Not one of those dangerous ten year journeys home via troy, rather a more sedate and bloodless affair. The band originally formed in 2008, performing live in order to fund a road trip to texas, at which point they released the selftitled cdr clearvoiant later released on cassette via nightpeople. I asked lindsay at the counter what it was all about, and she said it was a homemade noise record kind of like blues control, but without guitars. But when their new album, lucifer came out, the one that their son contributed to, they used another genre and created their songs in cosmic logic. Peaking lights lauded album lucifer goes under the knife for a remix ep.
Peaking lightss followers on soundcloud listen to music. Peaking lights the fifth state of consciousness on their latest album, peaking lights dreamy mix of dub, new wave, and disco is emboldened by. I dont know, and thats the risk peaking lights have taken with this album. Mp3 is a digital audio format without digital rights management drm technology. The hymnlike beautiful son, driven by stately piano chords and, as with many other tracks here, inspired by the birth of dunis and coyes son, emerges from the nocturnal fug thats so far been peaking lights favoured terrain with a bundle of positive vibes akin to.
Peaking lights mention that they consider lucifer to be a nocturnal version of their sound. It is a true pleasure to announce the third full length release from west coast dub heads peaking lights. They selfreleased their first album, clearvoiant, exclusively on cdr. In their third album lucifer, their son mikko contributed in vocals and helped them with producing it. Check out lucifer by peaking lights on amazon music. Arriving two years on from the double dose of peaking lights that was luciferlucifer in dub, this new long player finds coyes and dunis piloting through an ever more expansive array.
Its a kaleidoscopic meltingpot of dainty dub, experimental and leftfield beats, with wondrous sunny soundscapes that blend together the unconventional homefashioned electronics, and windswept vocals that have. The wisconsin husband and wife duo of aaron coyes and indra dunis had one of the surprise word of mouth successes of last year with 936, leading to a deal with domino subsidiary weird world in the uk. Peaking lights performed live a lot and even released its own selftitled album called clearvoiant. Their most recent release, sea of sand came out on dekmantel in 2018. Early releases like 2010s imaginary falcons songs were little more than wobbly dubinspired basslines somehow hanging on to fluttering electronics and layers of hiss. Before comedowncloser morning star comes the high point of a very high album. Peaking lights lucifer 3rd album from peaking lights, new project of aaron and indra. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Its an engaging track, yes, but would i have been so moved.
One song, beautiful son, is apparently about mikko, the baby born last year to duo indra dunis and aaron coyes. Two adult women in love isnt its culmination, but is a new peak of achievement that matches the mountain photo on the cover. In the time since that albums release, theyve mainly. Peaking lights made a name for themselves with 2011s wideranging 936 and expanded their sound even further on the following years lucifer. After weirdo psych rock, peaceful ballads and driving kraut, they are back in a new edition. Originally formed in 2008, peaking lights is a husband and wife psychedelic pop duo. Californian electronic pop duo peaking lights have been making music together since 2008. The collective takes influence from an expansive list of sources including the dub reggae of lee scratch perry, the mutant punk of public image ltd and the krautrock of can. Stream tracks and playlists from peaking lights on your desktop or mobile device. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from peaking lights at the discogs marketplace. Peaking lights are a husband and wife music duo who met in san francisco in 2006 and moved to spring green, wisconsin in december 2007 where they lived until. Peaking lights lucifer let us know what you think of the second album from a little band with a big reputation guardian music. Noted for combining elements of dub, krautrock, disco, with psychedelic pop, they continued to release albums on tapes and cdrs until their first full studio release, lucifer 2012. One moment theyre saying things like i guess its easier to look for the thread that ties long spans of time together, rather than the needle that pokes the holes for the thread that collapses point a and point b making life less linear and more.
Lucifer was selfproduced and engineered by al carlson. Peaking lights music has been described as psychedelic pop. With peaking lights, married duo indra dunis and aaron coyes have been in a perpetual state of hoisting their sound out of the mud. Released 19 june 2012 on mexican summer catalog no. Peaking lights maakt ook op haar derde plaat weer lekkere lome muziek waarbij het heerlijk wegdromen is.
Get all the lyrics to songs by peaking lights and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Peaking lights lucifer outpost mexican summer shop. Balearic god john talabot reworks beautiful son into a delicate and sunny house jam while cole mgn hands in a dreamix pulling the tempo down for a spacey treatment of the original. Peaking lights beautiful son grab the new release, lucifer, on. Beginning with its title, the husband and wife make it clear that they cared little that the listener understands what their music means. Hes written about music for the halifax alternative weekly the coast, exclaim and intermittently in his blog awkward music, obsolete formats.
Lucifer is an interesting thematic journey for duppop duo peaking lights, but it often serves to define the bands limitations rather than its strengths. These formless jams gave way to 2011s wellreceived 936, an album that felt more. Peaking lights grundeten sie eigentlich nur, um benzingeld zu verdienen. Peaking lights share new single conga blue as free download. The artwork isnt as good as on the second album, but that isnt an issue. Through their studio experiments, the duo has managed to link their musical loves dub, krautrock, analog electronic dance music, sound collages, pop music all while maintaining cohesive songs. Peaking lights are a husband and wife music duo who met in san francisco in 2006 and. Peaking lights latest offering is a sprawling, unpredictable musical odyssey. Peaking lights is a music duo of a husband and wife which was originally formed in 2008. Listen to peaking lights soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create 107 tracks. Kaias continuing musical explorations over the years have become a considerable body of work. Lucifer is also peaking lights most ambitious release to date in terms of its approach and scope. Peaking lights beautiful son official audio youtube.
Textural and whimsical, lucifer is the latest effort by peaking lights couple in love, indra dunis and aaron coyes. Peaking lights albums, songs discography album of the year. Designed for slow absorption rather than instant ingestion, lucifer is the kind of album you listen to from start to finish and then leave on repea. Their son mikko contributed vocals to their third album, lucifer. Mind you, warped pop sensibilities shaped by earlier decades formed the bulk of chillwave, which burned out its flame a while ago. But the music indra dunis and aaron coyes craft as peaking lights is difficult enough to pin down for their new album, lucifer, to feel substantial and lasting. Many people loved their album and their songs that is why we created this website. Bear said the album emerged seemingly out of nowhere to become one of the years most compelling and replayable jams. Find peaking lights discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Lucifer demonstrates peaking lights maturation in more ways than one, and the album is a welcomed contribution to the lofi genre they know and love. He also hosted the radio show the funhouse on ckdu 88. Peaking lights is a lofi experimental pop group made up of husband and wife aaron coyes and indra dunis. Reviews peaking lights lucifer emily mackay, june 18th, 2012 05.
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