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Peaking Lights - Lucifer

Review by Andrew Kennedy

Designed for slow absorption rather than instant ingestion, Lucifer is the kind of album you listen to from start to finish and then leave on repeat for the rest of the day as you stare out a window waiting for your stubble to grow back.»

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first few orders come with either flexi or embroided patch. 'lucifer' - the third full length release from west coast duo peaking lights, is released by weird world. with it, the golden duo of aaron doyes and indra dunis continue to crystallize their mesmerising sound and find new dimensions within. recorded in brooklyn at gary's electric studio over the course of a month and self-produced with the help of engineer al carson (yeasayer, oneohtrix point never), peaking lights consider 'lucifer' a nocturnal version of their sound. "to us this record is about play and playfulness, unconditional love, rhythms and pulses, creation and vibration," says coyes. 'lucifer' is also peaking lights' most ambitious release to date in terms of its approach and scope - boasting much to please anyone previously seduced by the genre-defying, gritty grooves and enchanting, sensual melodies of the band's earlier work but also proving an altogether more heavy, propulsive and focused effort. incredibly, there's even space within 'lucifer' for coyes and dunis' already insanely broad palette of influences to widen even further - touches of analogue electronic dance music, sound collage and straight up pop joining the dub, krautrock and minimal disco of '936' in a hypnotising concoction.
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