Peaking LightsBest Peaking Lights Albums Ranked
7.0
Avg Score
8
Opinions
6
Albums
3
Reviewers
Summary from 8 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Peaking Lights's catalog across 6 albums from 8 opinions, with an overall average of 7.0/10. The top-rated Peaking Lights album is Lucifer (2012) with a 7.9/10 average from 1 rating, followed by 936 and The Fifth State of Consciousness. The discography on Wavelength spans 2012 to 2017. All the Sun That Shines ranks as the highest-rated Peaking Lights song on Wavelength with a 8.0/10 average.
Lucifer
“Nudging their sound forward on their third LP, the married duo of Indra Dunis and Aaron Coyes offer a swirl of psych, synth-pop, reggae, and dub that incorporates the voice and presence of their son, Mikko.”
936
“Wisconsin dub-pop duo makes decidedly psychedelic music but with a rich tapestry of subtle, almost romantic details.”
The Fifth State of Consciousness
“On their latest album, Peaking Lights’ dreamy mix of dub, new wave, and disco is emboldened by Indra Dunis’ simple, repetitive verses.”
Lucifer in Dub
“L.A. neo-psych duo Peaking Lights are about as close as you can get to a modern dub act without actually being one. Their 2012 album Lucifer turned that influence into other strains of cosmic head-trip music, but this follow-up companion piece makes the implicit explicit.”
Cosmic Logic
“In the wake of the 2012 breakthrough LP Lucifer, Peaking Lights are now at the point where their humble recording project has become a full-fledged career, one that requires regularly breaking out of their cocoon. Cosmic Logic heralds a dramatic aesthetic shift where a once-mystical entity emerged as an extroverted force, as the band hardens their liquefied sound into more modular shapes and promotes vocals from textural detail to featured attraction.”
The Fifth State of Consciousness
“Five albums deep and Peaking Lights’ hypnotic take on psychedelic pop is well practiced. Shifting between the lines of blissed-out beats and washing melodies, ‘The Fifth State of Consciousness’ is a quixotic mix of carefree West Coast spirit and cold distance that Aaron Doyes and Indra Dunis frequently allow to creep in. From recording melodies on tape machines backwards, before playing them in re”
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