Lightning Bug - A Color of the Sky (2021) Hi-Res

A lightning bug glows with the aid of a chemical called luciferin, derived from Latin for “light-bringer”. New York–based indie band Lightning Bug began as three friends who made music together to bring each other light. The music we make continues to hold that purpose at its heart. The music of Lightning Bug is an attempt to record the deepest experiences in the self and connect them outward.

“Here I wanted to connect how the struggles and flaws within the individual are mirrored in the greater problems of society,” songwriter Audrey Kang said in a statement. “How do we as individuals know we are on the right path? How do we as a society, as a species, know we are on the right path? So I started with myself, and my own struggles, touching on how I hide myself away from other people, on my stage fright, on my inability to be vulnerable, on this feeling I used to have that I needed to prove I was worthy of being alive. Then I tried to connect these struggles outward to global issues like xenophobia, arbitrary borders, the lines we draw between ourselves and the environment, and the ways we sacrifice the health of the planet for human convenience.”