Her Name in Lights are an
indie pop
Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and sub ...
band led by Mary Wyer (ex-
Even As We Speak) on lead vocals with her husband Almond Cafarella on guitar and piano, as well as
Simon Holmes (died in 2017) of
The Hummingbirds
The Hummingbirds were an Australian indie pop and jangle pop band from Sydney, who formed in 1986 from Bug Eyed Monsters. They were one of the most highly regarded outfits to emerge from Sydney's inner-city scene during the late 1980s and were ...
' fame on multiple instruments and Simon Gibson of
Sneeze
A sneeze (also known as sternutation) is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, usually caused by foreign particles irritating the nasal mucosa. A sneeze expels air forcibly from the mouth and n ...
on drums. On 18 October 2004 they released their first album, ''Into the Light Again'', on Laughing Outlaw Records.
History
Mary Wyer (ex-
Even As We Speak) on lead vocals formed Her Name in Lights in Sydney, initially as a studio band, to record tracks for an album, ''Into the Light Again''.
For the sessions, Wyer used Almond Cafarella (her then-boyfriend) on guitar and piano,
Simon Holmes (of
The Hummingbirds
The Hummingbirds were an Australian indie pop and jangle pop band from Sydney, who formed in 1986 from Bug Eyed Monsters. They were one of the most highly regarded outfits to emerge from Sydney's inner-city scene during the late 1980s and were ...
) on bass guitar, guitar pump organ and as producer, and Alison Galloway (of
Smudge) on drums and percussion.
By the time the album was released on 18 October 2004 via Laughing Outlaw Records the group had started gigging in Sydney and Simon Gibson of
Sneeze
A sneeze (also known as sternutation) is a semi-autonomous, convulsive expulsion of air from the lungs through the nose and mouth, usually caused by foreign particles irritating the nasal mucosa. A sneeze expels air forcibly from the mouth and n ...
replaced Galloway on drums as she returned to Smudge.
Soph Gyles of Oz Music Project described the album as "quite pleasant, melodic pop with tempered female vocals, but it doesn't exactly make me want to have a bakesale in celebration".
While Pennyblack Music's Malcolm Carter noted "
ere’s not a dud song on here ...
e major attraction is Wyer's vocals, cute, youthful, but without any annoying feyness".
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Australian indie pop groups
New South Wales musical groups