San Francisco-based quartet No Lights announce their debut album, “Dream Eraser”, confirming the album for June release through The Ghost Is Clear Records, today unveiling the cover art, track listing, preorders, and lead single, “Shallow Breathing”.
There isn’t an obvious phonic principle that connects the post-punk, indie pop of No Lights to more than two decades of Bay Area hardcore and metal. Perhaps it’s more a family resemblance than anything else, uniting guitarist/lead vocalist Matt O’Brien (Early Graves, Grace Alley), guitarist Israel Branson (Set Your Goals), bassist Ian Miller (Kowloon Walled City, Redemption 87), and drummer Dan Sneddon (Kowloon Walled City, Early Graves).
Like the streets of San Francisco in a Hitchcock movie, there is something familiar here, but never obvious whether it’s more beautiful or more troubling than real life. The references don’t evoke nostalgia, aren’t reverential. And trying to pinpoint specific influences is like trying to tell the difference between the digital and the analog, between tubes and tape and bits and bites: an exercise in feeling rather than precision. No Lights released the double/paired EPs “Stay Awake” and “June Bug” just before the world shut down in early 20202, and now, 2023 sees the band delivering their debut full length record, “Dream Eraser”.
With ten lush tracks, “Dream Eraser” tactfully delivers an emotive and captivating blend of sounds listeners could possibly trace to The Pixies, The Cure, The Wipers, Echo And The Bunnymen, and more. The album was recorded and mixed by Scott Evans at Sharkbite and Anti Sleep Studios, mastered by Carl Saff, and completed with artwork by Justin Mcniff.
Hear the first single from No Lights’ “Dream Eraser”, “Shallow Breathing”, now streaming here.
“Dream Eraser” will be released on 180-gram Black Vinyl and all digital platforms on June 9th, 2023, through The Ghost Is Clear. Find digital preorders at the No Lights Bandcamp, and digital & vinyl preorders at the label Bandcamp and webshop.
Stand by for an official video and additional singles to drop as the album nears release.
Tracklist:
1. Sparrows
2. Shallow Breathing
3. Nowhere to Run
4. Echoes in the Dark
5. Antenna
6. Degenerator
7. Head in a Cage
8. Dream Eraser
9. Summer School
10. Fade Away
No Lights will support “Dream Eraser” with live performances, including multiple regional tours. April 27th through 29th they will hit the Northwest, playing shows in Redding, Portland, and Seattle with If It Kills You. A month later, May 25th through 28th they’ll hit the South, playing Denton, Oklahoma City, Houston, And Austin with Mall Walker.
Live Shows 2023:
4/27/2023 The Dip – Redding, CA*
4/28/2023 High Water Mark – Portland, OR*
4/29/2023 Bad Bar – Seattle, WA*
5/25/2023 Rubber Gloves – Denton, TX**
5/26/2023 Mass Movement – Oklahoma City, OK#
5/27/2023 Starseed Hostel – Houston, TX***
5/28/2023 Chess Club – Austin, TX##
* (w/ If It Kills You)
** (w/ Mall Walker, Flowerbed, Unspell)
# (w/ Mall Walker, Speak, Memory, Plain Speak)
*** (w/ Mall Walker, As We Shiver, Fun Haunts)
## (w/ Mall Walker, Capture Phase, Tied Up)
Watch for additional tour dates to post over the weeks ahead.
Line-up:
Matt O’Brien – Guitar, lead vocals
Ian Miller – Bass
Dan Sneddon – Drums
Israel Branson – Guitar
Weblinks:
www.facebook.com/nolightsband
www.instagram.com/nolightsband
