Music: {allcanada} Lights warms up for acoustic tour, shares a song

Monday, March 18, 2013

{allcanada} Lights warms up for acoustic tour, shares a song

Canadian electro-pop singer Lights takes the acoustic version of her album, Siberia, on the road for 11 shows.

"It's really special the way just a guitar and vocal speaks to the heart, an intimacy that a lot of production can't convey quite the same way," says Lights of Siberia Acoustic in a media release. "Siberia in its full form was a different kind of journey than this acoustic record, but this is the version of the songs I sit down and play at home when I'm alone."

Lights, whose legal name is Lights Poxleitner, recruited the talents of Owl City for the lead single, Cactus In the Valley, as well as Max Kerman of Arkells and Coeur de pirate. Cactus In the Valley premieres tomorrow, but a stream is available today.

The album, Siberia Acoustic, comes out April 30.

Tickets are available now through her website.

The dates:

April 30: San Francisco, Great American Music Hall
May 2: Los Angeles, El Rey Theatre
May 3-4: Vancouver, Rio Theatre
May 6: Calgary, AB Grand Theatre
May 7: Winnipeg , Garrick Centre
May 8: Minneapolis, Varsity Theater
May 10: Toronto, Wintergarden Theatre
May 11: Montreal, Virgin Mobile Corona Theatre
May 13: Boston, The Sinclair
May 14:New York City, Bowery Ballroom

The track list:

1. Banner
2. Cactus In the Valley (featuring Owl City)
3. Where the Fence Is Low
4. Siberia (featuring Max Kerman of Arkells)
5. Suspension
6. Toes
7. Peace Sign (featuring Coeur de pirate)
8. Heavy Rope
9. Flux and Flow
10. …And Counting