Lily Seabird - "Lightspheres on Their Way"

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Photo by Rick Soszynski

Lily Seabird has seemed to be right on the verge of blowing up, and she just might based on the killer singles from her upcoming album. The Vermont artist's latest single, "Lightspheres on Their Way," keeps Seabird's indie rock meets folk sound intact. While most of her songs lean one way or the other, this latest one lands right between the two genres. It's a mostly solo song (for the first half, at least), with gritty and fuzzy guitar before the full band kicks in. It goes from Neil Young guitars to a Springsteen anthem at the halfway mark, all while keeping Seabird's indie sound in place. Of all the songs we've heard from her over the years, "Lightspheres on Their Way" sounds the most like it could end up being a breakthrough hit.

Lily Seabird says of her latest single:

"Lightspheres are so many things throughout this record, UFOs, memories, dreams, people, an unknown force pushing and pulling us through. Without being too specific I think in a lot of ways this song deals with the feeling of loving someone through a great distance.

"I was also thinking a lot about Brent Mydland who was the keyboardist of the Grateful Dead from 1979-1990, the end of this song is really inspired by his song ‘I Will Take You Home,’ specifically the studio version which is on Built to Last (1989). Recording this song was really fun and figuring out the arrangement me Daniel and Rick really worked this one out together. The outro of this song is my favorite part which we completely improvised and kept.”

You can watch the video for "Lightspheres on Their Way" below. The album Lightspheres on Their Way is due out in physical formats on September 4 and digitally on October 2 via Lame-O Records, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Lily Seabird, check out the artist on Instagram. Upcoming tour dates are below the video and include December 3 at Deep Cuts in Malden, MA.


Wed. Sept. 2 - Liverpool, UK @ Quarry
Thu. Sept. 3 - London, UK @ The Lexington
Fri. Sept. 4 London, UK @ Rough Trade West (5pm special acoustic instore)
Sun. Sept. 6 - Dorset, UK @ End of the Road Festival
Tue. Sept. 15 - Sat. Sept. 19 - Nashville, TN @ Americanafest
Sun. Oct. 4 - Pelham, TN @ The Caverns *
Mon. Oct. 5 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle *
Tue. Oct. 6 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
Thu. Oct. 8 - Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum *
Fri. Oct. 9 - Miami, FL @  Miami Beach Bandshell *
Sat. Oct. 10 - Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theater *
Tue. Oct. 27 Berlin, DE @ Lark ^
Thu. Oct. 29 Cologne, DE @ Jaki ^
Sat. Oct. 31 Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique ^
Mon. Nov. 2 Paris, FR @ POPUP ^
Sat. Nov. 7 - Groningen, NL @ Take Root Festival
Tue. Nov. 10 - Amsterdam, NL @ Tolhuistuin Zonzij
Wed. Nov. 11 - Antwerp, BE @ TRIX
Thu. Dec 3 - Medford, MA @ Deep Cuts
Fri. Dec 4 - New York, NY @ Night Club 101
Sat. Dec 5 - Philadelphia, PA @ venue tbd
Mon. Dec 7 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
Tue. Dec 8 - Kingston, NY @ Tubby's
Wed. Dec 9 - Portland, ME @ SPACE
Thu. Dec 11 - Montreal, QC @ Casa del Popolo
Fri. Dec 12 - Burlington, VT @ Radio Bean

* w/ Black Country, New Road
^ w/ Greg Mendez

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