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Shout London is an American alternative pop-rock band formed by singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer TJ Whiting. Shout London began in Orlando, Florida, in 2012 while Whiting was attending the University of Central Florida. Whiting is currently located in Cambridge in the UK. Shout London’s sound is best described as an alt-pop-rock amalgam.

Formation, Shout London EP, Warped Tour (2012–2013)
Shout London began in Orlando, Florida, in 2012 while Whiting was attending the University of Central Florida. The project was intended to be a solo project for Whiting to gig with his acoustic guitar around locally, but he soon formed a complete band in January 2013 after releasing his first demos. By July 2013 Shout London was selected to play at Vans Warped Tour through the Ernie Ball Warped Tour Battle Of The Bands contest in Orlando. In addition, the act placed in the top three in Orlando Hard Rock Rising and XL 106.7′s “Next Big Thing” contests.

Rememories, Sunfest (2013-2014)
Rememories was released in November 2013. The album was primarily written on the acoustic guitar and then transposed into a rock-band format. It was recorded by a full-sail student down the road from the campus. It was then mastered by Andrew Wade (A Day To Remember, Wage War, Neck Deep) and features guest vocals from Maika Maile (of There For Tomorrow). In December 2013 the band was chosen to play at Sunfest in West Palm Beach. May 2014 Shout London opened for Young The Giant and the Goo Goo Dolls on the Ford Main Stage at Sunfest 2014. In 2014 the band also had performances at Florida Music Festival and The Driven Music Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Rewrite The Past, Cover Songs, hiatus (2014-2015)
In 2014, the band went back to the studio to record the Rememories deluxe album, titled Rewrite the Past. Like Rememories, Rewrite the Past was recorded down the road from Full Sail University in Orlando, however, mastered by Michael Fossenkemper of TurtleTone Studio (Paul Avgerinos, Jason Miles/Ingrid Jenson, Natalie Douglas) in New York City. The album features Maria Jazel and Lauren Wilhelm (dazythegirl). With Whiting struggling to keep a consistent lineup Shout London began a hiatus after the release of covers of Say Something (A Great Big World) and See You Again (Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth).

End of 7-year hiatus, Someday (2022-present)
In September 2022, via social media, Shout London announced a new official single was to come out. In November 2022, the band released 'Someday' through all major streaming platforms. In December a second return single was launched title 'Lost in the Dark.'

Musical Style
Shout London is inspired by bands such as Mayday Parade, The Early November, The Starting Line, A Day To Remember and The Summerset. Mainly the project has been described as pop-rock, acoustic, and alternative.

Amelia Vandergast, of A&R Factory described the musical style as an alt-pop-rock amalgam; whichever sonic form Shout London’s hits take, fervid heart-in-throat emotion is always at the crux of the creativity. As is the independent artist’s inclination to give his bitter-sweet hits an arresting progressive nature that amplifies emotion in line with sonic momentum.

Beach Sloth charaterized the new sound as a clever mix of indie pop, emo, dance, and more the music has a giddiness to it. The shifting in and out of these genres further adds to its kaleidoscopic swirl of colors that dance upon the listener’s ears. "Honestly Shout London brings me back to the early aughts. I miss that carefree time when it was okay to be vulnerable."

Albums

 * Shout London EP (2013)
 * Rememories (2013)
 * Rewrite The Past (2014)

Singles

 * Say Something (2014)
 * See You Again (2015)
 * Someday (2022)
 * Lost in the Dark (2022)
 * White Noise (2023)