Lightning Bug – "The Onely Ones"

Last September, Brooklyn musician Audrey Kang released October Song, her second full-length as Lightning Bug. The project’s collection warm, spectral indie rock — a self-described attempt to “record the deepest experiences in the self and connect them outward” — caught the attention Fat Possum, who have now signed Lightning Bug and will reissue October Song on vinyl in April. Along with news the signing today, they’re sharing a stunning new track called “The Onely Ones.”

The song is a deeply pretty take on shoegaze that brings the genre’s signature distortion haze in and out the foreground, like cloud formations moving across a foundation acoustic strums and electronic drums. Kang’s voice pierces through it all, powerful and vulnerable even at its least intelligible. In a press release, Kang writes, “You know when you experience a sudden extreme emotion? Not quite anguish, not quite joy, but some unutterable mixture both. This song is my attempt to express that.”

Kang and Owen Smith-Clark directed a video for “The Onely Ones,” which you can watch below.

TOUR DATES:
03/18 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas (Desert Daze Party, 4:15 PM) *
03/18 – Austin, TX @ Barracuda (Ground Control Showcase, 8 PM) *
03/19 – Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas (Levitation Party, 2:50 PM) *
03/23 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle (Free Show)
03/24 – Columbus, OH @ Ace Cups
05/08 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Sultan Room ^

Fat Possum’s October Song reissue is out 4/24.