Floodlights / Painting Of My Time Clear LP Vinyl
Floodlights 'Painting Of My Time' Clear LP Vinyl
In the spring of 2021, Floodlights brought to life their second
full-length release, Painting of My Time. A project recorded
live on a 24 track tape machine over three days by Nao Anzai
at Soundpark Studios in Melbourne. The resulting ten tracks
were sent to London to be mixed by the acclaimed sound
engineer, Andrew Savours (Black Country New Road, Arctic
Monkeys, My Bloody Valentine), before returning home to
Melbourne to be mastered by Joe Carra (Amyl & The Sniffers,
King Gizzard).
Painting of My Time encapsulates the sonic and personal
progression of the group. An album consistent in its signature,
evocative lyricism. A refinement and push responding to a raft
of new experiences in an ever changing world. It’s a journey of
observations, reshaping views and identity, elaborating on
themes of personal turbulence, self exploration, and the
Australian landscape as a form of escapism. Taking their form
from scrawled poetic prose, Floodlights’ lyrics are honest.
Words resonating out from humble beginnings, and speaking
to the memories of those that relate. Lyricists, Ashlee Kehoe,
and Louis Parsons, write expressively and with purpose.
Words mature into melodies, and grow into songs that
encapsulate a feeling. Stories that can’t be spoken without the
allure the sum of each of its parts offer. “One of the greatest
joys of writing is harnessing the transition from a lyrical idea,
to a fully formed composition that reflects the feelings you
had when you wrote the lyrics”, says Kehoe.
Painting of My Time marks a natural departure and arrival. An
evolution as a group, and as individuals, fuelled by life’s
singular and shared experience. A response to questions
asked over time, written down, and yelled with the conviction
of honesty.
full-length release, Painting of My Time. A project recorded
live on a 24 track tape machine over three days by Nao Anzai
at Soundpark Studios in Melbourne. The resulting ten tracks
were sent to London to be mixed by the acclaimed sound
engineer, Andrew Savours (Black Country New Road, Arctic
Monkeys, My Bloody Valentine), before returning home to
Melbourne to be mastered by Joe Carra (Amyl & The Sniffers,
King Gizzard).
Painting of My Time encapsulates the sonic and personal
progression of the group. An album consistent in its signature,
evocative lyricism. A refinement and push responding to a raft
of new experiences in an ever changing world. It’s a journey of
observations, reshaping views and identity, elaborating on
themes of personal turbulence, self exploration, and the
Australian landscape as a form of escapism. Taking their form
from scrawled poetic prose, Floodlights’ lyrics are honest.
Words resonating out from humble beginnings, and speaking
to the memories of those that relate. Lyricists, Ashlee Kehoe,
and Louis Parsons, write expressively and with purpose.
Words mature into melodies, and grow into songs that
encapsulate a feeling. Stories that can’t be spoken without the
allure the sum of each of its parts offer. “One of the greatest
joys of writing is harnessing the transition from a lyrical idea,
to a fully formed composition that reflects the feelings you
had when you wrote the lyrics”, says Kehoe.
Painting of My Time marks a natural departure and arrival. An
evolution as a group, and as individuals, fuelled by life’s
singular and shared experience. A response to questions
asked over time, written down, and yelled with the conviction
of honesty.
Tracklisting:
SIDE A
1. Moment of Distraction
2. Lessons Learnt
3. Human
4. On the Television
5. Something Blue
1. Moment of Distraction
2. Lessons Learnt
3. Human
4. On the Television
5. Something Blue
SIDE B
6. Painting of My Time
7. Things You Do
8. Colours
9. Ramblings of a Passenger
10. Wide Open Land