Signed record deal with SONGS Music Publishing

X Ambassadors began playing under the name Ambassadors, touring with artists such as Lights . During this time, they self-released their debut EP, Ambassadors , creating a music video for its lead single, “Tropisms.” Shortly after, they self-released their second EP, Litost , which included the eponymous song, later to be used in the soundtrack for The Host . The band signed a record deal in 2012 with SONGS Music Publishing. They launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund and shoot two music videos for the EP’s singles, “Weight/Lightness” and “Unconsolable”, with the latter being re-recorded later. The group was noticed by Imagine Dragons while frontman Dan Reynolds was sick in the hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. Reynolds heard an acoustic version of “Unconsolable” on 96X WROX-FM and asked Interscope to sign the band as soon as possible.