Headlights (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Headlights

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Img_capt = Headlights at Krannert Art Museum in Urbana, Illinois, 6 September 2007.
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Flagicon|USA Champaign, Illinois, USA
Genre = Indie rock, Indie pop
Years_active = 2004–present
Label = Polyvinyl Record Company
Associated_acts = Absinthe Blind, Maserati, Decibully, The Beauty Shop, Shipwreck
URL = [http://www.headlightsmusic.com/ Official website]
Current_members = Erin Fein (vocals, keyboards)
Brett Sanderson (drums)
Tristan Wraight (vocals, guitar, bass)
Nick Sanborn (bass, accordion)
John Owen (guitar, bells, keyboards)
Past_members =

Headlights is an American indie rock band from Champaign, Illinois. The band was formed following the dissolution of Absinthe Blind, when members Erin Fein, Seth Fein and Brett Sanderson formed a band named Orphans. It was only when Tristan Wraight started writing songs with Fein that Headlights was formed.

Headlights released "The Enemies EP" in 2004, and followed that up in 2006 with a split single with Canadian indie rock band The Most Serene Republic. Later in 2006, the band released their debut album, "Kill Them with Kindness", which has received generally positive reviews. Nick Sanborn (of Decibully) and John Owen (of fellow Champaign group Shipwreck) joined the group during the summer of 2007. In 2008, their third album, "Some Racing, Some Stopping", was released.

In February 2008, Headlights covered the Evangelicals song "Skeleton Man" in a web-exclusive for Pitchfork Media. [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/48995-premiere-headlights-skeleton-man-evangelicals-cover-mp3-stream "Skeleton Man" (Evangelicals cover) [MP3/Stream | Pitchfork ] ]

In May 2008, several of Headlight's songs from Some Racing, Some Stopping were featured in the radio channel of the PC game Audiosurf.

Discography

* "The Enemies EP" (CD/12") - Polyvinyl Record Company - 2004
* Split single with The Most Serene Republic (7") - Polyvinyl Record Company - 2005
* "Kill Them with Kindness" (CD/12") - Polyvinyl Record Company - 2006
* "Keep Your Friends and Loves Close. Keep the City You Call Home Closer" (CD) - Polyvinyl Record Company - 2007
* "Some Racing, Some Stopping" (CD/12") - Polyvinyl Record Company - 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.headlightsmusic.com Official Headlights website]
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* [http://woxy.lala.com/music/loungeacts/index.php?id=126 Headlights live on WOXY.com, October 10, 2006]
* [http://woxy.lala.com/music/loungeacts/index.php?id=72 Headlights live on WOXY.com, May 5, 2006]
* [http://www.strangeglue.com/reviews/headlights-some-racing-some-stopping Review of "Some Racing, Some Stopping", March 7, 2008]