Lights - “Heavy Drops” from Rites (Drag City, 2009)

back in school i had some friendly acquaintances for whom i guess the easiest shorthand would be “hippieish”—this is pretty unfortunate since i don’t think anything connected them to that culture except maybe a liberal, and decidedly non-aggressive, outlook toward sex and drugs. anyway, they were basically nice people who were fun to be around. and if three of them (don’t be fooled by the photo; one of those girls is on live visuals) picked up a functional knowledge of some instruments and formed a stoned power trio, i imagine it would come out sounding a bit like lights.