THE NEW ALBUM:
RUINED CASTLE
OUT NOW FOR PURCHASE / 12.13 (streaming)
Stream the opening track "belong 2":
"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 ColemanRUINED CASTLE, the third Kid Lightbulbs album, is a reflection on suffering.Composed in parts over the prior 16 years, RUINED CASTLE presents another perspective from Kid Lightbulbs' other albums: while the protagonist of THROW MYSELF and STEP INTO THE OCEAN grows through difficult experiences, this album chronicles the despair and neglect of that person's partner as they struggle with their own issues. The titular castle is a metaphor for the state of one's life and shelter after a long period of despair and neglect. One may feel their life slowly fall away from them, and the only way to rebuild is for someone to come in, truly empathize, and help.Drawing from a wide array of influences including indietronica ("hope inside my baby's heart", "when i sleep"), piano rock ("i made a totem"), industrial ("don't wait") and even experimental electroacoustic music ("inside the castle"), and with infectious bass lines throughout, RUINED CASTLE takes the listener on a slow and tortured journey to acceptance of one's suffering and, possibly, healing.Tracklisting
01. belong 2
02. hope inside my baby's heart
03. sun loop / bay reprise
04. old lady
05. i made a totem / puppeteer
06. don't wait
07. waste me away
08. inside the castle
09. when I sleep
10. aquarium
STEP INTO THE OCEAN
Released 06.14.2024
THROW MYSELF INTO THE BAY
Released 07.28.2023
SOLO PIANO
Released 10.04.2024
THREADS ON MY ART
Released 07.19.2024
SINGLE RELEASES
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