Francis and the Lights

uh, dude:

http://vimeo.com/16164448

Yeah I know, that's how I found them.

last night was terribly disappointing. saw him headline after Oh Land, whom i'd never heard of, but apparently everyone was there to see her. singing along, etc. mostly empty when she was done. he got rid of 2 of the jews and replaced them w/2 black guys. no more suits, now everyone was wearing tanktops. weirdly, as the band gets blacker, the music gets whiter. it was like bad 80s soundtrack music. lukewarm genesis or cars tracks. he still puts on a great show, but seems so distant and cold and, i dunno, angry. it was weird.

yeah the last show i saw was kind of a bust

the drake endorsement brings out a weird crowd too, the vibe was really off

I would have loved both halves of that show (glad to see Oh Land finally getting some traction, glad Francis is getting less "r&b").

http://www.mediafire.com/?5ki7jersh6atk

new songs with teen inc

Was just gonna post that. Like them so far -- raw in a good way. I'm feeling a bit of Dam Funk in the second one.

is this teen inc w/francis?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo2gOjag8OQ

they're just inc. now and that's just inc. there

This looks like it was amazing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IeBPaO0aDc

the drake endorsement brings out a weird crowd too, the vibe was really off

― ban drake (the rapper) (max), Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:55 PM Bookmark

Can't help but feel like this was the wrong move for the guy. But OTOH it's hard to figure out who he'd be a good match with.

he still puts on a great show, but seems so distant and cold and, i dunno, angry. it was weird.

― jaxon, Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:49 PM Bookmark

Also this. It's a little like watching a guy practice in front of a mirror sometimes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf5nPcDLJLM&feature=player_embedded

Amazing in parts. Starts off a little shaky. Great new stuff in there. Continues with the weird, cold vibe too.

was wondering what he's been up to lately, turns out he scored a movie

(unclear whether its his music in this trailer)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4y8YAMPFhk

so what's up with this dude

I stanned for him so hard. Don't let us down, francis.

well there's this anyway:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSSzgYK4MnI

pretty cool. definitely feels like soundtrack music more than a song.

nm I guess the vocals come in late

i dont know what frankie is up to but the new inc. album is fantastic

i saw this movie but it was on an airplane so i could barely hear much of the score on my earbuds.

francis makes a cameo in a brief shot, as a musician performing at a fancy museum fundraiser.

definitely ramping something up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vT1dNTWvGqU

https://soundcloud.com/francisandthelights/etc

Love this track.

just heard this, nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odP_d9NHfbY

robot & frank sdtk also up on spotify now

so the robot & frank score is pretty standard movie score fare, not really what I expected

i'm in to "ETC"-- is that the only new thing out there yet?

the "it'll be better" EP really disappointed me when it came out 3 years ago but I totally love it now

http://i.imgur.com/dHZ8LlP.jpg

YES

http://francisandthelights.com/

new track up, says EP Nov 25. The song is in that weird concert film he did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqhaMewA2K0#t=16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqhaMewA2K0&feature=c4-overview&list=UUYpEyPOoscdbbDp_cNVrOtA

don't know why that isn't embedding, but it's dope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqhaMewA2K0

the dude who does his videos has great concepts

i'm under the impression francis is kind of in charge of all the visual concepts even if he's collaborating w/ others

http://31.media.tumblr.com/d23c0d3da2360437eb6b1ee6ba5e163f/tumblr_mwgspqDcdl1qznkk6o1_500.gif

xp yeah that would make sense

don't get why this dude isn't famous by now, basically

"Like a Dream" is in my head 24/7 now.

new EP is up: https://soundcloud.com/francisandthelights/sets/like-a-dream-ep

xp no major label backing is my guess. He definitely has all his ducks in a row but my understanding is that he's gotten this far rather autonomously.

one of these days my mind will stop racing
and i'll get me some sleep
cause i'm ready for the big time
is it ready for me

drake loves him

"Like a Dream" is in my head 24/7 now.

― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:16 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol, I woke up with it going through my head, and then I spent 10 minutes this morning trying to do the step from the video before I realized I was probably annoying the shit out of my downstairs neighbors

I was actually whistling it when the elevator opened and I think I creeped out this lady who thought I was whistling at her

apparently this is put out by something called Good Years Recordings.

one of these days my mind will stop racing
and i'll get me some sleep
cause i'm ready for the big time
is it ready for me

― ᶓ͠סּᴥ͠סּᶔ ᶓͼ᷆ₓͼ᷇ᶔ (gr8080), Thursday, November 21, 2013 8:52 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink