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Lightspeed Champion
Lightspeed Champion
Lightspeed Champion
Bridge on January 21, 2008 through Domino Records. Hynes was born in Houston, Texas but raised in Essex, England since the age of 2. The name ’Lightspeed Champion’ comes from a series of comic strips Hynes drew as a teenager in his school mathematics books.[2] Hynes was voted the 49th ’coolest person in rock’ in NME’s 2007 Cool List, [3] jumping to position 20 in the following year’s list. [4]
Falling Off the Lavender Bridge
Dev Hynes, St. George’s Church, Brighton
Background information Origin Genre(s) United Kingdom Indie pop Folk Baroque Pop 2005–present Domino Records Whirlwind Heat Lightspeed Heat Test Icicles Hope of the States Florence and the Machine Emmy the Great Arctic Monkeys The Horrors Pun Lovin’ Criminals Eugene McGuiness Jack Penate We Are Scientists The Wombats www.lightspeedchampion.com
Years active Label(s) Associated acts
In early 2007, Hynes recorded his debut album in Omaha, Nebraska with Saddle Creek producer Mike Mogis, most famous for his involvement with the band Bright Eyes. A number of Omaha-based musicians appear on the record, including Mogis himself, trumpet player and pianist Nate Walcott (also of Bright Eyes), The Faint’s drummer Clark Baechle and guest vocalist Emmy The Great along with moonlighting members of Cursive and Tilly And The Wall.[5] These recording sessions resulted in the single "Galaxy of the Lost", released on July 30, 2007, and the album Falling Off the Lavender Bridge, released on January 21, 2008..[6] Hynes has also recorded a number of bootlegs and unofficial releases, made available to the public through his blog and MySpace. [1] These include an album written and recorded entirely in a day and an EP consisting only of covers of Green Day songs.
Website
The band
The touring band consists of friends of Hynes’ from other bands, including Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, Martin, aka The Train Chronicles and UK singersongwriter Emmy the Great. Mike Siddell, formerly of Hope of the States, plays violin with the band. He is a prolific musician and a core member of the Brighton based Willkommen Collective, playing with Willkommen bands such as Sons of Noel and Adrian, The
Lightspeed Champion is the stage name of British country rock and Indie pop singer Devonte Hynes, who is currently signed to Domino Records.[1] Incorporating elements from a variety of musical genres, Lightspeed Champion marks a significant departure in sound from Hynes’ previous dance-punk band Test Icicles. Lightspeed Champion released his debut album Falling Off the Lavender
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Hynes also performed with We Are Scientists at Glastonbury 2008, with latter’s front man Keith Murray joking to Zane Lowe in a postshow interview that "he owed us a sandwich!". Hynes appeared at Belgian music festival Pukkelpop in August 2008.
New Album
A new album is currently in production, with a release date to be decided.[11][12][13]
Discography
Singles
Lightspeed Champion live at the Cambridge Barfly, 2008. Leisure Society and The Miserable Rich. He also plays with Troubles and made a guest appearance on the debut EP by A Genuine Freakshow,[7]. Anna Prior, formerly of Leeds bands Dead Disco and The Ivories, plays drums in the current line up.[8] Other guest members to have contributed in live shows include Alex Turner of the Arctic Monkeys, Faris Badwan of The Horrors, Frederick Blood-Royale of Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, [9] Jack Penate and Eugene McGuinness as well as We Are Scientists’ Keith Murray on the June 6th episode of Late Night with Conan O’Brien. • "Galaxy of the Lost" (July 16, 2007) • "Midnight Surprise" (October 15, 2007) • "Tell Me What It’s Worth" (January 14, 2008) #72 • "Galaxy of the Lost" (May 12, 2008) (ReRelease)
Albums
• Falling Off the Lavender Bridge, January 21, 2008 (Domino Records)[14] UK #45
Official bootlegs
• "Bad Covers EP" July 8, 2007[15] • "Team Perfect presents : Green Day’s ’Nimrod’" July 16, 2007[16] • "I Wrote And Recorded This In Less Than Five Hours" August 2007[17] • "Garbageband Xmas EP" December 8, 2007[18] • "Album In A Day 2" October 4, 2008[19]
Tour
In summer 2007 Lightspeed Champion (with band) supported both Bright Eyes and Final Fantasy on tour, before launching a headline tour of their own in September/October. In autumn 2007, Hynes performed solo in support of Patrick Wolf and Good Shoes on their UK tour. Along with the full band, he played a headline tour of the U.K in early 2008. The band appeared at the NME 2008 Awards, broadcast on Channel 4 on February 29, 2008, dressed as characters from Star Wars, including Princess Leia on the drums. The band’s affinity with Star Wars continued when they played the main theme to the trilogy at O2 Wireless Festival 2008. [10] Hynes and a violinist Mike Siddell began a short U.S. tour in March 2008, ending with an appearance at SXSW 2008. At SXSW they befriended The Wombats, and ultimately supported them at a Royal Albert Hall concert.
References
[1] ^ "Lightspeed Champion Biography". NME. http://www.nme.com/artists/ lightspeed-champion#biography. Retrieved on 2009-02-20. [2] "Lightspeed Champion performs live from SXSW". Minnesota Public Radio. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/ web/2008/03/15/ lightspeed_champion__performs_live_from_sxsw/. Retrieved on 2009-02-20. [3] "NME Cool List". NME.com. http://www.nme.com/coollist. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. [4] "NME’s Cool List 2008 announced". Twisted Ear. http://www.twistedear.com/ index.php/News/NME-s-Cool-
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List-2008-announced.html. Retrieved on http://www.lightspeedchampion.com/ 2009-02-20. bmachine/devwrites.php?id=113. [5] "Domino Records page". Domino Retrieved on 2008-02-05. Records. [16] "lightspeedchampion.com Blog Entry". http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/ lightspeedchampion.com. index.php?page=artists&artistID=248. http://www.lightspeedchampion.com/ Retrieved on 2007-12-17. bmachine/devwrites.php?id=121. [6] "Domino Records listing". Domino Retrieved on 2008-02-05. Records. [17] "Vice.com". Vice Magazine. http://www.dominorecordco.com/site/ http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/ index.php?page=releases&releaseID=709. 2007/08/london---new-li.html. Retrieved Retrieved on 2007-12-17. on 2008-02-05. [7] "A Genuine Freakshow". A genuine [18] "lightspeedchampion.com Blog Entry". Freakshow. http://www.myspace.com/ lightspeedchampion.com. agenuinefreakshow. Retrieved on http://www.lightspeedchampion.com/ 2008-06-20. bmachine/devwrites.php?id=200. [8] "NME". NME.com. http://www.nme.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-05. Retrieved on 2008-01-04. [19] "lightspeedchampion.com Blog Entry". [9] "Watch: Lightspeed Champion, Arctic lightspeedchampion.com. Monkey, Ipso Facto, ’Fred Les’ play onehttp://www.lightspeedchampion.com/ off covers show". Drowned in Sound. bmachine/devwrites.php?id=251. http://www.drownedinsound.com/ Retrieved on 2008-04-10. articles/2840721. Retrieved on 2008-02-22. [10] ds-2008.html "Channel 4 music". • Official Site CHannel 4. http://www.channel4.com/ • MySpace page music/ontv/N/nme-awar ds-2008.html. • Hynes’ YouTube page Retrieved on 2008-03-02. • Lightspeed Champion Live Session at [11] http://www.youtube.com/user/addmelolz CNETTV [12] http://www.myspace.com/ • Lightspeed Champion Interview on lightspeedchampion Platforms Magazine [13] www.lightspeedchampion.com • Lightspeed Champion live set at Spanking [14] "Play.com listing". Play.com. New Sessions http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/ • Lightspeed Champion covers Michael 4156778/-/ Jackson Product.html?searchstring=Lightspeed+Champion&searchsource=0. • Live Photos @ The Troubadour (July 2008) Retrieved on 2008-01-13. [15] "lightspeedchampion.com Blog Entry". lightspeedchampion.com.
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