I‘ve been a fan of Illinois-based indie pop band Headlights since I happened to catch them at Austin’s Fun Fun Fun Fest a couple of years ago. I’d just suffered through two or three noisy screamy bands that forced me as far back from the main stage as I could get, and then Headlights came on and were like a breath of melodic, intricately orchestrated fresh air. Thankfully it was early in the day, so I could get back up to the stage relatively easily and get my fill of them.
They’ve recently released their third album, Wildlife and this morning posted the video for the first single from it, entitled “Get Going.” I haven’t picked up the whole album yet (waiting until they tour through LA in a couple of weeks to snag it there), but like most of their two previous albums, this song isn’t really edgy or challenging or deep, it just makes me happy. But the video does contain violent, unexplained deaths. So there’s that.
If you’re in LA, Headlights is playing at Spaceland in Silver Lake on November 13th. The last time they were here was Easter, and the turnout was kind of pitiful. Let’s do better for them this time, okay?
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