SODIUM LIGHTS

Alex Pellish, Mat Tarbox, and Rich Freitas played together in several bands throughout the 1980's and 90's. During this time we also recorded four-track songs in basements and apartments between Mystic, CT, Storrs, CT, and Chapel Hill, NC - while playing in seminal Mystic groups such as 17 Relics, Delta of Venus, and Skimbleshanks.

Cue the spring of 2007. Pellish has finished building a full recording studio, and wants to test drive the new equipment. He approaches Freitas and Tarbox to record rough improv jams to Pro Tools in a live setting. Six weeks of sessions produce twenty-one raw songs, which Pellish then arranges from select captured moments. Coupled with two months of drum programming and sequencing, our first LP Post Signal arose from what we felt were the most viable drafts.

We began to realize that to finish the tunes properly, we would need to call upon a diverse group of musicians who could complete each individual song. These outstanding voices would enhance the essence of the LP’s sound and scope during their limited time in the studio, helping to elevate the work.  If you check the credits, you can see that Post Signal involved nine musicians!

In July 2009, we released an eight track single including three remixes of the song "Safe Heat," with five b-sides that show off our rougher edges. The last track, "Road Church," an instrumental, hints at the more electronic angle we have been covering over the past several months in the studio, utilizing Ableton Live more than Pro Tools. 

We are in the midst of recording this first follow-up LP, which we hope will be released by the end of the 2009. 

Our third LP is also in the works, just begun, which will send us back to the rawkier side of things.  So if you don't like our bippetybop angle, fear not, we are bringing back the guitars for 2010...

Enjoy!