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Francis and the Lights – He Was a Good Friend
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New York City, NY, USA
An elusive and romantic mix of soul and electronics, Francis and The Lights deliver a riveting, cinematic live performance that exists in its own universe with its own rules.
In late-2007, they self-released a 0c download EP, “Striking”. In 2008, they released “A Modern Promise” (Aug ‘08, Normative) & a single “LIME / WYN” (Cantora Records). In 2010, they featured on
Karaoke, from Drake’s “Thank Me Later” (15 Jun ‘10).
“I make music that makes me want to dance” says Francis Farewell Starlite, the sole driving force of the operation (the term “and the Lights” refers to stage-lights and screen pixels). The “Glenn Gould of pop music,” Francis wears only black and white, practices the piano 2 hours a day minimum. The live show is capable of “near Springsteen levels of catharsis” (Time Out) as Francis “swings the mic stand like a young James Brown.” (FADER).
In 2010, Francis and the Lights released the EP “It’ll Be Better,” and toured with Drake, MGMT, KE$HA, Mark Ronson, and La Roux.
Website: http://www.francisandthelights.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FrancisandtheLights
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/andthelights
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/francisandthelights
Sites: Discogs, Wikipedia & FrancisAndTheLights.com (official)
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Striking
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My Goals
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He Was a Good Friend
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I'll Never Forget You
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Striking
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It'll Be Better
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Lime/Wyn
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stupidfukk
I'll Never Forget You is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard thanks to Birdy.
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daMuenni
Donde es "Fell On Your Head"? I need that song!
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Illinoisemakerr
Is this supposed to be a bad Prince impersonation?
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SimoneBerlioz
He was a good friend.. <3
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RVENO
Flawless.
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Sir_LePaul
Darling, It's Alright!!!! <3
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kataklyzmik
This music makes me wanna watch Cheers or something. So nostalgic.
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phterrell
this is the first i've heard about young coconuts
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FCA19795
He seems like a merger of Peter Gabriel and James Brown. lol Good stuff.
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SoulJazzsterInc
They remind me of T-Bird and the Breaks
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Groshkiej
something for polish fans ;) http://linkawgroszki.blogspot.com/2011/01/francis-and-lights.html and yeah ... this is awesome
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dream-eater
this is AWESOME
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TheRealSidShaw
Saw them for the first time at the Mark Ronson & Business INTL last month at Webster Hall and FELL IN LOVE! DYING to see them live again!
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Albert-The-Duke
I saw him live last night at the La Roux show... Kind of obnoxious. And weird that he technically opened for a dance-rap group.
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Skyrolla
oh my god, i just heard them for the first time tonight opening for la roux. they are AMAZING. I was absolutely blown away, please come back and play more shows, Francis! <3
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Gurby88
You guys are awsome! Loving the album and loving the sound :) Please, please, pleaaaase come to Amsterdam?
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miyemcc
It'll be Better is my current album on repeat...only complaint is the album is too short in it's entirety
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uvgotproblmz
am i really the top listener? too bad you'll never come to minnesota before you'll be too famous to play anything other than a 18 year old, wannabe hipster, jersey shore lovin', jason meraz fadora wearing, dumb girl infested venue. you're too good for that.
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Rolyath321
Dang, thought these guys were bigger. Great music!
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listeeeeen
only 100k plays? what the hell?
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