Beau Lightning Is Old Rock Reincarnate and We're Obsessed
Do you obsessively re-watch ‘Almost Famous’ at least once a year? Did you spend your teenage years scouring YouTube for every possible documentary on Michael Hutchence and Jim Morrison? Do bands like Wolfmother and Queens of the Stone Age make your heart flutter? Do you still see pictures of Patti Smith and Kurt Cobain on Tumblr and feel like something’s missing from your life because you didn’t get a chance to be their friend?
Adelaide’s alternative rocker Beau Lightning is here to fill the void with his much anticipated EP, “The Birth of an Alter Ego”.
After bursting onto the scene with his first release “Last Night”, Lightning’s psychedelic-rocker edge and artistic crafting of vivid worlds have carefully defined each of his releases. “The Birth of an Alter Ego” displays the multi-layered, purposeful curation of Lightning’s sound and aesthetic.
With each track of the EP, Lightning has created rousing pieces of neo-psychedelic excellence that feels bathed in a hazy holographic sunset. From the dreamy electric and acoustic guitar arrangements of “In My Hands” to the fiery, electrifying, high-energy rock sounds of “Rock N Roll Life” and “Don’t Get Bit”, each song is delivered with husky, authentic vocals to create a trademark flair, reminiscent of the classic rock-stars of years gone by.
The first track and lead single of the album, “Smoke In Your Lungs” is a dark, punchy rock track punctuated by Lightning’s signature psych-twang and diverse vocals.
“It’s a break up song essentially,” said Lightning, “There have been millions of them, but it’s an impossible topic to avoid as a songwriter or an artist when you have recently gone through one. It kind of takes a look at the anxiety you feel when an ex is living it up and you’re not around… It was a bit of a ‘don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone’ scenario.”
Behind the scenes photo from the set of the "Smoke In Your Lungs" music video.
The music video for “Smoke In Your Lungs”, set for release very soon, will continue the storyline of Lightning’s enigmatic and Tarantino-esque music video for “Last Night”, which follows a mysterious hitman, interspersed with stunning desert scenery and nostalgic vintage aesthetics.
The music of BEAU LIGHTNING, which would feel just as at home on a Western movie soundtrack as it would at a smoky bar-gig, gives nods to bands like Queens Of The StoneAge, Arctic Monkeys and Wolfmother.
BEAU LIGHTNING is inspired by California daze, the desert surrounding the city of sin, cowboys, and the moon landing. Eli has been involved in a number of bands and projects from his teens through to his early 20’s. When the band ‘Lucid Dreams’ broke up he realised it was time to go it alone and hone his songwriting skills. After writing his first single “Last Night”, which made it as MTV Upload of the Week and gained praise from PileRats, Happy Magazineand LifeWithoutAndy, the concept of BEAU LIGHTNING was born.
