Lightning Dust Announce UK + European October Tour
New album ‘Fantasy’ is out now on Jagjaguwar
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Following on from the warm reception to their latest album ‘Fantasy’ (Jagjaguwar), Vancouver synth duo Lightning Dust have announced a UK and European tour throughout October 2013. Full details of the dates are below, taking in a London show at Hoxton Bar and Kitchen on the 28th October.
Lightning Dust is the alluring electronic outlet for Amber Webber and Josh Wells of Black Mountain. ‘Fantasy’ is Lightning Dust’s third proper full-length album, and it finds its inspiration in skeletal synth pop, modern R&B beats, the films of John Carpenter and – in accordance with Lightning Dust’s only longstanding rule – absolute minimalism.
The core of ‘Fantasy’ lies as much in the songwriting as in its sonics, and begins with tools familiar to Webber and Wells: her acoustic guitar and his Wurlitzer piano. They worked to distill the arrangements to just the few key elements that were necessary to make the feel right, and through countless hours of labor in The Balloon Factory – their Vancouver studio – the songs found their way to a sonic palette more squarely electronic than either expected.
Listen to ‘Fantasy’ here, ten tracks of slinky nocturnal electronics brimming with irresistible pop tunes: http://open.spotify.com/artist/3Uf1PaVWJ3cUp76AIzCcoO
The band also recently released a video for ‘Loaded Gun’, as directed by Zach Rothman. This clip is a futuristic study of the human race as told through bold and bleak images of fluorescent light, dripping skin, and ominous camera movements:
Lightning Dust UK/EU tour dates October 2013:
06-Oct – Ekko, Utrecht (NL) – get tickets
07-Oct – La Fleche D’Or, Paris (FR) – get tickets
09-Oct – Le Ciel, Grenoble (FR) – get tickets
11-Oct – Le Bourg, Lausanne (CH) – get tickets
12-Oct – Raindogs, Savona (IT) – get tickets
13-Oct – Zuni, Ferrara (IT) – get tickets
14-Oct – Blah Blah, Torino (IT) – get tickets
15-Oct – Dreiraum, Vienna (AT) – get tickets
16-Oct – Chapelle Rouge, Prague (CZ) – get tickets
18-Oct – Supermassive Festival, Helsinki (FIN) – get tickets
19-Oct – Pustervik, Goteborg (SWE) – get tickets
21-Oct – Debaser, Stockholm (SWE) – get tickets
22-Oct – Revolver, Oslo (NOR) – get tickets
23-Oct – Folken, Stavanger (NOR) – get tickets
24-Oct – Atlas, Aarhus (DK) – get tickets
25-Oct – Vega, Copenhagen (DK) – get tickets
26-Oct – Let’s Get Lost Festival, Zwolle (NL) – get tickets
28-Oct – Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London (UK) – get tickets
29-Oct – Le Peniche, Lille (FR) – get tickets
30-Oct – Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL) – get tickets
“‘Diamond’ is a gorgeously lean slice of retro-tinged soft-pop, showcasing that Webber and Wells are perfectionists when doing more with less.” – Pitchfork
“A sleepy-eyed country lament painted in shades of monochromatic synth-pop.” – About.com
“an album of ambition and maturity, of subtle shades of darkness and light, of promise fulfilled.” The Line of Best Fit
“Lightning Dust finally sound like what the scientific matter of something called “lightning dust” should sound like: a lull after a thunder clap, a sharp beam of light, something that sprinkles down after the heated rush, something organically beautiful. And in its beauty, it hurts.” CMJ