Floodlights, based in Naarm/Melbourne, navigate a space where post-punk grit meets atmospheric storytelling. Dubbed āpoetic storytelling creepsā, their music is restless and searching, driven by a sense of place and a fascination with the emotional undercurrents that shape everyday life.
Their latest single, āThe Light Wonāt Shine Foreverā, leans into these tensions with layered guitars, piano lines, and urgent drums that bloom and build in their intensity, all underpinned by vocal delivery that brings to mind the commanding style of David Byrne. The song feels expansive yet tightly wound, capturing the fleeting nature of joy and uncertainty.
āThis song explores the fleeting nature of emotions - how joy is ephemeral, how hope can be ripped away and then found againā, explains vocalist and guitarist Louis Parsons.
āLife feels like a continuous effort of navigating the unknown, trying to make sense of what you experience, and figuring out how to express those feelings. Losing control can be invigorating and refreshing, but it can also give rise to a sense of dreadful angst. āThe Light Wonāt Shine Foreverā is an ode to the forever winding roadā.
Their new album āUnderneathā arrives on 21 Mar.
š§ Listen to āThe Light Wonāt Shine Foreverā below