Lumineers Predict ‘Worst Speech In Grammy History’ If They Win

The Lumineers are not expecting to win the two Grammy awards they are nominated for – Best New Artist and Best Americana Album. In a recent JPL interview with Carson Daly, the band’s lead singer Wesley Schultz, a Ramsey native, said he’d be shocked if the band wins.

“If we win a Grammy, we’ll have the worst speech in Grammy history,” Schultz said in the interview. “We’re not really expecting to win. We are pretty honored to be nominated, that’s pretty shocking in itself.”

Lumineers drummer, Ramsey native Jeremiah Fraites, added that the band’s competition in the Best New Artist category – Alabama Shakes, fun., Hunter Hayes and Frank Ocean – are all “probably better. They probably got it…We got no shot.”

In the interview, Fraites guessed fun. – a band whose guitarist is also from Bergen County – would take the Grammy home.

The Lumineers’ self-titled debut album was released in April and has sold more than 500,000 copies. Hit single “Ho Hey” has sold more than 1 million copies.

The Ramsey duo started playing together in the mid-2000’s, then relocated to Colorado where they met Denver native and multi-instrumentalist Neyla Pekarek, who joined the band.

The trio is unsure if it will actually attend the Grammy ceremony on Sunday, Schultz said in the interview.

Check out the full JPL interview here, and tune in to CBS this Sunday at 8 p.m. to see the award show.

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