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936 (album)
''936'' is a 2011 neo-psychedelic album by Peaking Lights, a Spring Green, Wisconsin-based husband-and-wife duo of Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis. Peaking Lights stepped outside of the lo-fi style of their previous recordings, recording in a studio for the first time, and infused their psychedelic pop style with sounds from dub and hypnagogic chillwave. ''936'' became independent label Not Not Fun's best-selling release, and was consequently picked up for UK release by Weird World. The album garnered critical acclaim, and was identified as one of the best underground releases of 2011. Recording and musical content Peaking Lights' previous album, ''Imaginary Falcons'', was noisy, psychedelic jamming recorded by Coyes and Dunis at home. The direction of ''936''s production was influenced by the band's performance at the KRAAK Festival in 2010. The quality of sound equipment at the festival allowed the band to hear their own music in a different way at a time than their earlier lo-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peaking Lights
Peaking Lights are a husband-and-wife music duo who met in San Francisco in 2006 and moved to Spring Green, Wisconsin in December 2007 where they lived until 2009. The couple then moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where they stayed until their return to the West Coast in 2011 to live in Los Angeles. Currently they are based in Amsterdam. Peaking Lights' music has been described as psychedelic pop. The band formed in 2008, performing live in order to fund a road trip to Texas, at which point they self-released the CD-R ''Clearvoiant'' (later released on cassette via Night People). The couple's son Mikko contributed vocals to their third album, ''Lucifer''. In 2013 their second son Marlon was born. They were among the "friends" that contributed in 2013 to The Flaming Lips '' The Time Has Come To Shoot You Down…What A Sound'', a reworking of the Stone Roses' debut album. In 2019 Peaking Lights collaborated with Lee "Scratch" Perry on a 12-inch ''Life of the Plants'', released under P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |