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| Absolutepunk |
 Who?Canadian synthpop artist Lights returns with an acoustic EP after her well received debut album The Listening. The EP contains acoustic versions of three songs from The Listening, a Rancid cover, and a brand new song. How is it? It’s surprising just how well her synthpop songs translate into great acoustic music. With minimal editing her excellent voice is much more noticable on this EP than it was on The Listening, and the chill style pushes it even further. The lyrics also made the transition well, sounding much better in their relaxed acoustic versions. Lyrics on The Listening that came off as too simplistic for some, actually help the direction and vibe of the EP. Lights has a distinct sound to her acoustic side that stays consistent throughout the EP (even with the Rancid cover). And although the Rancid cover "Fall Back Down" is great, the real gem here is “Romance Is…” (a previously written and unreleased song). Despite the fact that she wrote it six years ago, it’s actually one of her best songs. This EP is her best release yet and shows a side to her music that she should explore more. People turned off by her chirpy debut will prefer the more mature acoustic side of Lights....full text |
| Chartattack |
| Electro-pop songstress LIGHTS is planning to release a new EP on July 20, which will be the follow-up to 2009's The Ice Pack EP. There's also talk of a mini-tour in the U.S. to promote the album, following its Canadian and digital release. The five-track Lights. Acoustic. EP feature five — you guessed it! — acoustic versions of songs including "River," "February Air" and "Saviour" from her The Listening debut album, which was released last year. It will also contain previously unreleased track "Romance Is" and a cover of Rancid's "Fall Back Down." LIGHTS will play a few dates on this year's Lilith Fair and will perform some solo acoustic dates before heading to the U.K. to play the Reading and Leeds festivals this August. To promote her mini-tour, she's offering fans a physical copy of Lights. Acoustic. on the day of the show if they buy tickets to see her play....full text |
| Music |
| After a recent Bank Holiday full of gigging, I was hungry for more, and so my mission, which I duly accepted, was to check out Ancient Lights Cocktail Bar in Chelmsford, which puts on regular acoustic nights. These nights feature Jakob Deist Oelofse, and (when he’s not on tour with signed act Fei Comodo) Marc Halls, along with some special guests. On this particular night Jakob took to the mic with special guest Russell Charlton taking the guest spot. Between them the pair brought a mix of pop/folk/indie/alternative sounds into the intimate bar setting. Russell took to the mic for a short set while Jakob was having a breather, and if you like The John Butler Trio, then I think it’s safe to say you’ll like him! He put in an interesting set of instrumentals in between Jakob’s sets which received a warm response from the audience. The night was mainly focussed on covers from Jakob Deist Oelofse though, with his set a mix of the old and the new! While I was there he played his way through Big Yellow Taxi, Under The Boardwalk, ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’, and Wet Wet Wet. I was also a more than a little pleased to hear three of my favourite songs in there, Daniel Merriweather’s ‘Red’, Lionel Ritchie’s ‘All Night Long’, and the Journey classic ‘Don’t Stop Believing’....full text |
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