Youngblood Hawke is an American indie pop band based in Los Angeles, California.
[1] Both Simon Katz and lead singer[2] Sam Martin were in the band Iglu & Hartly, but after a 2011 hiatus, the two reformed with three of their long-time friends to form Youngblood Hawke.
[4] In October 2011, before landing a recording contract with Universal Republic, Youngblood had a residency at The Satellite[5] in Los Angeles.
[10] Youngblood Hawke's first single "We Come Running", was described by LA Weekly's Kevin Bronson as showing the quintet's "skills at grabbing hold of the pop jugular vein".
[31] On July 28, 2020, the band announced their second full-length album Edge of the World, which is set to be released on October 9, 2020.