Biography

Sophie Lindinger and Marco Kleebauer jointly write, produce and perform under the moniker Leyya since 2014. Their very first releases „Drowning In Youth“ and "Wolves" immediately made waves among the austrian scene, before „Superego“ eventually got airplay and support by a number of prominent international Radio DJs all across Europe and was featured in global advertisement campaigns. In 2016, „Butter“ followed directly in those footsteps. During that time Leyya established themselves as a great live band at european festivals like Reeperbahn, Eurosonic , The Great Escape, Electronic Beats, Primavera Sound, Sziget and Iceland Airwaves. In 2017, they won the Radio FM4 Award at the Amadeus Austrian Music Awards. „Zoo“ (2017) was the kick-off to a new-era that mounted into the release of their sophomore album „Sauna“ (2018). The albums colourful, quirky sound was met with highest praise from the press, including journalistic heavyweights TIME and Der Spiegel. The duo went on to win another Amadeus Award in 2018 („Best Alternative“) and played a tour of 20+ countries including Mexico and the US and festivals like Benicássim, Nrmal and SXSW. The iconic video for "Wannabe“ won them an UK Music Video Award as 'Best Newcomer' (2018). While both Marco (Bilderbuch a.o.) & Sophie (My Ugly Clementine) kept producing charting records, they took a break from the band for almost 2yrs before releasing EP "Longest Day Of My Life" in August 2021.