Originally written by TheBoyDeadly · 22 February 2008
Named after the hero of comic strips Dev Hynes used to doodle in his maths book as a youngling, Lightspeed Champion is a pursuit that ever more frequently appears to be a defiant retreat into a more sincere and naïve time. Green Day and Weezer covers, a strummed acoustic guitar, untreated enthusiasm - all things that the ironic and sporadically brilliant Test Icicles would put, you’d suspect, in the ‘dislikes’ column. Now that schoolkid past of comic books is uncovered as Hynes chats for a while on his love for the mags of modern myth.
First, though – more business, tour dates and single releases unravelling into the future. Live shows you’ll find below, while ‘Galaxy of the Lost’, which features Emmy the Great on backing vocals, will be released on the 14th of April.
Spring 2008:
April 25 Luton Charlie Brown's 26 Bristol Carling Academy 27 Exeter Phoenix 28 Falmouth MI Bar 30 Leicester Charlotte
May 1 Birmingham Academy 2 2 Glasgow Classic Grand 3 Sheffield Leadmill 5 Manchester Academy 2 6 London Koko 7 Cardiff Point 9 Dublin Trinity Ball 10 Belfast Limelight 12 Swindon 12 Bar 25 Lake District Forgotten Valley 25 Blackpool Football Club 26 Newcastle Evolution Festival 28 Liverpool Sound City 29 Bradford St Georges Hall