The Mystery Lights @ Bootleg, Sat. 7.30 | Debut Out 6.24 Via Daptone

THE MYSTERY LIGHTS PLAY BOOTLEG ON SATURDAY, JULY 30TH. SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM OUT JUNE 24TH ON DAPTONE RECORDS

Photo Cred: Emily Quirk

"Combine the aesthetic of [New York]'s downtown dwellers (like The Velvet Underground) with a present-day urgency." - NPR's World Cafe LISTEN & SHARE: The Mystery Lights - "Follow Me Home" "There's a stoned, analog atmosphere hanging over everything, but there's a fire and toughness, too. [Mike] Brandon, like Charles Bradley and Sharon Jones before him, performs with a power and vigor that keeps him undeniable." - Pitchfork "Captivating, (...) firmly rooted in the tradition of Sixties garage and gritty NYC punk." - Rolling Stone "The Mystery Lights have been making a name for themselves as one of NYC's best garage rock bands, and cetainly as one of the best live shows." - Brooklyn Vegan WATCH & SHARE: The Mystery Lights - "Follow Me Home" "Truly trippy throwbacks to a filthier, more hallucinatory era, (...) “Follow Me Home” comes straight out of that garage tradition, all Hammond organs and straightforward, declining riffs." - NOISEY

The Mystery Lights' self-titled LP is coming out this Friday June 24th on Daptone Records’ new rock subsidiary, Wick Records.  Today, Brooklyn Vegan premiered the full album, saying that "Garage-psych bands may be a dime a dozen, but The Mystery Lights prove themselves worthy NYC successors to the likes of The Fleshtones, as this LP shows." NPR's David Dye featured two tracks from the upcoming LP on his 'World Cafe: Next' weekly segment, praising the Lights who "combine the aesthetic of [New York]'s downtown dwellers (like The Velvet Underground) with a present-day urgency." Pitchfork also shared their love for the track "Follow Me Home," saying that "there's a stoned, analog atmosphere hanging over everything, but there's a fire and toughness, too. [Mike] Brandon, like Charles Bradley and Sharon Jones before him, performs with a power and vigor that keeps him undeniable." The band will be throwing their record release show at Mercury Lounge in NYC on June 24th. Not long after, the traction will continue to build as they set off on a recently announced US tour, both on the east coast and west coast, which includes dates as direct support for Nights Beats. Their “In The Studio with The Mystery Lights” video takes a behind-the-scenes look at what took place at Daptone's House of Soul Studio as the band worked to create Wick's inaugural release and what is now a record that deserves to be raved about.   About the band: Mike Brandon and L.A. Solano have been in many different versions of The Mystery Lights under assorted monikers since their teens. In a heroic jump from the small town of Salinas, California to NYC, the band solidified its lineup to also include Alex Amini, Kevin Harris, and Noah Kohll. The explosive live shows gradually became the stuff of legend, as the quintet won their following one fan at a time in dives from Brooklyn to the Bowery. Organically unfolding over the nights months and years, the Lights’ sound has evolved into a fuzz-fueled hopped-up 21st Century take on 60s garage pebbles, and artful 70s punk, that is all their own. 2016 finds these rock’n’roll knights embarking upon the next logical step - unleashing their own brand of kick out the jams on tour and in the studio. When Daptone Records launched their Wick Records rock imprint, they wasted no time approaching Mystery Lights as their inaugural act.  Hot on the heels of the "Too Many Girls"/"Too Tough To Bear" single, Wick officially rolls out the Mystery Lights’ debut LP, recorded at Daptone Records' House of Soul studio, on June 24.

TOUR DATES 6.22 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie  6.24 - New York City, NY @ Mercury Lounge  6.26 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat 7.07 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger * 7.08 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk * 7.09 - Houston, TX @ Raven Tower * 7.10 - New Orleans, LA @ Hi Ho Lounge * 7.11 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 * 7.12 - Durham, NC @ Pinhook * 7.19 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. * 7.20 - Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar * 7.21 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Cafe * 7.22 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen * 7.25 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern  7.26 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir 7.28 - Davis, CA - Sophia's Thai Kitchen 7.29 - San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar  7.30 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg  7.31 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop  * w/ Night Beats 8.1 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst Atrium 8.3 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge 8.4 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace 8.7 - Dallas, TX - Gas Monkey Bar & Grill 8. 10 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In 8.11 - Whitesburg, KY - Summit City Lounge 8.13 - Columbus, OH - Ace of Cups 8.14 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern The Mystery Lights - TRACKLISTING 01. Intro 02. Follow Me Home 03. Flowers In My Hair, Demons In My Head 04. Too Many Girls 05. Without Me 06. Melt 07. Candlelight 08. 21 & Counting 09. Too Tough To Bear 10. Before My Own 11. What Happens When You Turn The Devil Down LINKS Facebook Twitter Soundcloud Bandcamp Instagram