Nate Ruess and Sam Means have resurrected The Format for their first album in 20 years. It’s an astounding achievement and ...

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 ...

Nearly 20 years after The Format broke up, they're back with "Boycott Heaven." It's a reunion built on the friendship between Nate Ruess and Sam Means.

Asked to write a song for Young Thug, Nate Ruess accidentally wrote the perfect ending to The Format's first release in 20 years, "Boycott Heaven." ...

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 celebrated the release of "Boycott Heaven" with a hometown crowd at ZIA Records in Phoenix, where Nate Ruess got too choked up to sing.

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 ...