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Lights

Never phased, we will amaze

About Me


"Lights make inventive, invigorating and highly memorable dramatic pop,” – Playmusic Magazine (May 07)


“Looking young and scrumptious it’s like Johnny Depp and Radiohead kidnapped Robert Smith and went to visit Bach…Lights have an insatiable energy and some incredible songs,” – The Fly magazine (May 07)
Lights are a London based five-piece who write dynamic, dramatic pop rock. Mixing classical piano with ethereal guitars and mix of dark narratives and instant melodies, they create original soundscapes peppered with brilliant moments and memorable hooks. The band was formed at the start of 2007.
With an ethos for putting melody first, their intelligent use of arrangements, balancing guitar and piano hooks is often put to dazzling effect, Lights’ songs boast the instant grab of timeless sing-alongs and the more sought after depth that potentially classic song-writing offers.
Cataloguing love, loathing, fear and dreams, these are songs not concerned with fashion or trend and not rooted in any current or future scene. Blessed with uplifting melody and heart-felt sincerity, they are a band with big ambitions and big songs. They have massive choruses, spine-chilling moments and a live peformance that is all consuming.
Despite having played a small handful of gigs, Lights’ visceral energy and theatrical stage presence has already won them fans and critical acclaim. The band are now courting much interest and are hoping to find top level representation.
Lights are Andrew (singing), Courtenay (piano and synth), Daniel (electric bass), Ben (guitars) and Dom (drums).
The band rehearse at The Premises in Hackney and can be contacted direct on 07968 124545.
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My Interests

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Member Since: 3/8/2006
Band Website: lights.mu
Band Members: Andrew (singing), Courtenay (piano), Daniel (bass), Ben (guitar) with Dominic (drums)
Influences: All music, love and literature we've ever experienced. But especially:
Music:
Jeff Buckley, Pulp, The Jam, The Cure, Elbow, Radiohead, Oasis, Rufus Wainwright, Rialto, Morrissey/The Smiths, Verve, Suede, Sigur Ros, Rachmaninov, Muse, Mozart, Chopin, Frank Sinatra, The Only Ones, David Bowie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ian Brown/The Stone Roses, The Boxer Rebellion, The Silent Parade, Interpol, The Strokes, Coldplay, The Boyfriends, Blur, Dresden Dolls, Incubus, Tori Amos, Pulp, Trail Of Dead, Mansun, Depeche Mode, Michael Jackson, Manics, Mogwai, Bright Eyes, The Police, The Beatles, Explosions In The Sky, The Shins, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Mogwai, Pet Shop Boys, Ride, The Creation...
Words:
Crowley, Byron, Martin Amis, Easton-Ellis, Coleridge, Orwell, Huxley, Larkin, John King, Hennesy, Thatcher and Miss. Jenna Walker.
Sounds Like: The Cure having a knife fight with Radiohead, Rachmaninov and Morrissey whilst playing chess with Johnny Depp in The Libertine.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Putting Things Right session

Alright alright W're in the depths of east London, on Cable Street at Urchin Studios tracking 'Putting Things Right'. After this, we won't be doing any pop tunes for a while. It's a song about turning...
Posted by Lights on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:42:00 PST

FREE ACOUSTIC GIG THIS SUNDAY

AT: Jrink, 62 Frith Street, Soho W1 3JN Sunday 23rd Sep @ 8.45pm Do come - it should be great, we're gonna try playing some new songs.Andyx07968 12 4545  ...
Posted by Lights on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:09:00 PST

Mixing, New Songs and GIg

So after much fucking around our mixing will happen a week on Monday with Richard Rainey in north west London. Richard's out with U2 at the moment, hence the delay. Like they were more important or so...
Posted by Lights on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:50:00 PST

Latest happenings

Hi there So it's been a weird few weeks, then. When we formed this band at the start of the year we could never have expected to get our shit together so quickly. We've amassed such a vast amount of m...
Posted by Lights on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:55:00 PST

Lights in the press

Lights feature in two publications this month..First up is the Hampstead and Highgate Express - an online copy of which can be found hereSecond, is the May 2007 issue of PlayMusic magazineLights' guit...
Posted by Lights on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:55:00 PST

(new song) MIRRORS OF WALLS

God gave me the name of an angelWrapped inside the seaAs tragic as my disbelief God gave me the name of a demonTrapped inside of meAs fractured as the world I see Come on God gave me the name of an an...
Posted by Lights on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:32:00 PST

Entertaining The Well

Dressed like her father's only child In a dress reflecting sky That collects around her thighs And of whom he duly tells As she's sitting in a smile Playing back behind the old house Entertaining the ...
Posted by Lights on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:38:00 PST

(New Song) RULES/RUINS

Hello it's me I've come back for your life I know I stole the sun But I really wanted your smile   What do the rules say About how you play The game of life?   What do the ruins say Abo...
Posted by Lights on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:58:00 PST

(New Song) TIME OF YOUR LIFE

So this is it, this is the dream you've waited for Come in, come in and just close the door It don't look like much, but walk around you're free to touch I want you to smile and to redefine   Thi...
Posted by Lights on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 06:53:00 PST

Find The Holes

You arise like a memory Of the floor falling out From under me And through the memory Of intensity and tears I will never let go   You fulfilled that destiny Of the world falling out From under ...
Posted by Lights on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:02:00 PST