dbltroubleLIGHTS
December 30th 2010 09:36
Synthpop has never been so bubbly. It's also never been strikingly beautiful.
But change is good, and the 23 year old Lights Anne Poxleitner (Yeah, her name is actually Lights) is riding that wave into the intergalactic spotlight.
The Canadian singer-songwriter released a self-titled EP and started touring the Great lakes region in 2008, quickly moving onto to the rest of Canada and the United States. In 2009, she released her debut full-length album "The Listening," which contained a number of tracks from the Lights EP. In July of 2010 she released an acoustic EP and is now busy working on a second full length, expected to be released in early 2011.
This girl has had a busy few years.
For lack of a better word to describe it, LIGHTS music is just so cute. MIDI instruments, sampled beats, science fiction, and sex appeal are really keeping the crowds coming. The dynamic of the songs, and that voice keep the simplicity of it from becoming too repetitive, because let's be honest here, a synth and a little auto-tune aren't exactly hard to come by in this day and age. Notably satisfying tracks include:
Drive My Soul
Ice
The Listening
Pretend
What makes LIGHTS really unique though, is the personality. She's very openly a science-fiction, fantasy, and comic book fan, which adds another marketable dimension to this songstress. Interviewed, LIGHTS mentions that her love of fiction transcends into the musical realm. The synth, for example, she described as a tool for bringing any sound she can dream up into reality.
Her exploits have covered more than just musical media. During the promotion of The Listening, LIGHTS worked with Tom Kocher of Marvel Comics to create the motion comic series Audio Quest, featuring, you guessed it, Captain Lights. She does all the voiceovers...
She's not just a rock star, she's a superhero.
And she seems so humble, very full of energy. The link below illustrates what I'm talking about a little better. And she publishes acoustic covers of her music on youtube, score.
Ice (Acoustic ska version)
Here are a few other solid acoustic videos, tell me what you think.
Saviour (Acoustic)
Drive My Soul (Acoustic)
Apparently she loves video games, maybe she'll be my wife.
The Canadian singer-songwriter released a self-titled EP and started touring the Great lakes region in 2008, quickly moving onto to the rest of Canada and the United States. In 2009, she released her debut full-length album "The Listening," which contained a number of tracks from the Lights EP. In July of 2010 she released an acoustic EP and is now busy working on a second full length, expected to be released in early 2011.
This girl has had a busy few years.
For lack of a better word to describe it, LIGHTS music is just so cute. MIDI instruments, sampled beats, science fiction, and sex appeal are really keeping the crowds coming. The dynamic of the songs, and that voice keep the simplicity of it from becoming too repetitive, because let's be honest here, a synth and a little auto-tune aren't exactly hard to come by in this day and age. Notably satisfying tracks include:
Drive My Soul
Ice
The Listening
Pretend
What makes LIGHTS really unique though, is the personality. She's very openly a science-fiction, fantasy, and comic book fan, which adds another marketable dimension to this songstress. Interviewed, LIGHTS mentions that her love of fiction transcends into the musical realm. The synth, for example, she described as a tool for bringing any sound she can dream up into reality.
Her exploits have covered more than just musical media. During the promotion of The Listening, LIGHTS worked with Tom Kocher of Marvel Comics to create the motion comic series Audio Quest, featuring, you guessed it, Captain Lights. She does all the voiceovers...
She's not just a rock star, she's a superhero.
And she seems so humble, very full of energy. The link below illustrates what I'm talking about a little better. And she publishes acoustic covers of her music on youtube, score.
Ice (Acoustic ska version)
Here are a few other solid acoustic videos, tell me what you think.
Saviour (Acoustic)
Drive My Soul (Acoustic)
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