Taking their time, New York based dream pop band Lightning Bug have steadily built a reputation (and serious fanbase) through their gorgeous, shoegaze-adjacent take on the genre. This week, there’s great news for us fans, as they’ve announced their imminent return with their third studio album, A Color of the Sky.
To tease the promising project, they’ve shared lead single, “The Right Thing is Hard to Do”, which boasts the band’s delicate knack for melody and even a slight twang, much to its benefit. Singer Audrey Kang says:
“Here I wanted to connect how the struggles and flaws within the individual are mirrored in the greater problems of society. How do we as individuals know we are on the right path? How do we as a society, as a species, know we are on the right path? So I started with myself, and my own struggles, touching on how I hide myself away from other people, on my stage fright, on my inability to be vulnerable, on this feeling I used to have that I needed to prove I was worthy of being alive. Then I tried to connect these struggles outward to global issues like xenophobia, arbitrary borders, the lines we draw between ourselves and the environment, and the ways we sacrifice the health of the planet for human convenience.”
Recorded in a makeshift studio in a rundown house in the Catskills, the band dug into a more direct, organic sound, all the while adding intricate layers to their performances.
Watch the truly pretty animated video for “The Right Thing Is Hard To Do” below, or listen on streaming platforms.
Their first album for Fat Possum, A Color of the Sky promises to deliver a majestic evolution of their sound, so look out for it come June 25. You can find Lightning Bug on Instagram and Facebook.
