Desire

Desire are a musical act from Montreal, Canada and Portland, Oregon. In June 2009, they released an album, II, on the Italians Do It Better label. The band is made up of vocalist Megan Louise, producer Johnny Jewel (also a member of the IDIB bands Chromatics and Glass Candy) and Nat Walker (also a member of Chromatics) on synthesizer and drums. Jewel and Walker also have an instrumental project called Symmetry. Their lyrics are in French and English. The British music magazine FACT listed II as the 14th-best album of 2009. Recently their song "Under Your Spell" appeared in the soundtrack for the 2011 film Drive as well as the Norwegian 2011 film Oslo, August 31st. In 2009 their song "Under Your Spell" was featured in the 2010 s/s Max Mara fashion show. The song was also featured in the Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2012. Kid Cudi recently sampled "Under Your Spell" for his song Teleport 2 Me, which is the first single from his WZRD rock project.