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Lightspeed Champion, ‘Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You’ – First Listen

Dev Hynes eh, what manner of pop will tumble out of his mouth next? Just before the release of debut ‘Falling Off The Lavender Bridge’, he talked of planning a “radio friendly rock follow-up with synths”. Well there’s a fair amount of the ol’ key-age on ‘Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You’ that’s for sure, and it’s ridiculously catchy, but really it’s a complete musical bolt from the blue, and nothing like any of us could have predicted. ‘Marlene’ is the first track to ...

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20:10 on December 8 2009

Lightspeed Champion releasing 2nd album + a NYC show, collaborations w/ Solange, Florence, Van Dyke Parks & more

Brooklyn Vegan — Lightspeed Champion @ MHOW in July (more by Bao Nguyen) Lightspeed Champion's second LP, Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You, is coming out in the US on February 16th (Feb. 1... more info

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12:14 on December 8 2009

Lightspeed Champion, ‘Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You’ – First Listen

NME.COM - Reviews Blog — Dev Hynes eh, what manner of pop will tumble out of his mouth next? Just before the release of debut ‘Falling Off The Lavender Bridge’, he talked of planning a “rad... more info

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21:07 on December 8 2009

Videophile: Lightspeed Champion "Marlene"

Rock Sellout — We reported earlier about the soon to be released second album from former Testicles Dev Hynes under the Lightspeed Champion moniker. The album is set to release on Jan 2... more info

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