May 8, 200719 yr THE ORANGE LIGHTS have an epic sound, and an album’s worth of big songs with uplifting lyrics. The themes are universal: loss and redemption, clutching hope out of the jaws of desolation and despair - like Spiritualized, The Verve and many great 60’s/ early 70’s soul records. The sound is atmospheric and cinematic like Doves, U2 and Radiohead topped off with loads of personality and the solid gold voice of frontman Jason Hart. The Orange Lights blend their influences – old soul, Brian Eno, Stone Roses, Echo & The Bunnymen, Nick Drake, U2, Radiohead, Ulrich Schnauss and A Reminiscent Drive – into perfect pop songs. As several observers have noted: “It’s the record Richard Ashcroft should have made after The Verve's Urban Hymns.” THE ORANGE LIGHTS are what happens when you put two of British pop’s best-loved bands together. Vocalist Jason Hart formerly plied his guitar talents in Jason Pierce’s Spiritualized, and you can hear the influence in the The Orange Lights’ wall of sound. Co-creator of the band is keyboard player and songwriter Paul Tucker – who was one-half of Nineties soul sensations the Lighthouse Family. On paper, they seem mismatched. On record, a marriage made in heaven.
June 14, 200719 yr Author Sorry, can't upload from my computer at work! Anyway, here are some forthcoming Orange Lights tour dates for you!
July 26, 200718 yr Author The Orange Lights – Click Your Heels Just wanted to let you know about the new single from The Orange Lights. The Guardian said of The Orange Lights: “Uplifting but scarred widescreen rock: imagine a desolate Verve or U2,” and ‘Click Your Heels’ is the second single from their debut album ‘Life Is Still Beautiful’. Produced by Coldplay & Embrace mastermind Ken Nelson, the single is available to download from 13th August and from stores from 20th August. ‘Click Your Heels’ is backed up with an acoustic version, as well as a live recording of the track from the recent Orange Lights gig at the infamous Ibiza Rocks. You can check the single at The Orange Lights Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/theorangelights
May 13, 201016 yr Anyone else heard of them? Last.fm recommended them to me and I think they sound awesome. They're not a new group, but they're definately worth a listen, their album 'Life Is Still Beautiful' is so good. Of course, it's a mix of well-known bands, like Coldplay, Oasis and sometimes a bit of Radiohead, but they still have a little something different. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNMeqAhTWh8]YouTube- SMALLVILLE - Davis and Chloe(Let The Love Back In)[/ame] [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECpqIKZ11_I]YouTube- The Orange Lights - Little me little you[/ame]
May 13, 201016 yr well the do sound as the bands you said, i like the singers voice, but songs be a bit so melancholic aren't they?
May 13, 201016 yr I picked up a copy of their album (Life Is Still Beautiful) from Oxfam a couple weeks ago, it be good :)
May 13, 201016 yr well the do sound as the bands you said, i like the singers voice, but songs be a bit so melancholic aren't they? Yeah they are :wacky: That's what I like about them. I picked up a copy of their album (Life Is Still Beautiful) from Oxfam a couple weeks ago, it be good :) Yay! Finally someone who knows them too! :D Am I wrong or we have a lot lot lot of bands in common? Cause I notice we post often in the same threads.
May 13, 201016 yr We have a lot of bands in common, I just picked the album up because I liked the artwork, and for 99p you can't do much wrong
May 17, 201016 yr so, how many albums they have published? http://www.myspace.com/theorangelights ^this is their myspace right?
May 17, 201016 yr This sounds very Travis/Thirteen sensesish. :wacko: I'm gonna check out their album. :nice:
May 17, 201016 yr good, i'll try to get the album to give it a proper listen soon. :) Good, tell me how that goes :nice: This sounds very Travis/Thirteen sensesish. :wacko: I'm gonna check out their album. :nice: It does, but I love this sound :wacky: And tell me how you found it too :wacky:
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