Lights Acoustic
06/21/2010
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Sire Records will release Lights new EP, Lights. Acoustic., on July 20, 2010. The stripped-down collection of songs includes "River," "February Air" and "Saviour" off her full length debut The Listening, as well as a cover of Rancid's "Fall Back Down" and a never before recorded track "Romance Is
" Lights. Acoustic. will be available on www.iamlights.com and through all digital retailers, including iTunes, as well as on tour.
To support the release, LIGHTS has confirmed a six-date acoustic tour. The series of intimate, small-club shows begins July 29th in Philadelphia, PA and runs through August 6th in Los Angeles, CA. Tickets go on-sale Saturday, June 19th. Fans who purchase tickets will also receive a special physical copy of LIGHTS. ACOUSTIC. Visit www.iamlights.com for more information.
Twenty three year-old singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist LIGHTS crafts sparkling, otherworldly electro-pop that has already garnered her over 24 million plays on MySpace, a #1 hit in Canada and the 2009 JUNO for New Artist of the Year. LIGHTS was selected as an inaugural artist for MySpace's Introducing program, and she stars in her own short-form motion-comic series Audio Quest: A Captain LIGHTS Adventure, which aired on MTV and MTV.com. Rolling Stone called LIGHTS a "retro new wave
keytar-rocking pixie," and the Toronto Star praised her as "the very epitome of D.I.Y. pin-up cool."
On June 29th LIGHTS will be featured in an episode of MTV's hit reality program "The City," which stars Whitney Port, Roxy Olin, Olivia Palermo and Erin Kaplan. "The City" airs Tuesdays at 10p.m. ET/PT on MTV.
LIGHTS. ACOUSTIC. tracklisting:
1. River
2. February Air
3. Fall Back Down
4. Saviour
5. Romance Is...
Solo Acoustic Dates:
July 29-Philadelphia- World Cafe
July 30-New York- Joe's Pub
July 31- Boston- Middle East Upstairs
Aug 1- Vienne, VA- Jammin' Java
Aug 5- San Francisco- Cafe du Nord
Aug 6- Los Angeles- Hotel Cafe
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