''Lights Out'' is the fifth studio album from

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, which was released on September 12, 2006 by

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Background

Within the album booklet, there is a piece of writing entitled ''Lights Out And Recurrent Love Themes''. This piece of writing includes lyrics from various songs on the album and it links the content of the songs together to form a sort of concept.

Release

On June 12, ''Lights Out'' was announced for release. "Do It Alone" was released to radio on July 18; the song's music video was posted online on August 4, 2006. On August 24, 2006, ''Lights Out'' was made available for streaming, before being released on September 12 through Fearless/V2. The next day, an alternative video for "Do It Alone" was posted online. In September and October, the band went on a headlining tour, with support from

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, Halifax,

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, and

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. Following this, they appeared at the

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festival, and toured the US throughout November 2006 with

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. In April and May 2007, the band supported

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on the Virgin College Mega Tour in the US. In August 2007, the band headlined the Bay Area Indie Music Festival.

Track listing

Personnel

*Tim Pagnotta –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

*Airin Older –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

*Marko DeSantis –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

*Kenny Livingston –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

External links

Official Website

MySpace
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