Get over it, [AK] is kinda into LIGHTS >__<

LIGHTS - February Air official music video


Ok. I´ve been holding back on this one for a while, I can´t take it anymore, so here goes. I like LIGHTS! There. That wasn´t so hard was it? Let´s just ignore that this isn´t at all age-appropriate or even appropriately masculine of me, but meh don´t really care...

Seriously though, when she played at a *cough* certain Computer Store in Montreal a few months ago, I randomly got a chance to hear her live, and I´m telling you: I have no idea how one little girl can have such boundless energy! She´s a powerhouse!

So what about her music? What makes a friggin 23 year old guy like LIGHTS? Honestly, this is all familiar territory, I grew up listening to electronica, in fact I hardly used to listen to anything else in high school. And her approach to the genre is different. After maybe ten years of wall-pounding bass and weird grammatically hilarious European vocals, here´s an Ontario girl who´s doing things her own way. Her basslines are soft and rolly, they brush your eardrums, not slam them with nuclear attacks, her lyrics make sense and are actually kiinda original! LIGHTS even has this really cute, simple voice, and her melodious, candy-flavoured musical style is as delicious as it is addictively fun to listen to. She says it herself on her website ¨When I write songs I think about how my music makes people feel, and I hope that when it goes into your ears you feel happy. Not sexy happy but apple pie happy.¨

I feel like in a time where there´s a lot of semi-depressed emo/post rock nonsense floating around on the net, here´s something fresh and fun, and yeah, I get Apple pie happy!

Enjoy : )