspan="4" | "The Greeks"

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| rowspan="2" | 2013

| rowspan="2" | "Dancing Anymore"

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D&AD Awards

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| 2012

|"The Greeks"

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| 2014

| "Dancing Anymore"

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UK Music Video Awards

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| rowspan="2" | 2011

| rowspan="2" | "The Greeks"

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| rowspan="2" | Best Rock/Indie Video - UK

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| rowspan="2" | 2013

| rowspan="2" | "Dancing Anymore"

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| Best Animation

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| rev1 = Pitchfork Media

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|10}}{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15702-native-to/ | title=Is Tropical: Native To| author=Harvey, Eric | work=Pitchfork | publisher=Pitchfork Media | date=8 August 2011 | accessdate=24 May 2012}}

| rev2 = Consequence of Sound

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/10/album-review-is-tropical-native-to/ | title=Album Review: Is Tropical – Native To | author=Rearick, Lauren | work=Consequence of Sound | date=24 October 2011 | accessdate=24 May 2012}}

| rev3 = NME

| rev3Score = {{Rating|6|10}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/is-tropical/12119 | title=Album Review: Is Tropical - 'Native To' | author=Wright, Lisa | work=NME | date=14 June 2011 | accessdate=24 May 2012}}

| rev4 = Drowned in Sound

| rev4Score = {{Rating|6|10}}{{cite web | url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16292/reviews/4142885 | title=Release: Is Tropical Native To | author=Leivers, Dannii | work=Drowned in Sound | date=13 June 2011 | accessdate=24 May 2012 | archive-date=25 August 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825180653/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/16292/reviews/4142885 | url-status=dead }}

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| rev5Score = Positive{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/c6hf | title=Is Tropical Native To Review | author=Hawkins, Si | work=BBC | date=7 July 2011 | accessdate=24 May 2012}}

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{{Track listing

| title1 = South Pacific

| length1 = 3:40

| title2 = Land of the Nod

| length2 = 2:43

| title3 = Lies

| length3 = 3:26

| title4 = The Greeks

| length4 = 3:39

| title5 = What???

| length5 = 4:00

| title6 = Clouds

| length6 = 3:40

| title7 = Take My Chances

| length7 = 3:36

| title8 = Oranges

| length8 = 3:57

| title9 = Berlin

| length9 = 3:13

| title10 = Think We're Alone

| length10 = 3:11

| title11 = Zombie

| length11 = 3:53

| title12 = Seasick Mutiny

| length12 = 4:10

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| title1 = Lover's Cave

| length1 = 3:36

| title2 = Dancing Anymore

| length2 = 5:18

| title3 = Lilith

| length3 = 3:44

| title4 = Leave The Party

| length4 = 3:36

| title5 = Cry

| length5 = 3:56

| title6 = Sun Sun

| length6 = 2:41

| title7 = Video

| length7 = 4:13

| title8 = All Night

| length8 = 3:33

| title9 = Toulouse

| length9 = 2:48

| title10 = Yellow Teeth

| length10 = 7:01

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| title1 = Lights On

| length1 = 3:17

| title2 = Crawl

| length2 = 3:33

| title3 = Cruise Control

| length3 = 3:42

| title4 = Fall

| length4 = 4:01

| title5 = On My Way

| length5 = 5:44

| title6 = Follow the Sun

| length6 = 2:54

| title7 = Now Stop

| length7 = 4:09

| title8 = Say

| length8 = 3:29

| title9 = Believe

| length9 = 5:14

| title10 = What You Want

| length10 = 3:36

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{{Track listing

| title1 = Mexico feat. Goodbye Leopold

| length1 = 3:49

| title2 = Oi Peru

| length2 = 4:27

| title3 = Maria's Colombia

| length3 = 3:44

| title4 = Venezuela feat. Get People

| length4 = 3:30

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{{expand list|date=November 2014}}

• 2010: "When O' When"
• 2010: "South Pacific"
• 2011: "The Greeks"
• 2011: "Lies"
• 2013: "Dancing Anymore"
• 2013: "Lover's Cave"

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{{URL|www.istropical.com}}

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Category:English electronic music groups

Category:Kitsuné Musique artists