LIGHTSHIPS - ELECTRIC CABLES (LP)

Lightships Electric Cable on 180g LP + MP3 Digital Download Card

Lightships is the brain child of Teenage Fanclub singer, songwriter, bassist and founding member Gerard Love. Lightships is very much a band and Gerard sought out a cast of Glasgow-based friends to help shape the sound. Playing with him here are Dave McGowan (guitar, Teenage Fanclub), Brendan O’Hare (drums, from the first incarnation of Teenage Fanclub), Tom Crossley (flute, International Airport and The Pastels) and Bob Kildea (bass, Belle & Sebastian).

Lightships is a name that perfectly captures the atmosphere of the music: sparkling, radiant and illuminating. The overall sound, while as warm and immediate as the songs Gerard writes for Teenage Fanclub, is more free flowing and loose. “Muddy Rivers” is carried along on a wave of interlocked instrumentation while “Photosynthesis” is a hazy wash of flutes and echo. On “Silver And Gold,” Gerard sings with a falsetto before a chorus of harmonies bursts into life.

Electric Cables is an album of tender, observational songs, played with an invigorating and easy sense of purpose: the sound of friends enjoying one another’s company and allowing ideas and experiments to flourish. It’s a complex and rewarding record that you’ll want to keep coming back to. Heavy weight vinyl includes MP3 digital download card.

Lightships Electric Cable Track Listing:

1.  Two Lines
2.  The Warmth Of The Sun
3.  Muddy Rivers
4.  Sweetness In Her Spark
5.  Every Blossom
6.  Silver & Gold
7.  Girasol
8.  Stretching Out
9.  Photosynthesis
10. Sunlight To The Dawn