Lights.Action!
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Lights Action are a British
rock
quintet
from London
/Oxford
/Chelmsford
made up of Patrick Currier (vocals
), Karl Bareham (guitar
), Chris Moorhead (guitar/keyboards
), Alex Leeder (bass
) and Steven Durham (drums
). Their current line up settled in 2007 after several changes.
Their influences are quoted as "Good bands, Good songs, Good times".
, "Satellites", was released on 7 May 2007. The single was re-released as a limited edition double A-Side
single at the end of April 2008, backed with the song "Us Against the World". Their second single, "Story Of A Broken Boy
", was released on 1 October 2007. Lights Action's third single, "Aurora
" was released on 7 April 2008.
Their début mini-album All Eyes To The Morning Sun
, was released in April through Xtra Mile Recordings
.
Welcome to the New Cold World
was released on 2 March 2009 through the band's own, "Colt Signals" label. Unlike the preceding synth-driven mini-album, the album used instruments
such as piano
, lap steel, hammond organ
, pipe organ
, mellotron
and a live string quartet
. Reviews compared their epic style to that of Arcade Fire, Coldplay
and U2
.
The first album single to be released was "Battle of Lovers", which was given away as a free download through the band's website.
The final song on the album, "The Bottom of the Sea" featured a choir including Dallas Green
(Alexisonfire
/City and Colour
), Kenny Bridges (Moneen
), singer/songwriter Richard Walters
and Oxford based band, A Silent Film.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
quintet
Quintet
A quintet is a group containing five members.It is commonly associated with musical groups, such as a string quintet, or a group of five singers, but can be applied to any situation where five similar or related objects are considered a single unit....
from London
London
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/Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
/Chelmsford
Chelmsford
Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...
made up of Patrick Currier (vocals
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
), Karl Bareham (guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
), Chris Moorhead (guitar/keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
), Alex Leeder (bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) and Steven Durham (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
). Their current line up settled in 2007 after several changes.
Their influences are quoted as "Good bands, Good songs, Good times".
Initial releases
Their first singleSingle (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
, "Satellites", was released on 7 May 2007. The single was re-released as a limited edition double A-Side
A-side and B-side
A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...
single at the end of April 2008, backed with the song "Us Against the World". Their second single, "Story Of A Broken Boy
Story Of A Broken Boy
"Story of a Broken Boy" is the second single released by British band Lights.Action! and was available on iTunes from 1 October 2007 as a digital download.-Music video:The video was shot on the roof of a building far above the streets of Soho....
", was released on 1 October 2007. Lights Action's third single, "Aurora
Aurora (Lights.Action! song)
"Aurora" is the third single released by British quintet Lights.Action!. It was released 7 April, before their debut mini-album, All Eyes To The Morning Sun through iTunes and other major DSPs....
" was released on 7 April 2008.
Their début mini-album All Eyes To The Morning Sun
All Eyes To The Morning Sun
All Eyes to the Morning Sun is a mini-album by Lights Action. It was released on April 14, 2008 as a digital download and also as an enhanced CD.-Track listing:-Enhanced CD:...
, was released in April through Xtra Mile Recordings
Xtra Mile Recordings
Xtra Mile Recordings are an independent record label based in London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 2003 by Charlie Caplowe and they release rock albums and singles...
.
Debut album
Their début albumAlbum
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
Welcome to the New Cold World
Welcome to the New Cold World
Welcome to the New Cold World is an Album by Lights Action. It was released worldwide on March 2, 2009 as a digital download only, with the option to buy a CD version through the band's website.-Track listing:-Funding:...
was released on 2 March 2009 through the band's own, "Colt Signals" label. Unlike the preceding synth-driven mini-album, the album used instruments
Musical instrument
A musical instrument is a device created or adapted for the purpose of making musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the...
such as piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, lap steel, hammond organ
Hammond organ
The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...
, pipe organ
Pipe organ
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...
, mellotron
Mellotron
The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
and a live string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
. Reviews compared their epic style to that of Arcade Fire, Coldplay
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London. After they formed Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish. Will Champion joined as a...
and U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
.
The first album single to be released was "Battle of Lovers", which was given away as a free download through the band's website.
The final song on the album, "The Bottom of the Sea" featured a choir including Dallas Green
Dallas Green (musician)
Dallas Green is a Canadian musician who releases music as City and Colour. He is also known for his work as the former vocalist, guitarist and songwriter for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire.-Name:...
(Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...
/City and Colour
City and Colour
City and Colour is the recording alias for Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, who was also the guitarist and vocalist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He plays melodic acoustic and folk music and is often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock...
), Kenny Bridges (Moneen
Moneen
Moneen is an indie rock band from Brampton, Ontario, Canada.-History:The band formed in 1999 after the dissolution of another band, called Perfectly Normal. Moneen's original bass player, Mark Bowser, was replaced by Chris Slorach, who left the band after the release of The Theory of Harmonial Value...
), singer/songwriter Richard Walters
Richard Walters
Richard Walters may refer to:*Slick Rick, American rapper*Richard Leroy Walters, philanthropist...
and Oxford based band, A Silent Film.
Singles
| Date | Single | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2007 | "Satellites" | - |
| 1 October 2007 | "Story Of A Broken Boy Story Of A Broken Boy "Story of a Broken Boy" is the second single released by British band Lights.Action! and was available on iTunes from 1 October 2007 as a digital download.-Music video:The video was shot on the roof of a building far above the streets of Soho.... " |
- |
| 7 April 2008 | "Aurora Aurora (Lights.Action! song) "Aurora" is the third single released by British quintet Lights.Action!. It was released 7 April, before their debut mini-album, All Eyes To The Morning Sun through iTunes and other major DSPs.... " |
- |
| 18 February 2009 | "Battle Of Lovers" | Welcome to the New Cold World Welcome to the New Cold World Welcome to the New Cold World is an Album by Lights Action. It was released worldwide on March 2, 2009 as a digital download only, with the option to buy a CD version through the band's website.-Track listing:-Funding:... |
Mini albums
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 14 April 2008 | All Eyes To The Morning Sun All Eyes To The Morning Sun All Eyes to the Morning Sun is a mini-album by Lights Action. It was released on April 14, 2008 as a digital download and also as an enhanced CD.-Track listing:-Enhanced CD:... |
| TBA 2009/10 | Sons of the Sea EP |
Albums
| Date | Album |
|---|---|
| 2 March 2009 | Welcome to the New Cold World Welcome to the New Cold World Welcome to the New Cold World is an Album by Lights Action. It was released worldwide on March 2, 2009 as a digital download only, with the option to buy a CD version through the band's website.-Track listing:-Funding:... |
Band members
- Patrick Currier - Vocals
- Karl Bareham - Guitar
- Chris Moorhead - Guitar/Keys
- Alex Leeder - Bass
- Steven Durham - Drums