Lightning Dust
Spectre
Release Date: Oct 4, 2019
Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Indie Folk, Space Rock, Sadcore
Record label: Western Vinyl Records
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Album Review: Spectre by Lightning Dust
Great, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 8/10
Lightning Dust's excellent 2013 album Fantasy marked a shift for the Vancouver duo, moving from the subdued folky tones of their earliest work to embrace dark, synthy pop. The band began as a side project of founding Black Mountain members Amber Webber and Joshua Wells, foiling their main band's brawny guitar rock with moodier material. Fourth album Spectre comes after a six-year interim where Webber and Wells parted ways with Black Mountain to focus on Lightning Dust full time.
Based on rating 7/10
In 2007, Amber Webber and Joshua Wells of Black Mountain decided to try something new: render their band's old-school psychedelia into something less rugged and more soft-spoken, under the new name Lightning Dust. Twelve years and three albums later, Lightning Dust add a heartfelt and introspective album with Spectre, blending soft alt-rock with electronic ambience to explore deep-seated emotional concerns. The album kicks off by contrasting dread and perseverance with the recently released single "Devoted To," where Amber Webber ….
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