Lightspeed Champion is the new project of Dev Hynes, formerly of caustic noise punks Test Icicles, and it’d be hard to imagine any artist pulling a more drastic 180% change in terms of musical direction. For his solo debut, he flew to Omaha to work with Saddle Creek’s in-house producer Mike Mogis on a set of rather intimate, acoustic based numbers which became Falling Off The Lavender Bridge.

Dev was a hard guy to miss in Austin, with his trademark specs and ever-present winter hat (no matter how warm it got), he played nearly a dozen shows during SXSW when he wasn’t being followed around by a film crew or interviewed by MTV and the BBC.

For this highly entertaining Lounge Act session, he played exactly half of the full-length CD in a lovely, stripped down manner, alternating between acoustic guitar and piano, accompanied only by violinist Mike Siddell (ex-Hope Of The States).

View the entire photoset here…..

Tracklist -
Tell Me What It’s Worth
Everyone I Know Is Listening To Crunk
No Surprise (For Wendela)
Dry Lips
-interview-
Galaxy Of The Lost
Midnight Surprise

Lightspeed Champion - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

See Also - Lightspeed Champion Lounge Act Video Recap

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