Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nate Ruess and Sam Means of The Format are on a Zoom call with their hometown paper exactly one year to the day after arriving at ...

It’s hard to imagine a more breathtaking conclusion to The Format’s first release in 20 years than “Back to Life.” A gospel-flavored power ballad, “Back to Life” begins with Sam Means on piano as a ...

The Format’s Nate Ruess has had quite a year. He went through a tumultuous breakup with his on-again, off-again girlfriend, battled bouts of depression and insecurity, and on top of it all, his band, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) Nate Ruess always dreamed about deafening, distorted guitars. So, in early 2023, he went out ...

Nate Ruess and Sam Means of The Format are on a Zoom call with their hometown paper exactly one year to the day after arriving at the studio to start work on an album titled “Boycott Heaven.” The ...

Nate Ruess always dreamed about deafening, distorted guitars. So, in early 2023, he went out and bought a Gibson SG and began writing capital-R rock songs. Never mind that he’d largely opted out of ...