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Lightning Dust — Diamond
Album: Fantasy
Avg rating:
6.7

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Total ratings: 415









Released: 2013
Length: 3:27
Plays (last 30 days): 0
Claim with me in this city so tired
So nothing promise that ever gonna last
Say it slowly
You still shine like a diamond
I found you throw me
Whisper to me that you had enough
Apologize that you're not in love
If it's just the chemicals that i stay
Everybody seems to sing the same thing
I was in too deep
I was over my mind
You help me out to find those fraze
Break the rules I am innocent..
Say it slowly
You still shine like a diamond
I found you throw me
Whisper to me that you had enogh
Apologize that you're not in love
If it's just the chimicals that i stay
Whisper to me that you had enogh
Apologize that you're not in love
If it's just the chimicals that i stay
Slow, stay
Slow, stay
Slow, stay
Slow, stay
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I love this, a truly fantastic arrangement showcasing amazing vocals and time-machine electronic wizardry. A lovely Standard Orbit swoon...
These lyrics are WAY off. 
 ThePoose wrote:
I am hearing Sinead..
 

Yep, made me look
 Posted: Aug 02, 2013 - 10:59

hayduke2 wrote:
my first thought was that it's a lost Sinead pop gem

 
I like it  : )
very 80ies feel
not bad 
 Supertramp is the first thing that went through my mind too.

ziakut wrote:
Thought this was a lost track from a later 70s Supertramp album. Sounds like the vocalist from that era of Supertramp. 

 


 ThePoose wrote:
I am hearing Sinead..

 

backed by Toto
 Stephenater wrote:

FWIW, it sounds like Arcade Fire with Régine Chassagne on vocals to me.

 
Agreed, I thought it was Arcade Fire until I looked at the playlist.
 ThePoose wrote:
I am hearing Sinead..

 
My first thought as well.



Fleetwood Mac?  Like it alot, too.
Thought this was a lost track from a later 70s Supertramp album. Sounds like the vocalist from that era of Supertramp. 
Destination Unkown by Missing Persons is a similar song that I love.
 NeuroGeek wrote:
Too reminiscent of any love scene Tom Cruise filmed in the 80s. 

 
Would you be interested in hearing more about Dianetics?
Too reminiscent of any love scene Tom Cruise filmed in the 80s. 
 ThePoose wrote:
I am hearing Sinead..

 
FWIW, it sounds like Arcade Fire with Régine Chassagne on vocals to me.
I am hearing Sinead..
this is pretty amazing, capturing a certain time in music...
 ziakut wrote:
Does anyone hear Rick Davies or whoever the vocalist was for Supertramp in this tune?

 

I'm hearing Sinead
Does anyone hear Rick Davies or whoever the vocalist was for Supertramp in this tune?
Interesting.  Definitely a bit o the 80s.  Men without hats anyone?
My ears have forced me to bump this up to an 8.
Truffle Shuffle 
I love it on first listen... should have been on The Goonies soundtrack!
 msymmes wrote:
An 80's revival is a good thing.   Unless you like Garbage, Nirvana, Huey Lewis...
 
 
Krispian wrote:

Garbage, Nirvana... were 80s bands??

 
I wondered about that too.  Nirvana was playing music in the late '80s, but weren't really known until 1991 or so.  Garbage didn't even form as a band until the mid-'90s.  I'm not sure what either band had in common with Huey Lewis, with or without The News.
my first thought was that it's a lost Sinead pop gem
Pretty album cover. Okay vocals. I gave it a 7.
 msymmes wrote:
An 80's revival is a good thing.   Unless you like Garbage, Nirvana, Huey Lewis...




 
Garbage, Nirvana... were 80s bands??
I totally agree.  This sounds like it would be a song in an 80s teen movie.  I like it for that reason(80s child here). 

sajitjacob wrote:
Is it me or is there a bit of an 80s revival thing going on?
I can't help liking this, bit of a guilty pleasure like early Madonna.
 


An 80's revival is a good thing.   Unless you like Garbage, Nirvana, Huey Lewis...

 

GawgaBoy wrote:

I was thinking more like Blondie....  all that is old in new again

 


 sajitjacob wrote:
Is it me or is there a bit of an 80s revival thing going on?
I can't help liking this, bit of a guilty pleasure like early Madonna.

 
I was thinking more like Blondie....  all that is old in new again
Lightning Dust

Lightning Dust - the duo comprised of Amber Webber and Josh Wells - tends to thrive in the spirit of change. 2007's self-titled debut was a hushed, intricate folk affair, while 2009's Infinite Light found a middle ground between Suicide and Fleetwood Mac era pop. So when they geared up to make the music that would become Fantasy, the pair was looking for a new sonic stamp.

Lightning Dust's 3rd proper full length finds its inspiration in skeletal synth pop, modern R&B beats, the films of John Carpenter and -- in accordance with Lightning Dust's only longstanding rule -- absolute minimalism. The core of Fantasy lies as much in the songwriting as in its sonics, and begins with tools familiar to Webber and Wells: her acoustic guitar and his Wurlitzer piano. They worked to distill the arrangements to just the few key elements that were necessary to make the feel right, and through countless hours of labor in The Balloon Factory - their Vancouver studio - the songs found their way to a sonic palette more squarely electronic than either expected.

The first product of this experiment was "Never Again" which was previously featured on a 7" in 2011 and now closes the new album. It is a menacing, almost gothic electro-pop churner, marching from an oscillating beat to an anthemic thunderstorm of synth textures. Like many of its cohorts, the song came together slowly: beginning with a barebones acoustic demo and honed through their new sonic prism, "Never Again" became not only a bouncing synth opus but a thesis statement of sorts for Fantasy.

Knowing now where they were going, the path began to take shape. The duo was keen to use a purely synthetic palette for Fantasy, but instead of toiling away in front of a computer, Wells armed himself with an MPC 2000 -- a cumbersome, outdated machine, but one that proved to be the perfect tool to keep the spirit of absolute minimalism alive in their new musical terrain. The time-honored producer's weapon of choice became Wells' entrance to the world of programming, one that empowered him to work by feel alone. Webber, meanwhile, mined the freedom she felt singing along to records as a child, and strove to write vocal melodies and sing with a more extroverted pop sensibility. The hooks are apparent, and Webber sings with a self-assurance that belies the extent to which Fantasy marks a new, uncharted sonic space for the band.

By beginning at the end, Lightning Dust has delivered an album that informs their sound in remarkable new ways. Fantasy is a hypnotic, exciting record, recklessly new without sacrificing the rich atmosphere that makes Lightning Dust who they are. "Loaded Gun" is a robotic riot grrrl anthem, while "Agatha" stands tall as an ominous lullaby. "Fire, Flesh and Bone" recalls the best cinematic new wave ballads, while acoustic heartbreaker "Moon" makes the rest of the world disappear. And so while Lightning Dust's destination was never an exact place, Fantasy is as vivid a place as you've ever imagined.

Fantasy will be released June 25th, 2013.

 
 

Is it me or is there a bit of an 80s revival thing going on?
I can't help liking this, bit of a guilty pleasure like early Madonna.
I gave it an 8 upon first listening.  Went to Spotify to listen again and just lowered my rating to a 6.  Sounds like Sinead O'Connor singing, which I love -- but the music is quite boring.

marvelous...  love it...
 


I really like this song a LOT...  it is interesting...  I am curious about the rest of the album...  I am optimistic...  here's a review I looked at—

On Fantasy, Wells has chosen to create a suite of tracks using the MPC 2000, lending the album a common vibe to fellow Canadian synth-pop innovators Purity Ring.

Gentle synth-pads and hip-hop/R&B-influenced drums soundtrack Webber's strong, tender vibrato vocals, which pull the album's feel back towards dream-pop, occasionally echoing the likes of Beach House, or even Julee Cruise. Occasionally tending towards the saccharine, the tracks are rescued from tweeness by their sheer simplicity, elegantly constructed pads and beats keeping things focused and raw...

 
Totally Rad




...different sound than their Black Mountain stuff.
Interesting sound -still not sure but a 6 for now. 
Caught my attention pret quick.  
Very 80's vibe to it. In a good way.

Everybody in my churches loves this song...
 
silly first