New Hollow
Feb 23, 2014
New Hollow is an American pop rock band from New Albany, Ohio. The band is composed of three teenagers, Mookie Clouse, Evan West & Chad Blashford.
New Hollow was founded by three students at New Albany High School (Ohio), who initially began playing together while still elementary school students under the name Monkee Hollow. The single, entitled "SiCK", was released November 1, 2010, and reached the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 86.
On May 27, 2011, the band released their third single, a rock cover of the B.o.B/Hayley Williams song, "Airplanes", and it entered the Billboard Hot Singles Sales Chart at No. 1 in the June 18, 2011 edition. The song has charted at number 12 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. Their first three singles all climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales Chart. This was the first time ever for an unsigned band with no radio play.
On July 3, 2013, the band's fourth single, an original titled, "She Ain't You" began getting airplay on SiriusXM radio. In December 2013, "She Ain't You" was voted the "Breakthrough Song Of 2013" by The Pulse (Sirius XM). On January 1, "She Ain't You" was voted the #18 song of year on The Pulse (Sirius XM) "Top 30 Countdown Of 2013".
On January 24, 2014, New Hollow signed a multi-album recording contract with LA Reid and Epic Records.