

Peaking Lights - Imaginary Falcons
Label: Not Not fun Records
Released: 2009
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with no capital and lesser reputations are putting out some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once-obsolete formats, this new bi-weekly column, Agitated Atmosphere, hopes to shed a bit of light and share a bit of information on the up and coming sounds of bands like Peaking Lights.
Swatches of lo-fi drone highlight Imaginary Falcons, released in both vinyl (Night People) and cassette (Not Not Fun) by the husband/wife duo behind Peaking Lights.
Sparks fly in the form of warm fuzz and soft melodies when Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis work through marital bliss. Existing in the open space between the parallel of primordial instinct and the delicate creation, Peaking Lights call on psychedelia’s most potent qualities as it floats through 7 mysterious tracks. Imaginary Falcons draws from the distorted pop of Wavves and Times New Viking — and in much the same way those entities wrap those garage-based trappings around saccharine pop and beachside lullabyes, Coyes and Dunis work muzzled magic enveloping their Casio tones, monochromatic drones, and blissed-out synth with the power of lo-fi static and bass heavy production. “Silver Tongues, Soft Whispers” rains down like droplets of Quasi; lightly patterned keystrokes given a Hammond B3 treatment in part due to the low frequency in which it is recorded. “New News” is a slow burner; refusing to climax despite a careful build up of white noise squalls and lackadaisical keyboard pokes.
The power within Imaginary Falcons lies not in what is present but within what is not. Never do Coyes and Dunis weigh down their at-home operation by trying to cram too much into each track, allowing their minimal DIY to flourish in simplicity rather than drown in excess.
Tracklisting:
1 Intro To Imaginary Falcons (1:57)
2 Silver Tongues, Soft Whispers (6:11)
3 Boy And The Rabbit Band (3:46)
4 Wedding Song (11:10)
5 All The Good Songs Have Been Written (4:36)
6 New News (10:22)
7 Owls Barning (9:38)
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Peaking Lights - Clearvoiant
Label: Night People
Released: 2008
Peaking Lights is Aaron and Indra (also of Numbers) from Rah Dunes new duo project recently relocated to rural Wisconsin from the Bay Area. Floating electronic pulses, controlled feedback, tape loops, organ, snyth, guitar, and vocal harmonies layered into waves of four track noise pop goodness. The perfect soundtrack to walking in mysterious places, haunted neighborhoods, lost river banks, and bike rides at night. This release really glows and grows.
Tracklisting:
1 It's A Good Numb Feeling (2:24)
2 In This Haunted Winter (6:28)
3 Word Headache (3:39)
4 5 Records Skipping Together (3:43)
5 Stranded On An Island (5:00)
6 Summer Ice Cream (4:58)
LINK FOR BOTH RELEASESpass: redizork