Lightning love (band)
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Lightning Love is an indie pop
band based in Ypsilanti, Michigan
, United States
. With keyboard
and vocals by Leah Diehl, Ben Collins on Guitar
, and Aaron Diehl on drums
. Their sound is up-beat and minimal, contrasted by lyrics that often express isolation and self-consciousness.
Indie pop
Indie pop is a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the mid 1980s, with its roots in the Scottish post-punk bands on the Postcard Records label in the early '80s, such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Aztec Camera, and the dominant UK independent band of the mid...
band based in Ypsilanti, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, United States
United States
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. With keyboard
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and vocals by Leah Diehl, Ben Collins on Guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, and Aaron Diehl on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
. Their sound is up-beat and minimal, contrasted by lyrics that often express isolation and self-consciousness.
Formation (2007)
Lightning Love is a indie pop trio formed in the fall of 2007. Leah, Aaron and Ben, all former members of the band Minor Planets, formed Lightning Love in the fall of 2007. They released their self-recorded and produced album, November Birthday, in December 2008.Pop culture
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