The Score is an American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 2015. The group consists of Eddie Anthony Ramirez and Edan Chai Dover. They were signed to Republic Records in 2015 after their song "Oh My Love" was featured in an advertising campaign for Asda supermarkets.
History
The Score gained recognition in early 2015, when the British supermarket chain Asda used their track "Oh My Love" in a major advertising campaign titled "Save Money, Live Better". According to Asda, part of the reason why they selected the song was because "they were unsigned and unknown". The song's placement in the advertisement helped The Score rise in the public eye, and "Oh My Love" reached number 43 on the UK Singles Chart in July 2015. That same year, the track became the most-detected song from an advertisement by the Shazammusic identification service. The song also appeared in the 2015 film . Following the success of "Oh My Love", The Score signed a record deal with Republic Records. They released their debut extended play, Where Do You Run, in September 2015. A song from that EP, "On and On", was featured in the spring programming line-up for HBO.
2016: ''Unstoppable'' EP
After announcing on social media that a new EP would be released, The Score officially released the Unstoppable EP on September 23, 2016. The title track was later featured in the 2017 Power Rangers film. In 2017, "Unstoppable" was also used as the theme song for the World Series of Pokermain event, streamed live on ESPN2 and Poker Central beginning on July 8. In 2018, the song was used in advertising campaigns for the Jeep Grand Cherokee. Unstoppable was also used in one of Dude Perfect's videos titled "Water Bottle Flip Edition | Dude Perfect" released on July 18, 2016.
2017–2018: ''Myths & Legends'', ''Atlas'' and singles
The Score released an EP called Myths & Legends on April 14, 2017, including new songs "Higher" and "Miracle". On September 8 they released "Never Going Back" as the lead single from their debut album, Atlas, released on October 13. As a part of this album, songs such as "Shakedown", "Who I Am", "Money Run Low", "Strange", "Only One", "Believe" and "Tightrope" were released. "Legend" was featured in the soundtrack for NHL 18, released on September 15, 2017. It also featured in the soundtrack for, released on July 25, 2018. In 2018, the band opened for Echosmith to support their Inside A Dream tour. In the fall of 2018, they were scheduled to return in their Revolution Tour with special guests The Orphan The Poet and Birthday. On June 29, 2018, The Score released their single "Glory". Glory was also featured in a Dude Perfect video titled "Model Rocket Battle 2 | Dude Perfect", released January 14, 2019. The Score released the single, "Stronger", on September 7, 2018. According to their Twitter account, the song signifies a new era for the band. The official music video for the song, directed by Jason Lester, was released on YouTube on October 4, 2018. On October 26, 2018, The Score released another new single, titled "The Fear". “Higher” was also featured in the Netflix Original series Riverdale, in Season 2 episode 22.
2019–present: ''Pressure EP'' and ''Stay EP''
On January 29, 2019, The Score announced that an EP titled Pressure would be released on February 1, 2019. Including the songs: "Under The Pressure", "Born For This" and "Dreamin'" featuring American rapper, blackbear. It also includes the earlier released songs "The Fear", "Glory" and "Stronger". On May 24, 2019, The Score released a new single titled "Stay". On August 1, 2019, The Score announced their new EP titled Stay, released on August 9. It includes six songs, including the title track. On December 13, 2019, the band released "Bulletproof" featuring Xylø, for the end credits of the Netflix film 6 Underground. Since the start of the 2019–20 football season, Norwich City F.C. have used the single "Stronger" in their video package before all of the team's home matches at Carrow Road in the Premier League. On April 22, 2020, the band announced a new song titled "Best Part", set to be released on April 24. On June 16, 2020, the band announced a new song titled "The Champion", set to be released on June 19. On July 20, 2020, the band revealed the lyrics for their upcoming song titled "All of Me" featuring a surprise feature by Blink 182's drummer, Travis Barker, as well as promising a signed lyric sheet to the first five to guess the feature. The song released on July 24. Some days later, on July 25th, the band announced their second album "Carry On", scheduled for a release on August 28th, 2020.
