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For children, a night light glows in the corner of their bedroom to ward off nocturnal monsters that lurk in the shadows of their curious imaginations. For adults, night lights provide subtle guidance and familiar security in a groggy haze of half-awake darkness. For all, our bedroom’s small glowing orbs gently illuminate a path forward as we stumble out of a sub-consciousness slumber and into a more active state to take on life’s obstacles. It’s in these transitionary emotive states that the LA-based trio known as Night Lights thrives. Kismetly bonded through the power of music while studying music in college, the multi-continental band of Mau Jimenez (Vocals - Mexico), Yusuke Sato (Guitar - Japan) and Dag Eirik Hanken (Drums - Norway), uses their colorful indie retro-future rock-pop diverse backgrounds, emotive lyrics, hooky melodies, harmonic progressions, and colorful danceability to address, and celebrate, the innate duality of human emotions. Night Light tracks like “Habits” take a pensive look at the nuanced vices of habitual comfortability and escape, ... [ more ] For children, a night light glows in the corner of their bedroom to ward off nocturnal monsters that lurk in the shadows of their curious imaginations. For adults, night lights provide subtle guidance and familiar security in a groggy haze of half-awake darkness. For all, our bedroom’s small glowing orbs gently illuminate a path forward as we stumble out of a sub-consciousness slumber and into a more active state to take on life’s obstacles. It’s in these transitionary emotive states that the LA-based trio known as Night Lights thrives.

Kismetly bonded through the power of music while studying music in college, the multi-continental band of Mau Jimenez (Vocals - Mexico), Yusuke Sato (Guitar - Japan) and Dag Eirik Hanken (Drums - Norway), uses their colorful indie retro-future rock-pop diverse backgrounds, emotive lyrics, hooky melodies, harmonic progressions, and colorful danceability to address, and celebrate, the innate duality of human emotions.

Night Light tracks like “Habits” take a pensive look at the nuanced vices of habitual comfortability and escape, while “Nerve” illustrates the prickly array of emotions that spew out of a modern romantic relationship.

Then there’s “Childish”, which landed on the Viral 50 Global and Viral US Spotify charts, as an ode to the excitement of chasing impractical desires that can result in paradoxical emptiness. The band’s latest single “Revolution” released shortly before the anxiety-laden 2020 US Presidential Election via Position Music, paints a brighter vision of young people coming together to fight, and dance, towards a better world for all.

While the lyrical themes on a Night Lights record are often introspective, it’s far from another emo, doom-and-gloom boy band. Juxtaposed by fuzzy instrumentation ripe with uplifting chords, rhythmic drums, and cathartic electronic guitar riffs, Night Lights hold a lantern up to the entire gradient of the vibrant cosmic experience, proving that no one is alone in feeling what they feel. Jimenez, Sato, and Hanken aren’t afraid to delve into the entire array of emotions and feelings, even the ones that most often go ignored. that we feel

With a kaleidoscope of tones and hues in their music, Night Lights have a devout following that has propelled them to share stages with JoyWave, Great Great Fine Ok, Mako. With a couple of new singles and an EP on the way (produced with AKA Wolves) in 2021, it’s reassuring to know that Night Lights is shining their musical light to help guide us through life’s inward and outward journeys, alike. [ less ]