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Lightning Dust

Folk Rock / Psychedelic / Other

East Vancouver, BC

Lightning Dust

Amber Webber and Joshua Wells have been playing together for many years as part of Black Mountain. They've toured the world and have played impenetrable space-rock to the unlikeliest of audiences. With an abundance of creative energy to spare, the two decided to start a separate project together, that they named Lightning Dust.

Committing themselves to a more simplistic approach with Lightning Dust, Webber and Wells also decided to escape the comforts of their familiar instruments and writing styles. On their self-titled debut, minimal and spacious arrangements and a moody, theatrical vocal-style aptly expose the demons, creating songs that creep into your bones with a haunting chill.

The album was recorded in a dank cave and a bright blue house, perhaps an unconscious yet obsessive protest of the sunny beach and beer world that surrounded them on the outside. But despite this unattractive external world, and while completing the album in small fits of insanity, the two were compelled to retreat to the coastal summer air from time to time, when they could take no more of the shadowy frame that they had decided to enclose themselves in.

Many of the songs on this self-titled debut began years ago as melodies which persistently floated around in Webber's head. And, conveniently, Wells was at a loss for words to accompany the piano songs that wouldn't leave him alone. Their creation Lightning Dust matched these lingering ghosts with each other, creating a special, lasting work that perfectly brings together the shadows with the sunshine.

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Badlands says:

"the best as we can" is perfect

posted 1 week ago


Green says:

Heaven is a great song. Keep up the awesome music!

posted Feb 27


Dominique Eyraud says:

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your song " listened on". Dominique

posted Feb 26


Gagosian Liga says:

"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov) Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany! Feel free to download my music!

posted Dec 26


Dame Culotte et Monsieur Slip says:

[FR] : Salut a toi ami !! Juste une petite info pour t'annoncer que nous sommes en concert le 9 septembre a St escobille dans le sud de paris sur l'A10 ... pour fetter ca le site officiel se refait une peau neuve ... http://www.dameculotte-monsieurslip.com n'hesite pas a passer le voir y a plein de trucs rigolos et n'hsite pas non plus a laisser ta trace dans les ptis papiers de dame culotte [EN] : Hello to you freind !! Just a little news to inform you we are on stage the 9 september in St escobille (south of paris)... in this way the official web site of the band gets totaly new !! http://www.dameculotte-monsieurslip.com feel free to come to see all the funny things and let your fingerprint in Dame Culotte's papers ... sorry for our dear freinds who speak only english but at this time web site is all in french english translation will come soon ... hurry up if you want to be the first to put few english words on it !!!

posted Aug 17


Dame Culotte et Monsieur Slip says:

[EN] : Hello our freind !! Just this little comment to remember how mutch we loves you and how happy we are to be your freind ! [FR] : Bonjour a toi notre ami juste ce pti mot pour te dire combien nous t'aimons et combien nous sommes heureux d'etre tes amis !

posted Aug 10


Go Slowpoke says:

let me know if the cave singers / lightning dust show happens! i'm so there.

posted Aug 4


Tallest Trees says:

Lightning Dust is my friend.

posted Jul 12