{"id":2442448,"date":"2019-04-02T08:54:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=810812"},"modified":"2019-04-02T08:54:26","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T14:54:26","slug":"daptone-records-mystery-lights-dissect-city-life-on-new-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/daptone-records-mystery-lights-dissect-city-life-on-new-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Daptone Records\u2019 Mystery Lights Dissect City Life on New Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Mystery-Lights-by-Jordan-Corso-2019.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">New York City garage outfit the Mystery Lights dissect the good and bad of urban life on their new song, \u201cI\u2019m So Tired (of Living in the City),\u201d which will appear on their upcoming album, <em>Too Much Tension!<\/em> out May 10th on Daptone imprint Wick Records.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The track is a blistering rocker packed with knife-edge guitars that skitter and scrape away from the main chord progression while an organ lends the song a psychedelic edge with its lonesome bleat. Frontman Mike Brandon delivers a vocal performance rife with urgency as he sings about keying rich kids\u2019 cars and trying, but always failing, to actually ditch town for good. In a statement, Brandon described the track as \u201ca song about being tired of traits often attached to the big city, but when you leave it, you realize how much you love it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cI\u2019m So Tired (of Living in the City)\u201d follows previously released <em>Too Much Tension!<\/em> track, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rjm35C3fFho\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cSomeone Else Is in Control.\u201d<\/a> The album was produced by Wayne Gordon and recorded at Daptone\u2019s House of Soul studio. It follows the Mystery Lights\u2019 2016 self-titled debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Mystery Lights will embark on a North American <a href=\"http:\/\/mysterylightsband.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">tour<\/a> in support of <em>Too Much Tension!<\/em> this spring. Following a record release show, May 18th, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York, the band will officially kick off their trek May 31st at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia. The run wraps June 29th at the Middle East Club Upstairs in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mystery-lights-new-song-im-so-tired-of-living-in-the-city-810812\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City garage outfit the Mystery Lights dissect the good and bad of urban life on their new song, \u201cI\u2019m So Tired (of Living in the City),\u201d which will appear on their upcoming album, Too Much Tension! out May 10th on Daptone imprint Wick Records. 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