Son Lux

Son Lux started in 2008 as the moniker and solo recording project of American musician and composer Ryan Lott. Their debut studio album, At War with Walls & Mazes, was released in March of that same year.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/son-lux-mn0000989492|title=Son Lux|website=AllMusic|first=Marisa|last=Brown}} Following this release, NPR named Son Lux "Best New Artist" on their program All Songs Considered.{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2008/12/08/97939029/the-year-in-music-from-all-songs-considered|title=The Year In Music From All Songs Considered|website=Npr.org|access-date=February 11, 2018|language=en}}

Lott then released the second album We Are Rising on May 17, 2011, recorded in the entire month of February for the RPM Challenge.{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42037-new-release-son-lux-we-are-rising/|title=New Release: Son Lux: We Are Rising|publisher=Pitchfork Media|first=Larry|last=Fitzmauriceon|date=March 28, 2011}} Adam Kivel, writing for Consequence of Sound, described the album as "the dark, operatic middle ground between Owen Pallett and In Rainbows-era Radiohead or Wild Beasts' fantastic, operatic heights."{{cite magazine|last=Kivel|first=Adam|title=Album Review: Son Lux – We Are Rising|url=https://consequence.net/2011/05/album-review-son-lux-we-are-rising/|magazine=Consequence of Sound|access-date=October 24, 2013}}

Son Lux signed with Joyful Noise Recordings in May 2013, the same month that their "haunting rendition" of "Black Waters" was featured in the eponymous flexi-disc series released by Joyful Noise. After the announcement of Lott joining Joyful Noise, the project released "TEAR", a conceptual 7" featuring one new song in two distinct parts. Lanterns was then released on October 29, 2013.{{cite web|title=Son Lux Signs with Joyful Noise|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/son-lux-signs-with-joyful-noise.html|website=Joyfulnoiserecordings.com|access-date=May 15, 2013}} It includes vocals from then label-mate Stranger Cat, the musical project of Cat Martino.{{cite web|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/products/in-the-wilderness |title=Stranger Cat // In The Wilderness |publisher=Joyful Noise Recordings |date= |access-date=2015-08-16}} The lead single "Lost It To Trying" was named one of Pitchfork's Best New Tracks.{{cite web|last=Greene|first=Jayson|title="Lost It To Trying"[Best New Track]|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15967-son-lux-lost-it-to-trying/|publisher=Pitchfork Media|access-date=September 20, 2013}}

In 2014, Son Lux released the extended play Alternate Worlds, which contained re-imagined songs from Lanterns, including a version of "Easy" with vocal contributions from Lorde.{{cite web|title=Announcing...Son Lux "Alternate Worlds"|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/announcing...-son-lux-alternate-worlds.html|publisher=Joyful Noise Recordings|access-date=March 12, 2014|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217164343/http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/announcing...-son-lux-alternate-worlds.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/03/lorde-son-lux-easy-switch-screens-stream-alternate-worlds/|title=Lorde and Son Lux Collaborate on Menacing 'Easy (Switch Screens)'|work=Spin|date=March 4, 2014|access-date=March 6, 2014|first=Chris|last=Martins}}{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/alternate-worlds-ep/id830827942|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726210036/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/alternate-worlds-ep/id830827942|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 26, 2014|title=Alternate Worlds – EP |date=March 4, 2014 |location=United States |publisher=iTunes Store (Apple)|access-date=March 6, 2014}} Later in 2014, Glassnote announced that they had signed Son Lux worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://glassnotemusic.com/post/100605663984/glassnote-records-announce-signing-of-son-lux-son|title=GLASSNOTE RECORDS ANNOUNCE SIGNING OF SON LUX|publisher=Glassnote Records|access-date=December 17, 2014|archive-date=January 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150110132307/http://glassnotemusic.com/post/100605663984/glassnote-records-announce-signing-of-son-lux-son|url-status=dead}} Additionally, Lott composed the score and soundtrack for the 2014 film The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Original-Music-Inspired-Disappearance-Soundtrack/dp/B00OR2488M|title=Original Music From And Inspired By: The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby|publisher=|website=Amazon.com}}

In 2015, Lott was featured on The Art Assignment in a project that invites viewers to work collaboratively around music that he wrote for the program.{{cite news |last1=Lindquist |first1=David |title=With 'Paper Towns,' Son Lux goes to the movies |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/07/23/son-lux-lott-bones-john-green-paper-towns-delevingne-dftba/30558017/ |access-date=August 15, 2022 |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=July 23, 2015}}

Son Lux's fourth album, Bones, was released on June 23, 2015.{{cite web|last1=Gordon|first1=Jeremy|title=Son Lux Announce New Album Bones|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/58993-son-lux-announce-new-album-bones-share-change-is-everything/|website=Pitchfork.com|date=March 26, 2015 |access-date=May 12, 2015}}{{cite web|title = Son Lux: Bones|url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20687-bones/|access-date = June 26, 2015|website =Pitchfork.com|date = June 23, 2015|publisher = Pitchfork Media|first = Joel|last = Oliphint}} With the release of the album, the project transformed into a trio when touring members Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang joined Lott as members of the band.

On July 15, 2016, Son Lux appeared on stage at the Montreux Jazz Festival as a guest of Woodkid at the "Woodkid and Friends" evening.{{cite web|title = Woodkid and Friends at Montreux Jazz Festival|url = http://www.montreuxjazzfestival.com/en/artist/woodkid-and-friends|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160622044746/http://www.montreuxjazzfestival.com/en/artist/woodkid-and-friends|archive-date = June 22, 2016}}

On April 7, 2017, the band released the song "Dangerous", simultaneously announcing the song as the lead single from their fourth EP, Remedy, which was released on May 12.{{Cite news|url=https://consequence.net/2017/04/son-lux-announce-new-remedy-ep-share-dangerous-listen/|title=Son Lux announce new Remedy EP, share "Dangerous" — listen|last=Geslani|first=Michelle|date=April 7, 2018|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=June 17, 2018}} On December 15, 2017, a song titled "Eazy" by hip-hop artist G-Eazy was released featuring sampled audio from "Easy".{{Cite web|title=G-Eazy – Eazy|url=https://genius.com/G-eazy-eazy-lyrics|website=Genius.com|language=en|access-date=February 11, 2018}}

Son Lux released their fifth album, Brighter Wounds, on February 9, 2018, on their new record label, City Slang. The album received a review of 7.3 out of 10 points on Pitchfork.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/son-lux-brighter-wounds/|title=Son Lux: Brighter Wounds Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=Pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=April 2, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/579948243/first-listen-son-lux-brighter-wounds|title=Review: Son Lux, 'Brighter Wounds'|website=Npr.org|access-date=February 11, 2018|language=en}}

On April 5, 2019, Son Lux released a box set with one of their earlier labels, Joyful Noise Recordings, that has two reissued early albums and a new album of unreleased recordings, Remnants.{{cite web| url=https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/products/reissues-remnants| title=Son Lux {{pipe}} Reissues & Remnants {{pipe}} Joyful Noise Recordings|website=Joyfulnoiserecordings.com| access-date=April 12, 2019}} In May 2020, the collection entitled Reincarnates was released. This collection, much like Remnants consisted of previously unheard or rare tracks, including three reworkings of "Change is Everything" from the Bones album, and a new version of "Remedy" (entitled "Remedy, Surging Sea", and included a crowd-sourced choir of over 300 voices).

In 2020, the song "Dream State" appeared in Season 1 of the HBO series The Vow. Also appearing in this season were the songs "Lanterns Lit," and "Change Is Everything." "Dream State" was also featured in 2022 in Season 2 of the series.{{cite web |url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/the-vow/season-2/228997 |website=tunefind |access-date=24 June 2024 |title= The Vow Soundtrack}}

In February 2021, Son Lux announced that their next album, Tomorrows III, would be released on April 16, 2021, and was scheduled to be the final album in the Tomorrows trilogy.{{Cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2021/02/28/news/son-lux-announces-new-album-tomorrows-iii-for-april-2021-release-shares-new-single-a-different-kind-of-love/|title=Son Lux Announces New Album Tomorrows III For April 2021 Release, Shares New Single "A Different Kind of Love" |website=Music.mxdwn.com|date=February 28, 2021|access-date=April 16, 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Donelson|first=Marcy|date=April 16, 2021|access-date=July 26, 2023|title=Son Lux – Tomorrows III Album Reviews, Songs & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tomorrows-iii-mw0003488004|publisher=AllMusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129113329/https://www.allmusic.com/album/tomorrows-iii-mw0003488004|archive-date=January 29, 2023|url-status=live}}

In 2022, the band composed the musical score for the film Everything Everywhere All At Once. The 49-track soundtrack released on April 8, 2022, and includes collaborations with Mitski, David Byrne, a flute-playing André 3000, Randy Newman, Moses Sumney, and yMusic, plus others. The score was nominated for Best Original Score at the 95th Academy Awards, where it lost to Volker Bertelmann's score for All Quiet on the Western Front.

• Ryan Lott – producer, composer, keyboards, vocals (2008–present)
• Rafiq Bhatia – guitars, producer, composer (2015–present; touring member prior)
• Ian Chang – drums, producer, composer (2015–present; touring member prior)

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• At War with Walls & Mazes (Anticon, 2008)
• We Are Rising (Anticon, 2011)
• Lanterns (Joyful Noise, 2013)
• Bones (Glassnote, 2015)
• Brighter Wounds (City Slang, 2018)
• Tomorrows (City Slang, 2020–2021, 3-part release)

• Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24 Music, 2022)
• Thunderbolts* (Hollywood and Marvel Music, 2025)

• Weapons (Anticon, 2010)
• Alternate Worlds (Joyful Noise, 2014)
• Stranger Forms (Joyful Noise, 2016)
• Remedy (Joyful Noise, 2017)
• Dream State (City Slang, 2018)
• The Fool You Need (City Slang, 2018)
• Yesterday's Wake (City Slang, 2018)
• Labor (City Slang, 2019)
• Tomorrows Reworks (2021)
• Risk of Make Believe (2025)

• Remnants (Joyful Noise, 2019)
• Reincarnates (2020, a collection of previously unheard or rare tracks){{cite web|title=Reincarnates|url=https://sonlux.bandcamp.com/album/reincarnates|website=Bandcamp.com|access-date=May 26, 2020}}
• Alternate Forms (Joyful Noise, 2023)

• Tear (7", Joyful Noise Recordings 2013){{cite web|title=Son Lux Signs|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/son-lux-signs-with-joyful-noise.html|website=Joyfulnoiserecordings.com|access-date=July 27, 2015}}
• Black Waters (flexi-disc series, Joyful Noise Recordings 2013. Black Waters is based on a tune of the same name by American folk singer Jean Ritchie){{cite web|title=Son Lux//Black Waters|url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/son-lux-black-waters.html|website=Joyfulnoiserecordings.com|access-date=July 27, 2015}}
• WinterSpringSummerFall 2014, is a mixtape released by Boots, which featured Son Lux on the track "Troubled World"

• "Break" (2008)
• "Stay" (2008)
• "Wither" (2009)
• "War" (2009)
• "Weapons VII" (2010)
• "Lost it to Trying" (2013)
• "Alternate World" (2014)
• "Lanterns Lit" (2014)
• "Lost it to Trying (Mouths Only Lying)" (2014)
• "Easy" (2014)
• "Change is Everything" (2015)
• "You Don't Know Me" (2015)
• "You Don't Know Me (Jailo Remix)" (2015)
• "Undone" (2016)
• "Cage of Bones" (2016)
• "Breathe Out" (2016)
• "Dangerous" (2017)
• "Ransom" (2017)
• "Slowly" (2018)
• "All Directions" (2018)
• "The Fool You Need" (2018)
• "Yesterday's Wake" (2018)
• "A Different Kind of Love" (2021)
• "Plans We Made" (2022)
• "Undertow" (2022)

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