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Lights is a Alternative rock and Dubstep act. Their catalogue also touches Electropop, Post-rock and Rap. Their sound grew out of Owl City, Wavin' Flag, Lydia, Saint Motel and Holy Fuck. Those roots explain a lot about how Lights arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as PVRIS, Mothica, Aly & AJ, Ellie Goulding and Fefe Dobson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Owl City, Hedley, Bring Me the Horizon, Lianne La Havas and Twenty One Pilots, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Lights, reaching back through Owl City and forward to Owl City. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lights connections
Lights grew out of Owl City, Wavin' Flag, Lydia and Saint Motel, shares an orbit with PVRIS, Mothica, Aly & AJ and Ellie Goulding, went on to shape Owl City, Hedley, Bring Me the Horizon and Lianne La Havas. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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