{"id":36657,"date":"2021-04-23T13:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36657"},"modified":"2021-04-20T10:25:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:25:31","slug":"lucid-express-sign-to-kanine-records-share-wellwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=36657","title":{"rendered":"Lucid Express sign to Kanine Records + share \u2018Wellwave\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hong Kong shoegaze five-piece<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Lucid Express\u00a0have announced their signing to Brooklyn, New York\u2019s Kanine Records. In anticipation of the\u00a0July 16th\u00a0release of their self-titled debut album, the band share their gently defiant single <em>Wellwave<\/em> and its hazy music video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track serves as a fitting introduction to the group and their home. Through a flood of warm synth pads, and bright guitar lines, the band deliver a confident refusal to heed the pressure to conform in their local music scene. Vocalist\/synth player Kim meditates throughout on the lyrics \u201c<em>We\u2019ll wave today, for you, we\u2019ll disobey for sure.<\/em>\u201d The track is accompanied by a\u00a0video\u00a0shot on Tai Mo Shan, the tallest mountain in Hong Kong, and features a performance from the band intercut with candid scenes from the surroundings. The entire visual is given a nostalgic filter by being replayed and refilmed through the screen of an analog tv. Check out the video clip via YouTube below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9zXrM-wH5nM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about Lucid Express<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucid Express are a group of five young dreamers creating an airy blend of shoegaze and indie pop amongst the skyscrapers, mountains, and packed alleyways of Hong Kong. The name itself a modest mission statement of the band\u2019s intent. Lucid in the poetic sense of something bright and radiant. The Lucid Express operating as the service to take the listener on a journey through the band\u2019s color-soaked sounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sweetness of Lucid Express\u2019 sound is rendered even more striking when considering the social-political climate in Hong Kong. The group formed as teens in the winter of 2014, in the turbulent weeks just prior to the Umbrella Movement; the latest in a series of tense pro-democracy protests against increasingly brutal state suppression in their home region. Kim, explains that \u201c<em>at that time it felt like we have a need to hold on to something more beautiful than before. Like close friendships, the band, our creation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst the scenes of tear-gassed and beaten protesters, politically-targeted arrests, and death threats from government officials, Kim was meeting with like-minded musicians Andy, Samuel, Sky, and Wai in the small practice space they rent in the remote industrial Kwai Hing neighborhood. A place to create something that they could call their own. Something that lived outside of the world they were experiencing. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Lucid Express\u2019 album details<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/33C6C2C4-EE8E-40C2-8154-6642B2A16570.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/33C6C2C4-EE8E-40C2-8154-6642B2A16570.png?resize=1024%2C1024\" alt=\"Lucid Express cover artwork \" class=\"wp-image-36658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/33C6C2C4-EE8E-40C2-8154-6642B2A16570.png?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/33C6C2C4-EE8E-40C2-8154-6642B2A16570.png?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/33C6C2C4-EE8E-40C2-8154-6642B2A16570.png?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/33C6C2C4-EE8E-40C2-8154-6642B2A16570.png?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/33C6C2C4-EE8E-40C2-8154-6642B2A16570.png?w=1200 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<strong>Lucid Express\u2019 track list<\/strong><br>North Acton<br>Hotel 65<br>Ado<br>Sore<br>Hollowers<br>No Talk<br>Aquarium<br>Wellwave<br>Prime Of Pride<br>Ride The Night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucid Express\u2019 self-titled debut is due for release digitally and on vinyl in\u00a0July 16\u00a0via the US label Kanine Records. The tracks are given an extra sparkle thanks to the creative mixing of Max Bloom from those noisy UK indie-heads Yuck.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Lucid Express\u2019 will be available everywhere in limited edition turquoise vinyl, as well as being offered in a coke bottle clear finish exclusively at\u00a0Rough Trade\u00a0shops.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Hong Kong shoegaze five-piece\u00a0Lucid Express\u00a0have announced their signing to Brooklyn, New York\u2019s Kanine Records. 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