LIGHTNING BUG
RELEASE NEW SINGLE & VIDEO "THE ONELY ONES"
PLAYING SXSW
OCTOBER SONG REISSUE OUT 4/24 VIA FAT POSSUM
Photo Credit: Tonje Thilesen (download hi-res)
"Gorgeous and hypnotic... Utterly immersive." -Pitchfork
"Like their band name might suggest, Lightning Bug make soothing music rooted in the elements. Their sound is diverse, ranging from lo-fi and electro-pop to folk and shoegaze, but there's always a contemplative, compassionate glow. Kang's cleansing voice and their generous appreciation for details are a godsend.." -Paste
"October Song finds [Lightning Bug] in full stride, arriving at a balance of silence and noise. Sonically, they operate in varying levels of static, moving between sparse folk and dreamy shoegaze. The ebbs and flows mirror Kang's lyrics." -The Hype Machine
Lightning Bug is the hypnotic shoegaze project led by Brooklyn-based Audrey Kang, who released their new album October Song last year to an 8.0 from Pitchfork. Today, the band is announcing they've signed to Fat Possum, who will re-issue October Song on vinyl for the first time on April 24th. To celebrate the news Lightning Bug have shared a stunningly atmospheric new song and video called "The Onely Ones." Gorilla vs Bear, who premiered the song and video today, is calling it "a soaring and glowingly ethereal shoegaze ballad that beautifully conveys that very intense, but also sort of hazy and difficult-to-articulate happy/sad feeling that we all get at times."
Of the song and video, Kang says: "You know when you experience a sudden extreme of emotion? Not quite anguish, not quite joy, but some unutterable mixture of both. This song is my attempt to express that.
The video for 'The Onely Ones' seeks to represent the fleeting impressions that stream behind the membrane of immediate reality. It attempts to remind how there is, shimmering within each person, an entire universe as intangible and as infinite as time."
Additionally, Lightning Bug have announced tour dates that include a run at SXSW and a May record release show at The Sultan Room in Brooklyn, New York. All dates below.
WATCH "THE ONELY ONES" VIDEO
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TOUR DATES:
3/18 - Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas (Desert Daze Party, 4:15 PM) *
3/18 - Austin, TX @ Barracuda (Ground Control Showcase, 8 PM) *
3/19 - Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas (Levitation Party, 2:50 PM) *
3/23 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (Free Show)
3/24 - Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
5/8 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Sultan Room ^
*SXSW
^ October Song vinyl release show
ABOUT LIGHTNING BUG:
"A lightning bug glows with the aid of a chemical called luciferin, derived from Latin for 'light-bringer.' Lightning Bug began as three friends who made music together to bring each other light. The music we make continues to hold that purpose at its heart. The music of Lightning Bug is an attempt to record the deepest experiences in the self and connect them outward." - Audrey Kang
Grounded in a tightly knit friendship and an intuitive musical bond, Lightning Bug's music, an enveloping mix of rapturous shoegaze, longing balladry, and ambient soundscapes, sits at the centerpoint of a creative exchange among songwriter Audrey Kang, multi-instrumentalist Kevin Copeland, and producer Logan Miley. Despite a knack for sonic eclecticism, each Lightning Bug record holds a magnetic sense of cohesion. Lyrically, the songs document Audrey navigating a relationship with her own humanity, memories fraught with joy and pain, and the constant cycle of tension and release necessary in developing self-trust. Lightning Bug's music is then the manifestation of dialogues: a musical dialogue amongst members of a sacred creative partnership and an internal one as Audrey plumbs the depths of her own foundation.
Last year's October Song (released via Marbled Arm) marked Lightning Bug's second full-length offering, the follow up to the largely anonymous release of their self-titled debut 'Floaters.' Earning an 8.0 from Pitchfork and a spot on NME's best debut albums of 2015 respectively, Lightning Bug have emerged as one of the musical underground's most fertile sources for textured worldbuilding and soaring catharsis. Lightning Bug have now announced Fat Possum as their new label home and have released "The Onely Ones," recorded during the October Song sessions, to help ring in the news. Lightning Bug are now recording the follow up to October Song with new members Vincent Puleo and Dane Hagen.
Grounded in a tightly knit friendship and an intuitive musical bond, Lightning Bug's music, an enveloping mix of rapturous shoegaze, longing balladry, and ambient soundscapes, sits at the centerpoint of a creative exchange among songwriter Audrey Kang, multi-instrumentalist Kevin Copeland, and producer Logan Miley. Despite a knack for sonic eclecticism, each Lightning Bug record holds a magnetic sense of cohesion. Lyrically, the songs document Audrey navigating a relationship with her own humanity, memories fraught with joy and pain, and the constant cycle of tension and release necessary in developing self-trust. Lightning Bug's music is then the manifestation of dialogues: a musical dialogue amongst members of a sacred creative partnership and an internal one as Audrey plumbs the depths of her own foundation.
Last year's October Song (released via Marbled Arm) marked Lightning Bug's second full-length offering, the follow up to the largely anonymous release of their self-titled debut 'Floaters.' Earning an 8.0 from Pitchfork and a spot on NME's best debut albums of 2015 respectively, Lightning Bug have emerged as one of the musical underground's most fertile sources for textured worldbuilding and soaring catharsis. Lightning Bug have now announced Fat Possum as their new label home and have released "The Onely Ones," recorded during the October Song sessions, to help ring in the news. Lightning Bug are now recording the follow up to October Song with new members Vincent Puleo and Dane Hagen.
Photo Credit: Luke Clerkin
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