Lights Below are a post-hardcore/metalcore band from Burnaby, British Columbia.
Lights Below started as a high-school cover band in 2003. They soon became bored of playing covers, and tried their hand at original material. After writing a few songs and playing a few shows, then drummer Ian MacDonald parted ways and was replaced by Taylor Grant. After recording a four song demo, they began touring, playing shows with bands such as Moneen. In 2004,...
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Lights Below are a post-hardcore/metalcore band from Burnaby, British Columbia.
Lights Below started as a high-school cover band in 2003. They soon became bored of playing covers, and tried their hand at original material. After writing a few songs and playing a few shows, then drummer Ian MacDonald parted ways and was replaced by Taylor Grant. After recording a four song demo, they began touring, playing shows with bands such as Moneen. In 2004, they enlisted a second guitarist, Sean Jackson. Now a five piece, they hit the studio once again to record their latest material. Completing a 6 song EP, they released it in April 2005.
The band spent most of 2006 writing new songs, and recorded "She Teaches Defeat" in 7 days in April, 2007 in the middle of a 4-month North American tour. While on tour in Kearney, Nebraska, the band inked a deal with Canadian indie label Torque Recording Company. Torque would release "She Teaches Defeat" across Canada in September of that year.
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