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 |
| Members | Amber Webber Joshua Wells |
| Website | Lightning Dust - Archived |
Lightning Dust is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2007 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band is a side project of Amber Webber and Joshua Wells, both members of Black Mountain. [1]
Wells and Webber 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 Quebecois television series Série noire, on SRC.
They released a fourth album on 4 October 2019, named Spectre. [9] They have released three singles from the album: "Devoted To", "Led Astray", and "A Pretty Picture". [10]
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