Old Lights, previously the emotionally damaged and musically enrapturing project of the mercurial David Beeman, emerged as a complete, stable band with this year's Like Strangers. Its six songs unfold like a Greek tragedy, and the EP reaches its dire peak on "All Noise." The song opens with an unstoppable grand-piano-and-guitar hook and builds through peeling harmony and a series of stark verses to a screaming freakout. The band released "All Noise" as a limited run CD single, and the B-side, "We Laid Down," is the first Old Lights song written and fronted by bassist and backup vocalist Kit Hamon. It's a pop gem that fits surprisingly well with the rest of the band's material, and it's the best proof of the newfound cohesion of Old Lights' spectacularly talented parts.
"In Your Room"
| Sep 25, 2014
"Russian Blue"
| Sep 27, 2012
Rockwell Knuckles, "Government Name"
| Sep 29, 2010
"Electric Babies"
| Sep 30, 2009
"Ol' Girl"
| Sep 24, 2008
"Wadsyaname"
| Sep 26, 2007
"Like a Pro"
| Sep 27, 2006
"In Ya Face"
| Sep 29, 2005
"Holidae In"
| Sep 29, 2004