We See Lights

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The band was started by Stephen James Bogle (vocals and guitar), Paul Dougall (vocals and guitar) and Allan Rae (vocal and guitar) in 2007. The band were originally called the Quiet Revolution. The Quiet Revolution gained members in January 2008 (Craig Ross on (bass/guitar), Ross Harvey (drums), Ciaran McGuigan (vocals) and Jonathan Lapsley (keyboard/vocals)) and soon became We See Lights. Ciaran McGuigan and Craig Ross left the band in March 2009. Paul Livingstone (bass) joined the band in January 2010.

The band recorded their first EP with Edinburgh producer Ric Rograss of the Depot Recording Studios. We See Lights played their first show at the Cabaret Voltaire on 24 January 2008. Some of the members of We See Lights were involved in establishing the Christmas Songwriters Club in 2008. In 2008, We See Lights won the BT National Battle of the Bands,{{Cite web|url=http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2008/06/05/we-see-lights-win-the-fight-for-isle-of-wight/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606235825/http://www.famemagazine.co.uk/2008/06/05/we-see-lights-win-the-fight-for-isle-of-wight/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-06-06|title=We See Lights win The Fight for Isle Of Wight|date=6 June 2008|accessdate=20 October 2020}} securing a main stage slot at the Isle of Wight Festival 2008 that year playing alongside The Police, The Kooks and James. In November 2008, the band received funding from the Scottish Arts Council (now known as Creative Scotland) to record their debut album, Ghosts & Monsters. The album was recording in a cottage near Fort William, Chem19 in Hamilton and the Depot in Edinburgh with Ric Rograss. The album was released in March 2010.

We See Lights have gone on to become a well established member of the indie folk scene in Scotland. They have played alongside Ra Ra Riot,{{cite web |url=http://www.kingtuts.co.uk/events.html?cmd=find&artist_id=2493 |title=Archived copy |website=www.kingtuts.co.uk |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005230557/http://www.kingtuts.co.uk/events.html?cmd=find&artist_id=2493 |archive-date=5 October 2011 |url-status=dead}} Eugene McGuinness, Plants & Animals, Frightened rabbit,{{Cite web|url=https://www.isthismusic.com/frightened-rabbit-we-were-promised-jetpacks-we-see-lights|title=Frightened Rabbit / We Were Promised Jetpacks / We See Lights - Glasgow Barfly|website=Isthismusic.com|date=April 26, 2008|accessdate=2020-06-05}} Coast, Iain Archer and We Were Promised Jetpacks. They have also played the Wychwood Festival,{{cite news|author=Pierre Perrone |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/wychwood-festival-cheltenham-racecourse-cheltenham-838758.html |title=Wychwood Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham |newspaper=The Independent |date=2008-06-03 |accessdate=2020-06-05}} T in the Park, the Isle of Wight Festival, the PRS stage at the Edinburgh Festival, the Edge Festival,{{cite web |url=http://theedgefestival.com/content/default.asp |title=Archived copy |website=theedgefestival.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080212191815/http://theedgefestival.com/content/default.asp |archive-date=12 February 2008 |url-status=dead}} Canadian Music Week, GoNorth, RockNess, the Solas Festival,{{cite web|author=|url=http://solasfestival2010.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/we-see-lights.html |title=Solas Festival: We See Lights |website=Solasfestival2010.blogspot.co.uk |date=2010-06-01 |accessdate=2020-06-05}} and the Heb Celt Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hebceltfest.com/festival/artists/wsl.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407110620/http://www.hebceltfest.com/festival/artists/wsl.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-04-07|title=Artists - Hebridean Celtic Festival 2012|date=7 April 2012|accessdate=20 October 2020}}

In March 2011, the band released their EP Twee Love Pop on Edinburgh indie label Heroes and Gluepots. It received support from DJ's such as Lauren Laverne who played the track "My Oh My Oh My" on her BBC Radio 6 Music Show on 8 April 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zwj5t |title=BBC Radio 6 Music - Lauren Laverne, 08/04/2011 |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=2011-04-08 |accessdate=2020-06-05}} The band also did a session on BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal show "Rapal on 15 August 2011,{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jdfz |title=BBC Radio nan Gàidheal - Rapal |website=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2020-06-05}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00kkpx3 |title=BBC Radio nan Gàidheal - Rapal, 15/09/2011, We See Lights - Hope You Like The Smiths |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=2011-09-15 |accessdate=2020-06-05}} featuring songs from the EP. In May 2012, the band released a single from their forthcoming album, the latter of which is yet to be released. In an interview given in December 2012,{{Cite web|url=https://www.isthismusic.com/we-see-lights-4|title=We See Lights - a quick pre-gig chat|website=Isthismusic.com|date=December 11, 2012|accessdate=2020-06-05}} band member Allan Rae suggested the album was nearing completion and would be entitled 'Bloody Twenties'. In July 2013,{{cite web|author= |url=http://heroesandgluepots.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/sssshhh-we-see-lights-john-d-mcintosh/ |title=Sssshhh…[We See Lights & John D McIntosh…] – heroesandgluepots |website=Heroesandgluepots.wordpress.com |date=2013-07-12 |accessdate=2020-06-05}} the band also confirmed that they had featured on John D McIntosh's debut EP entitled You + Me =. On 31 March 2015, the band released their second album, Throw Your Arms Around Someone, You Will Each Weigh a Little Less.{{cite web|url=https://weseelights.bandcamp.com/album/throw-your-arms-around-someone-you-will-each-weigh-a-little-less |title=Throw Your Arms Around Someone, You Will Each Weigh a Little Less | We See Lights |website=Weseelights.bandcamp.com |date= |accessdate=2020-06-05}} The release was followed by a series of videos which the band uploaded to their YouTube channel,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqZOTm_OoCgqHewMtinL7Vw |title=weseelights |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2020-06-05}} including a re-mixed version of "Run Away My Love"{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2jB7YXOZB8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/z2jB7YXOZB8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Run Away My Love (Homework Remix) |publisher=YouTube |date=2015-01-05 |accessdate=2020-06-05}}{{cbignore}} by the Edinburgh-based band, Homework.

• Ghosts & Monsters (2010)
• Throw Your Arms Around Someone, You Will Each Weigh a Little Less (2015)

• We See Lights (2008){{cite magazine|author=Ally Brown |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/records/42829-we_see_lights_we_see_lights_ep |title=We See Lights - We See Lights EP |publisher=The Skinny |date=2008-05-23 |accessdate=2020-06-05}}
• Snow In The Sand And Sky (2009)
• Twee Love Pop (2011){{cite magazine|author=Sam Wiseman |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/records/102016-we_see_lights_twee_love_pop_ep |title=We See Lights – Twee Love Pop EP |publisher=The Skinny |date=2011-04-27 |accessdate=2020-06-05}}

• "Hopeless at Maths" (2012)
• "I Hope You Like the Smiths" / "My Oh My Oh My" (2011){{Cite web|url=http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/tracks/we-see-lights-my-oh-my-oh-my|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528193719/http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/tracks/we-see-lights-my-oh-my-oh-my|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-28|title=We See Lights - My Oh My Oh My | Single Reviews | DIY|date=28 May 2011|accessdate=20 October 2020}}
• "Parachute" (2009){{cite magazine|author=Darren Carle |url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/records/44491-we_see_lights_parachute |title=We See Lights - Parachute |publisher=The Skinny |date=2008-12-01 |accessdate=2020-06-05}}

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• [http://www.last.fm/weseelights We See Lights on Last.FM]
• [http://heroesandgluepots.wordpress.com/ Heroes and Gluepots]

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