Light Years are an American

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band from

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History

Light Years formed in the year 2009 while vocalist Pat Kennedy worked at a Subway restaurant. Since then, they have released one full-length album and three EPs. In winter 2011–2012, the band went on a full U.S. tour with Pentimento. In February 2012, they went on a European tour with Pentimento. The band embarked on a summer tour in 2012 alongside

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and Turnover. In the spring of 2013, the band went on a tour with Safe. In June and July, the group went on a short US tour with

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in 2015 and finished recording their second full-length album with Will Yip, which was released in the Fall of 2015. The band supported

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on their UK tour in February 2016. The band also supported

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on their Spring 2016 Northeast tour along with Can't Swim. In March and April 2017, the group supported Four Year Strong again for their 10th anniversary tour for ''

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'' (2007).

Style

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'' described Light Years' sound as "Smashing American pop-punk that prefers to hark back to the turn of the millenium instead of running with the current crowd".Bird, ed. 2015, p. 45

Discography

;Studio albums ;Extended plays

Members

Current members * Pat Kennedy – vocals, guitar * Andrew Foerst – guitar * Tommy Englert – bass * Kent Sliney – drums

References

Citations Sources * {{Authority control Musical groups from Kent, Ohio Pop punk groups from Ohio Musical groups established in 2009