Help us hit the Top 40

The single "Come With Me", which we wrote at the end of last year for the Josh's Band ad campaign, is being released on Universal Records on Monday 11 January. If we sell enough copies, we might even make it into the Top 40. Watch this space for details of how to download your copy! CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO. The track was produced by Bacon & Quarmby (David Bowie, Ian Brown, Finley Quaye) at London's Rak Studios and, ...

Our Top 20 Moments Of 2009

Christmas Time is here again and there’s enormous excitement in the air. There’s an outside chance that Rage Against The Machine will beat the X Factor to Number One on Sunday and the weather-man says that snow’s a-coming. Things literally couldn’t be any better. We thought we’d add to the general feeling of goodwill and festivity by recounting our favourite and most memorable experiences from the past year. Most of them - whether in London, Cape Town or the USA - ...

Kate Nash & Her Famous Rabbit

Last night we went back into the studio to finish the lead vocal track for "Come With Me", the song we wrote for the new T-Mobile ad campaign. The record is being produced by Jonathan Quarmby, whose past work includes Finley Quaye's seminal album Maverick A Strike. George and I both lent our voices to the lead vocal track along with an awesome, honey-voiced female singer called Obenwa. The track is being ...

LYs starring in two TV ads – out now!

Over the past month, The Lightyears have been touring around the country with Josh's Band as part of a series of enormous jamming sessions in five of the UK's major cities. These gigs have been turned into two T-Mobile adverts, both of which are now airing on primetime television. After writing the song "Come With Me" - which became the soundtrack for the campaign - Chris and George joined Josh's core band on ...

Setting the record straight

Yesterday afternoon we gathered at Rak Studios in St John's Wood to put the finishing touches to the track we wrote for Josh's Band, "Come With Me". Awesome turns were made by, amongst others, a rather talented tuba player, several trumpeters and the inimitable Russell Ward on the squeezebox. One perennial truth of being in the studio is that you spend 10% of your time making records and 90% of your time hanging about. It's vitally important that, during this 90% majority period, you ...

The Lightyears on your telly-box

So... the inaugural nationwide tour of Josh's Band is now over. We've been to Birmingham, Bristol, London, Edinburgh and Manchester and played to (and with!) over 1,100 people. It's been an incredible experience to be part of Josh's core band and the general consensus is that all of this is merely the beginning. Work on the track we wrote for the campaign - "Come With Me" - continues apace and it is due for release on a major record label in January. The final recording will feature hundreds of musicians and singers ...

Lightyears Christmas party – this Friday night

Your last chance to see The Lightyears live in 2009 is this Friday night (4 December) at The Troubadour in Earls Court. We're throwing an enormous, super-shiny Christmas party to usher in the festive season and promise to lavish all kinds of delectable rock treats upon everybody present. Tickets are selling fast so it's advisable to buy in advance by clicking here or turn up early! Doors are ...