Member Since: 10/21/2005
Band Website: thelights.co.uk
Band Members: Lizzy Keys - Vocals & Keys, Kellio - Vocals & Acoustic, D.A.N - Lead Guitar, Gary Van Worton - Bass Guitar, Mercidaus - DrumsFor Management contact [email protected]
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Influences: "Belle and Sebastian, Super Furries, Teenage Fanclub, The Wedding Present, U2, Rufus Wainwright, Seth Lakeman, Zero 7, Damien Rice, Radiohead, Pixies, Wim Wenders, Patti Smith, The Specials, Pulp, Blondie, Cowboy Shirts, Cider,Newly Shaved Heads"
Sounds Like: "As lyrically adept as Idlewild but as melodically breezy as a hard rock Teenage Fanclub, they are a challenge to pigeonhole. Imagine Elvis Costello writing lyrics for ELO, fronted by James Dean Bradfield’s younger siblings!"
NME
"Blimey Charlie, cop a load of this then!! Well, you certainly can't say that The Lights lack confidence!! 'The Score' is full-on, flat-out energy and good, solid British panache!! Stunningly assembled and beautifully recorded, 'The Score' just zips out at yer and smacks yer full in the face - no excuses, no apologies, no prisoners taken
If you ever want to show someone what energy and confidence is all about just point them in the general direction of The Lights - they're absolutely bristling with electricity and feelgood factor. The Lights are a Birmingham five-piece and they certainly know how to rock up a good pop song; 'The Score' is simply gruesome! Right from the opening notes through to the last decay of the last note, 'The Score' whip up a pretty scary frenzy - it's brilliant, it's massive, it's bloody great!'The Score' is rammed full of commerciality - it's memorable, instantly recognisable, melodic, epic, anthemic and many more ...ics that I just can't call to mind at the moment. Certainly different and definitely hard-driven, 'The Score' crashes from the speakers, leaving scorch marks as it exits, and runs rampant through the brain - it's scary shit but by God it's good shit!! 'The Score' by The Lights is a piece of rocket fuelled pop-rock the like of which you just don't hear every day - fanbloodytastic!! Whoever said pop music can't be enjoyable? "
TOXIC PETE
"The Lights are a lovely burst of energy, consisting of five bright eyed individuals with the heart and determination to be heard all over. Their sound is like nobody else, unique, eclectic and intimately epic with a touch of old enough to know better! With a highly promising array of unique sounds, ranging from soft and passionate to loud staggering moments, they've perfectly blended each other's influences and abilities to create one magnetic and appealing force."
INFUZED MAGAZINE
"intoxicating harmonies"
GET READY TO ROCK MAGAZINE
"This is a guitar band with a difference, you get the energy of working class eclecticism and low key talent rather than musical fireworks and mind numbing hooks set to repeat. The Score is the follow up to the Lights debut release "Stop Stop Carry On" whcih garnered massive sales accross the world. Now the band look set for the next step and with any luck will give us an album sometime soon."
BENT MAGAZINE
"The Lights are a five piece band, offering a huge spectrum of sounds and “The Score†is a fast paced, female fronted track showing plenty of promise for this young band. I think the track has been let down on the production/mixing side, but there is still a lot to like about it. It’s hard to really pigeonhole a band like The Lights, however it really tests the style of the typical guitar band of today. "
DIE SHELL SUIT DIE
"The five piece Birmingham band made themselves at home on BBC WM, turning off the lights in the studio and setting up a disco ball in the middle of the room.The subsequent atmosphere complemented their acoustic set perfectly; three catchy, uplifting melodies fronted by singer Liz Sheils' powerful vocals. "
BBC INTRODUCING
We are also told we sound like....
The Beautiful South, The Magic Numbers, Snow Patrol, Sigur Ros, Ash, Damien Rice, The Guillemots, Captain, The Delays, Morning Runner, Breaks Co-Op, Teddy Thompson, Athlete.
For UK press & bookings, contact [email protected]
Record Label: Ding Dong Baby
Type of Label: Indie