Fuelled by Smith’s encyclopaedic knowledge of post-rock music, and Hodgson’s frequent bouts of navel-gazing, several sounds began to occur. These sounds morphed in the group’s debut album The Line between Myth and Reality Has Always Been in Finland (2006) which mixed shifting soundscapes, rambling spoken word vocals and numerous texts searching for titles. Much furore surrounded the release, and when I say much furore I mean their friends were highly amused by the project.
The band’s follow up album, Hermeneutics (2007), introduced a greater electronic presence into the work, along with the image of a giant prawn baby in a pram. This was followed in 2012 with You Have 6 Weeks to Destroy Everything, in which Hodgson invented time travel but decided not to use it. A side project under the name The Spinoza State also happened.
Live appearances by Antennas to Heaven remain rare, with the pair only infrequently being in the same post code. Hodgson remains a recluse, while Smith suffers from a rare, debilitating illness which leaves him terrified of the colour white and unable to leave the house.
The band’s sound has been compared to that of Mogwai, Arab Strap and the stuff you hear in the background of adverts. Both members of Antennas to Heaven, meanwhile, have also been called Dave to their faces (Phil’s elder brother was also a David, and teachers seemed to confuse them both... Or maybe they saw the musical future that lay ahead of them). Only one member has ever been called Cylla.
Antennas to Heaven continue to work and make sounds in the North East of England. David lives in a completely blue house with the world’s third-largest collection of biscuits. Phil still dreams of a day in which Graeme Hick will return and make everything alright again.
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Redlight
Antennas to Heaven Lyrics
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Throwing her electric shapes on the screen
A world of tiny colored spots
A world lacking that final dimension
And he watches, over tables and drawers that aren't his
He watches her flicker, illuminate, glance down at him from mounted on the wall
He watches because he trusts it
He trusts the walls without pictures and the surfaces without photographs
He trusts the lock and key not being his
And the faceless cards that would let anybody in if they chose
Because he chose
He chose
She speaks only in silence
Without words, her mere presence is a sound
A dull hum that is there but not
She is only redlight
While he is emptiness
A card with a printed name
An unsigned dotted line
An empty mini bar
A forgotten badge crumpled on a forgotten lapel
But he has redlight every night
Redlight, wallpaper and minty breath
Because in the morning she is always gone
And then he has to ABC 1 his way to the car with a smile
And he will find foreign roads
And speak to static with a finger in his ear
He will find painted smiles that don't sign
And cheap wit cards to be crumpled in his wallet
He will drink spirits from paper cups
He will drink and laugh at the third dimension of the bar
And let the bar staff read his name to feel at home
He will find all of this and nothing else
He will find it and he will trust it
He will find it and he will trust it
He will find it and he will trust it
Because there is redlight in every turnoff on his road
In "Redlight" by Antennas to Heaven, the singer is observing the red light of a television in a dark room, creating a world of tiny colored spots on the screen that lacks a final dimension. The singer watches the red light with trust, as it illuminates and casts electric shapes over the room. The red light represents a comfort to the singer, who chooses it to fill the emptiness in his life. The singer trusts the walls, surfaces, and sound of a zipper over a door, but not the lock and key which could let anyone in. He is happy with just the red light and the minty breath of his companion, who leaves him in the morning. The singer is then forced to leave with a smile and find other distractions to fill the emptiness in his life, including painted smiles, cheap wit, spirits from paper cups, and roads with turnoffs that all have the comforting red light.
The song explores themes of loneliness, emptiness, and trust, as well as the human tendency to seek out distractions to fill this emptiness. The red light of the television acts as a metaphor for these distractions, which provide temporary comfort but ultimately leave the singer empty again. The singer trusts in the red light to provide a sense of comfort, but also recognizes the temporary nature of this comfort and the need to constantly seek out more distractions.
Line by Line Meaning
Redlight flickers in the dark
The red light blinks in the darkness
Throwing her electric shapes on the screen
The light casts shadows that play across the room
A world of tiny colored spots
The room is full of dancing shades of light
A world lacking that final dimension
The room is flat and empty
And he watches, over tables and drawers that aren't his
He sits and watches over foreign furniture
He watches her flicker, illuminate, glance down at him from mounted on the wall
He watches the light dance and shine, casting shadows on him from above
He watches because he trusts it
He sits and watches because he believes in the light
She speaks only in silence
The light has no words, only glow
Without words, her mere presence is a sound
Silence fills the room, but the light is still a presence
A dull hum that is there but not
The light creates a static presence in the room
She is only redlight
The light is nothing more than its color
While he is emptiness
The man himself is hollow, but he has the light
An empty mini bar
The hotel room bar is barren
A forgotten badge crumpled on a forgotten lapel
The man has left behind his work ID
But he has redlight every night
Despite the emptiness of his surroundings, he has the red light to keep him company
Redlight, wallpaper and minty breath
The man finds solace in the light, the wallpaper, and his own minty breath
Because in the morning she is always gone
In the morning, the light is gone
And then he has to ABC 1 his way to the car with a smile
He must go about his day as if nothing has changed, with a practiced smile and routine
And he will find foreign roads
He travels down unfamiliar roads
And speak to static with a finger in his ear
He talks on noisy phones and hears only static
He will drink spirits from paper cups
He drinks whiskey from disposable cups
He will drink and laugh at the third dimension of the bar
He finds humor in a crowded bar, full of tangible things
And let the bar staff read his name to feel at home
He allows strangers to use his name to make themselves comfortable
He will find all of this and nothing else
In his travels, he finds only the same things repeated
Because there is redlight in every turnoff on his road
The red light is always present, a constant companion on his journey
An unsigned dotted line
His life is incomplete and without direction
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Written by: Coleman Trapp, Jonathan Castelli, Luke Smith
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