If You Wait is the debut album by English electronic music band London Grammar. It was released on 9 September 2013 on Metal & Dust Records, while being distributed by Warner/Chappell and Columbia Records. Three singles have been released from the album—"Metal & Dust", "Wasting My Young Years" and "Strong". The album's lyrics are mainly based upon vocalist Hannah Reid's personal life; in particular her troublesome teenage years. The Guardian suggested that this was "the first quarter-life-crisis album." In December 2012, London Grammar posted the song 'Hey Now' onto Soundcloud. The song has garnered just under 700,000 plays to date. If You Wait is the debut album by English electronic music band London Grammar. It was released on 9 September 2013 on Metal & Dust Records, while being distributed by Warner/Chappell and Columbia Records. Three singles have been released from the album—"Metal & Dust", "Wasting My Young Years" and "Strong". The album's lyrics are mainly based upon vocalist Hannah Reid's personal life; in particular her troublesome teenage years. The Guardian suggested that this was "the first quarter-life-crisis album." In December 2012, London Grammar posted the song 'Hey Now' onto Soundcloud. The song has garnered just under 700,000 plays to date. false 2024-01-03 17:48:43 If You Wait 9.5 2013 2013-09-10 2013-09-10 43 Electronic Indie Pop Indie Rock Pop Rock Dream Pop Art Pop 123725 2181037 4ad67442-d24f-4399-b5b5-433415c75ce2 4dbe08c1-b40a-43b3-ab89-210000bd8ab2 dbf36a9a-df02-41c4-8fa9-5afe599960b0 /media/data/media2/Music/London Grammar/If You Wait (2013)/folder.jpg London Grammar AlbumArtist London Grammar Artist London Grammar London Grammar 1 Hey Now 03:21 2 Stay Awake 03:04 3 Shyer 03:07 4 Wasting My Young Years 03:21 5 Sights 04:13 6 Strong 04:34 7 Nightcall 04:28 8 Metal & Dust 03:27 9 Interlude (live) 04:00 10 Flickers 04:44 11 If You Wait 04:43 London Grammar are an English indie pop band formed in Nottingham in 2009. The band consists of Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dominic "Dot" Major. Their debut extended play, Metal & Dust, was released in February 2013 by Metal & Dust Recordings, while their debut album, If You Wait, was released a few months later in September. The album reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was certified Double Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The band's second studio album, Truth Is a Beautiful Thing, was released in June 2017, reaching No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. The latest album, Californian Soil, was released on 16 April 2021 and became their second-consecutive No. 1 album in the United Kingdom.