The Mystery Lights
Founded in California and based in Brooklyn, the Mystery Lights play psyche… Read Full Bio ↴Founded in California and based in Brooklyn, the Mystery Lights play psychedelia-infused garage rock with a deep reverence for the sounds of the '60s but with a dash of contemporary cleverness and plenty of spirit. Full of guitars simmering in fuzz and reverb, vocals that plead or taunt, melodies that are both driving and trippy, and an abundance of lysergic sound effects, the group made their recording debut with 2009's Teenage Catgirls & the Mystery Lightshow, but they reached a larger audience with 2016's The Mystery Lights, an authentic-sounding effort in retro garage-psych.

The roots of the Mystery Lights can be traced back to Salinas, California, where guitarists Mike Brandon and Luis "L.A." Solano formed the band while still in high school. Crafting their own distinctive take on a Nuggets-era '60s sound, they played around their home turf for several years, frequently revising their lineup and eventually releasing their debut LP, Teenage Catgirls & the Mystery Lightshow, in 2009. By 2012, Brandon and Solano had each made the leap to New York, settling in Brooklyn and recruiting new members Alex Amini on bass and Nick Pillot on drums. Further honing their mid-'60s Kinks and Easybeats-inspired sound and adding spacy psych elements, they began gigging around the city, recording a handful of EPs and singles before getting picked up by Daptone's rock imprint Wick Records in 2015. Their first release for the label was the 7" single Too Many Girls/Too Tough to Bear, followed in 2016 by a self-titled full-length LP. A second album for Wick, Too Much Tension!, was released in May 2019; by this time, Nick Pillot had left the group and Zach Butler had taken his place on drums.

Biography by Timothy Monger
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The Mystery Lights Lyrics


2012 Oh, the cuckoo she's a pretty bird She warbles as she…
CAN'T GET THROUGH TO MY HEAD You can't get through to my head (ooooOhoooooOh) You can't…
FLOWERS IN MY HAIR DEMONS IN MY HEAD Once again, there's a stranger in my bed Flowers in my…
Follow Me Home I see you lookin, looking right at me Even though youre…
Goin down Well I was feeling the shake Please let me out of…
Goin' down Well I was feeling the shake Please let me out of…
I'm so tired Oh! I′m so tired of the condescension Attached to a lack of…
It's alright I feel so drunk and out my mind I look for…
Someone else is in control I've searched for so long Looking for the sun I've come face…
Thick Skin Nobody said it won't hurt I hope you like the taste…
Too Much Tension Too much tension, well I've got to get away too much…
Traces In the bush of ghosts Is a hopeless town Lost a…
Watching the News Gives Me the Blues I rise to wake up in the morning as the sun…



What Happens When You Turn The Devil Down I had a drink with the devil He's looking for new…
Wish that she'd come back I was so in love with her I gave her…


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