kid lightbulbs
RUINED CASTLE
Released 12.06.2024
"The musicality of this album is so advanced and so expertly done, I almost feel out of place reviewing or analyzing it. It’s like me critiquing LeBron James on the beat way to hit a jumper" – Jeff Thomas, Fifteen Minutes of Fame"[Kid Lightbulbs] has pulled deep from the bleak and restless place that we all have been before. Intriguing writing laced with beautifully textured melodies." - David Alan Coleman
about
← backKid Lightbulbs is the alias of Massachusetts-based songwriter/producer/performer Brandon Lucas Green. Kid Lightbulbs is a lifelong exploration into the constant and often polarizing influences around us and the serendipitous, lightbulb moments of clarity among the noise. Brandon's music is minimal and abrasive, yet optimistic; his lyrics deeply vulnerable and often self-deprecating.
An award-winning classical pianist in his childhood years, Brandon cut his teeth on equal parts Beethoven, Beatles and Blink-182, teaching himself bass, guitar, horns and enough production skills to realize his early musical ideas. After a 4-year college degree in music theory and composition and 5-year stint playing bass in the prog-metal band that would become Earthside, he put his musical ambitions on pause to pursue a career in tech. Only after a series of trying life journeys – marriage, travel, family sickness, pandemic and raising a child – did he find himself fully returning to his musical roots. He found solace in his childhood influences of pop-punk, industrial rock and alternative rock, but found an equilibrium with his classical training and more experimental ambitions.Kid Lightbulbs' third album, RUINED CASTLE, is scheduled to release on December 6; live streams and a possible live show are being assembled to promote it.
press & interviews
RUINED CASTLE album review, Fifteen Minutes of Fame blogLost in the Manor Rock Picks, July 2024STEP INTO THE OCEAN spotlight - Obscure Sound, July 2024“The vitality of community” - Michael Brewster, July 2024"Kid Lightbulbs on the making of 'ritual'" - Punk Head Magazine, April 2024