Shameless Plays: Say No to Being Cool, Say Yes to Being Happy [The Softlightes]

In a conspiracy to keep us dancing Modular Records (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, WolfMother, MSTRKRFT) brings us their soon to be latest release Say No to Being Cool, Say Yes to Being Happy by The SoftLightes, which debuts on February 13th. Although not having seen them live as of yet makes it a little hard to accurately describe the pairing of their soft vocals with dancey happy background music, their self description of Indie Electronica mixed with Folky undertones seems to be right on. One thing I can definitely say is that although having no initial desire to play the part of lead vocalist in a band, their sing-along friendly music video for Heart Made of Sound had me singing all the words regardless of not having heard the song ever before (although it should come with a warning label: beware of sudden flashes of bright color or side effects may include burning of your retinae to prepare you for some of their choices of close to neon shades of green and pink incorporated into the video).

After my eyes recovered I made a quick visit to their MySpace Page, where I discovered we will have many chances to catch them in the near future as they will be the Thursday night residents for the next few weeks at the Silverlake Lounge as part of Scott Sterling's Fold Night. They also have a KCRW Presents Album Release Party at Tangiers Feb.9th and at The Beauty Bar in San Diego where attendees will have the chance to obtain advance copies of the CD.

Although my favorite SoftLightes song has to be the mellower Microwave Song, check out the MP3 below for The Robots in my Room Were Playing Arena Rock which seems to be everyone else's pick.

The SoftLightes will be playing The Silverlake Lounge this Thursday the 18th with Dead Ponies (Jason Hammon's - formerly of Midnight Movies - new project), and Chicago-based The Changes, where together we'll find out if they make the cut.

Visit the Fold Website for more info.

mp3: The Robots in my Room Were Playing Arena Rock, the Softlightes