On Monday, December 30th at 1:30pm, Poindexter hosts New Jersey based band, Lightheaded, for a live in-studio performance and interview. Joining in on the fun will be Slumberland Records‘ own Mike Schulman to spin some picks before the band hits the airwaves.
Lightheaded are, simply, a great pop group. Their songs are full of melody and harmony, are bittersweet and memorable, familiar yet original. Their sound is a perfect mix of jangling guitars — featuring Sara Abdlebarry‘s exquisite, tasteful, but punchy Gretsch lead played over Stephen Stec‘s Rickenbacker chime — anchored to singer Cynthia Rickenbach‘s Hofner Violin bass, which sounds like the bass on Michel Polnareff’s first LP.
The band are clearly students of pop in all of its variety, drawing as much from 60s Brill Building songwriters as they do from later 60s folk/pop developments and 80s DIY pop. The striking thing is how seamlessly they’re able to meld these influences, and the distinctive voice that they’ve crafted this early in their career.
Their new album, Combustible Gems, follows-up their well-regarded Good Good Great! EP in fine fashion, striking all the right Phil Spector/Goffin & King chords while rooting the album firmly in the NOW.
