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All Of Those Nights

by The Lightning Kids

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Steve B
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Steve B Just buy it already... you will enjoy it, I promise. Favorite track: Motel.
GOTO GOSUB
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GOTO GOSUB I found out about this album after "Fast Car" featured in episode 288 of the Synth Zone podcast. Great stuff ! Favorite track: Fast Car.
soulmyst
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soulmyst Fantastic album and like everyone else it stays on continuous repeat, all the best for the future and I hope many more albums are made. Favorite track: Fast Car.
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exsurgo What an amazing debut. Repeat, anytime. Favorite track: Motel.
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empathy_test 80s - memories of a blissful time, that never was. Great music - beat, melody and voice fit perfect together.
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RETRORAY A flawless debut. This one's already on constant repeat, and a top contender for album of the year for me. Favorite track: Motel.
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1.
Fast Car 03:02
[LYRICS] We drove all night To Leave this town On the road The stars are out The music’s up The windows down Me and you We’re fire now The way you look By my side We’re 17 In our minds A teenage crush Wind in your hair Instant rush Gotta take me there Just drive me in your car Just drive me oh so fast Just drive me in your car We’ll never be apart
2.
Ride 02:54
[LYRICS] Driving in the dark Riding next to you Driving through the night Like we used to do A little too fast, ooh Nobody’s here to see A shot in the dark, ooh This night is for you & me ooh, I want to ride with you….x 2 Driving in the dark headlights on the sea Shadows in the night Where you used to be A little bit lost, ooh Running on memories Out on the road But Nobody’s here with me
3.
California 03:04
[LYRICS] Close your eyes tell me something Just like when we were young Since you left California I haven’t seen the sun So I’ve been killing time Filling up my mind Thinking bout the things that you said So Darlin’ I’ve been down Every road in town Trying to get you outta my head…. In california Hey, It’s me I just wanted to let you know That I miss you Call me sometime So I’ve been killing time Filling up my mind Thinking bout the things that you said So Darlin’ I’ve been down Every road in town Trying to get you outta my head…. In california I’ve been killing time Filling up my mind Thinking bout the things that you said
4.
Cool 03:13
[LYRICS] Baby, I go dancing, every Friday night I see you in the corner, underneath the lights But my, heart it’s stops beating When I’m close to you Like my 808 repeating 1982 Baby you’re so cool And when you look at me Darling its so cruel Nobody else can see baby, when you look at me Baby, I go driving, driving late at night I see you in the window, I go back in time but my heart it stops beating When I’m close to you And my head it is reeling by everything you do Cause Baby you’re so cool And when you look at me Darling its so cruel Nobody else can see baby, when you look at me Baby when you look Baby when you look Baby when you look at me Baby you’re so cool…
5.
FM 00:50
6.
Closer 03:03
[LYRICS] Oh darling, did I get a little closer? to you? Did I get a little closer? and all of those nights I lay by your side and all of those times did I get a little closer, to you? oh darling, yeah I get a little older When you, put your head on my shoulder, And all of those nights I saw your light yeah all of those times did i get a little closer, to you? all the talking all the dancing all the walking all the chances that I used all the crying all the laughing Did I ever get to you? closer, closer, closer, did i get a little closer
7.
Magnets 03:34
[LYRICS] Close your eyes and count to ten Breathe before we talk again All we do is scream & shout This love has turned us inside out Somehow I can’t stop that doubt Forces that we can’t see Are acting out on you and me With bruises upon my heart they make me feel like I can’t breathe Like magnets we push and pull We clash until we’re black and blue Bad habits like gravity They bring me back to you Take me back to when we met Strangers playing hard to get A rush of blood inside these veins Takes control of me again Here I go again I can’t stay away Here we go again Hold me like back then
8.
[LYRICS] Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach I feel it in the air The summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets The sun goes down alone I'm driving by your house Though I know you're not home I can see you Your brown skin shining in the sun You got your hair combed back And those sunglasses on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone Never will forget those nights I wonder if it was a dream Remember how you made me crazy Remember how I made you scream Now I don't understand what happened to our love But, baby, when I get you back I'm gonna show you what I'm made of
9.
[LYRICS] Oh darling, did I get a little closer? to you? Did I get a little closer? And all of those nights I lay by your side And all of those times did I get a little closer, to you? all the talking all the dancing all the walking all the chances that I used all the crying all the laughing Did I ever get to you?
10.
Motel 04:10
[LYRICS] I don’t know what I came here for Some kind of crisis, I’m not sure I could be anyone here I could do anything Like I don’t dance but I heard a beat Had to move my body, move my feet Oh I lost myself I was someone else And ooooh I was free All I could afford was this old motel As close to the city as I could get A tiny room with a single bed All I could afford was this old motel they gave me room without a view The perfect place To forget you Oh I lock my door, I don’t know this town Get back before the night comes down They could do anything here I don’t trust anyone Except one night I went out instead And fell into a stranger’s bed It’s not like me It was therapy And ooooh I was free All I could afford was this old motel As close to the city as I could get A tiny room with a single bed All I could afford was this old motel they gave me room without a view The perfect place To forget you

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Introducing The Lightning Kids and their debut album 'All Of Those Nights', out 25/11/22 on Aztec Records

Formed during lockdown 2021, 'The Lightning Kids' are singer-songwriter Emma Ballantine, guitarist/producer Darryn McHardie (aka Cinematix 1993) and songwriter/producer Jonny Spalding.

Described as the sound of 'Synthwave 2.0' and 'the Retrowave London Grammar', The Lightning Kids have strong Synthwave roots mixed with influences by British alternative bands like The 1975 and nods to great Californian records by The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac.

'All Of Those Nights' tells the story of two star-crossed teenagers living in 1980's California and their long lost endless summer nights riding in fast cars, dancing at amusement parks and lying underneath the stars. Love, loss, heartbreak and growing up. Like The greatest John Hughes movie never made.

Recorded remotely during Spring 2022, each song was self-produced by The Lightning Kids in the band's home-made studio setup, before mixing was completed in Summer with Brian Skeel.
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released November 25, 2022

Written by Jonathan Spalding, Darryn McHardie, Emma Ballantine Dykes, Gary Makee, Michaela May, Donald Hugh Henley, Michael W Campbell

Produced by The Lightning Kids
Mixed and Mastered by Brian Skeel

℗ 2022 Aztec Music Publishing & Wild Gator Music, Universal Music Publishing International Ltd, Universal/Mca Music Limited
© 2022 Aztec Records Ltd
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‘The Lightning Kids’ are singer-Emma Ballantine, guitarist, Darryn McHardie (aka Cinematix 1993) and Producer Jonny Spalding.

Described as the ‘Retrowave London Grammar’ & ‘Synthwave 2.0’, The Lightning Kids takes listeners through a teenage dream of fast cars and amusement parks in 1980s California, like the greatest John Hughes movie never made.
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