Synth-pop sensation Lights will release her new single ‘Saviour’ on May 10th on Warner Bros. Records. ‘Saviour’ is taken from her upcoming debut album ‘The Listening’ that has been nominated for Pop Album of the Year at this year’s upcoming Juno Awards (Canada’s equivalent to a Grammy).
Accompanying the single is the video, entirely designed and animated by Lights herself.
Available as a single track digital download as well as an iTunes digital bundle, ‘Saviour’ is a propulsive pop ballad that represents the essence of Lights. The iTunes format also features the accompanying music video, remixes courtesy of Colin Munroe and The Angry Kids as well as album track ‘The Listening’.
"My songs are spawned from moments of sadness or intense emotion," explains Lights, a multi-instrumentalist who is proficient on guitar, piano and drums. "'Saviour' is a big example of taking one of those really dark emotional situations and turning it into something positive. I just happened to get hit with a really dark sad night. The melody started coming together and the words started pouring out. It's a really, really powerful song for me."
Already a Top 10 hit on both the Canadian album and the Billboard Heatseekers charts, ‘The Listening’ includes all of Lights’ homeland hits to date, including the MuchMusic #1 hit ‘Drive My Soul’, the #3 track ‘February Air’ and her UK introductory single ‘Ice.’ The album’s UK release adds two new songs – ‘Up, Up and Away’ and ‘White’ – as well as four exclusive acoustic performances.
Like Michael Bublé, Nelly Furtado and Feist before her, Lights already has a Juno Award for New Artist of the Year to her credit and has also collected two Canadian Radio Music Awards. ‘Drive My Soul’ featured in hit MTV reality show The Hills, while Old Navy used four of her songs in their major spring 2008 promotional campaign.
Lights’ online profile is pivotal to her fast growing success. With over 22 million MySpace plays, Lights far exceeds plays generated by artists such as La Roux, Little Boots and The Saturdays. She is also a prolific YouTube uploader and her videos there have received 14 million streams.
Recently seen on these shores as support to Owl City, Example and Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, Lights is confirmed to play a select tour of headline dates to coincide with the album release. It includes her first London headline show at The Borderline as well as three Dot To Dot festival dates in Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester:
May
18th – Leeds, The Cockpit
19th – Liverpool, Korova (Sound City show)
20th – Glasgow, King Tuts Wah Wah Hut
22nd – York, Fibbers
23rd – Birmingham, Bar Academy
24th – London, The Borderline
27th – Cardiff, Barfly
28th – Brighton, Audio
29th – Bristol, Dot To Dot festival
30th – Nottingham, Dot To Dot festival
31st – Manchester, Dot To Dot festival
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