Lightning Dust
Lightning Dust | |
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Lightning Dust, October 2011 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Genres | Indie rock, goth |
Years active | 2007–present |
Labels | Jagjaguwar |
Associated acts |
Black Mountain Pink Mountaintops Blood Meridian |
Website | Lightning Dust - Archived |
Members |
Amber Webber Joshua Wells |
Lightning Dust is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2007 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The band is a side project of Amber Webber and Joshua Wells, both members of Black Mountain.[1]
History
Wells and Weber formed Lightning Dust and began creating a sound that was softer and more melodic than Black Mountain's hard rock, with haunting, minimalist instrumentation[1] and spooky, goth-like lyrics written by Webber.[2][3] The band released its self-titled debut album on Jagjaguwar in 2007.[4] The song "Wind Me Up" was featured as the free "Single of the Week" in the iTunes music store in Canada.
Another album, Infinite Light, was released in August 2009.[5] The band performed at Matt Groening's All Tomorrow's Parties festival in May 2010 in Minehead, England.
A third album, Fantasy, which featured synthesized music, drumming, some industrial instrumental work, all accompanying the band's spooky songs, was released June 25, 2013.[6][5][7] This album included the song "Loaded Gun";[8] in 2014 it was used in French television series Série Noire, on SRC.
Discography
- Lightning Dust (2007)
- Infinite Light (2009)
- Fantasy (2013)
See also
- Music of Canada
- Music of Vancouver
- Canadian rock
- List of Canadian musicians
- List of bands from Canada
- List of bands from British Columbia
- Category:Canadian musical groups
References
- 1 2 "Lightning Dust Cool Down". Exclaim!, July 2007.
- ↑ "Revelling in the Gloom: Lightning Dust finds Black Mountain-eers trading psychedelic rock for Goth". !earshot, September 2007.
- ↑ "Part Of Black Mountain Struck By Lightning". Chart Attack - Mar 29, 2007
- ↑ Kevin Kampwirth (July 2007). "Lightening Dust". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc.: 39–. ISSN 1074-6978.
- 1 2 " Lightning Dust Fantasy ". AllMusic Review by Fred Thomas
- ↑ "Black Mountain An Uncertain Future". Exclaim!, By Ian Gormely Apr 22, 2016
- ↑ "Pasa Tempos". Santa Fe New Mexican via Newspaper Archives. August 09, 2013 - Page 83
- ↑ "Lightning Dust Loaded Gun". Exclaim!, By Brock Thiessen. Jun 05, 2013