# The Lunar Laugh Announce Album Nighthawks!

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/the-lunar-laugh-announce-album-nighthawks/
- Published: 2021-08-23T14:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

As **THE LUNAR LAUGH** returns to stages in their native Oklahoma (as well as Texas
and elsewhere), **Big Stir Records **is thrilled to announce our first major release
with the acclaimed indie pop band. The new album **_NIGHTHAWKS! _**is an an exciting
collection of never-before-released live recordings spanning the group’s full career,
along with a pair of exclusive studio tracks. It’s out September 10 on CD and digital,
up for pre-order at [www.bigstirrecords.com](https://u648841.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=n4-2BFS6ihWTIbrglZSRCLUdCctLWe5GlloZggC2-2BJ3RVx6uaTB-2FmcXYLm-2BVgSB6Y-2F6Yj0cwaR6ouRhjfrVHSPWNL5HWzmXQLuMsZsf3qqyq51kcA70wew8gNMYBSxei6ddi88WhPziRdt3r7PZ56TlgWlAa7THWo6fj1PrKtBqRs-3Dkkoe_gjUN5q0oY-2Fa9pVSh-2F3ttEV36g8zdE-2BC7uOgdgzyXpkp1UsIlWUxX6pNV4tKRzAaqyAnrJf-2F4xdeYLQuUFzCZLVz0WNlbcxVv2S-2F2LiCpezFhLcy22PCqtXAEPefyofme7HiB-2B8tIJWQ4AryVfvBPqWqYtjTMiFHgLo-2FnmGKIF48jqAtOmWmiTBdQ8zC-2Fjg9r8IK-2BAlI-2B6ZIrn8AkHLcbgsAy3S-2BQzXCBmbe4Teld8fXuM1SON-2FPbfhnBCysXutwu23bx-2BdMgIFTpwQGDlmnyap9BD7kMuYnZumdj7n0n3W5T7HnzcNRlJEMy-2FTgUazN74uaW0T7DBmd22AbnM0MuOw-3D-3D)
and [www.bigstirrecords.bandcamp.com](https://u648841.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=n4-2BFS6ihWTIbrglZSRCLUdCctLWe5GlloZggC2-2BJ3RVx6uaTB-2FmcXYLm-2BVgSB6Y-2F6Yj0cwaR6ouRhjfrVHSPWNL5HWzmXQLuMsZsf3qqyq51kcA70wew8gNMYBSxei6dN9qMFEXGZH9OrEeNln2YtJwikCKUdnawCj1MH3lr2as-3DZE7e_gjUN5q0oY-2Fa9pVSh-2F3ttEV36g8zdE-2BC7uOgdgzyXpkp1UsIlWUxX6pNV4tKRzAaqyAnrJf-2F4xdeYLQuUFzCZLVz0WNlbcxVv2S-2F2LiCpezFhLcy22PCqtXAEPefyofme7HiB-2B8tIJWQ4AryVfvBPqWqYtjTMiFHgLo-2FnmGKIF48jqAtOmWmiTBdQ8zC-2Fjg9raTRJTGckQznTCthdwfRuhSJsj4V4NANn62h-2BggMSjXqxetlroKp7-2BgmYkRxtIoXDZooB8JsXZCh8HlJOLz4lhl2sX03RMexXz74xizVDL7u0uCI5zsssyPoOuPwaaOD3ucVM5OnXFI9o3Rjd7IDjXg-3D-3D)
now, and streaming everywhere on the street date.  

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The brightly melodic and harmony-drenched focus track and album opener “I Wanna 
Know” (with **Lunar Laugh** founder **JARED LEKITES** on lead vocals) can be expected
to follow the recent single “Allegiance” up the indie-pop charts worldwide. Also
included is “It’s Okay,” a lyrically reassuring pop tune released as a single in
the wake of the band’s postponement of their scheduled concert performances due 
to the COVID-19 pandemic and spotlighting **CAMPBELL YOUNG **(who joined the duo
of **Lekites** and **CONNOR ANDERSON **for the second of their three studio records,**
_Mama’s Boy_**). Following these two studio efforts is a treasure trove of carefully
curated documents of the band’s celebrated onstage prowess to remind fans of what
they’ve been missing.  

Far from a standard live album, **_NIGHTHAWKS!_** offers a rich bounty of concert
recordings capturing **The Lunar Laugh** at various fascinating, pivotal times throughout
their career. The band’s long-standing policy of recording gigs pays off with a 
selection of sterling, often re-imagined performances of tunes from all three of
the albums they’ve released since 2015, as well as two choice covers reflecting 
their eclectic roots – Neil Diamond’s “Solitary Man” and Death Cab For Cutie’s “
Soul Meets Body”. There’s also a band performance of “Alive” from **Young**‘s solo
oeuvre.  

Taken as the sum of its parts, **_NIGHTHAWKS!_** documents the restless creative
spirit of a band dedicated in equal parts to reinventing itself and honoring its
pop-rock influences. The band sports a tight chemistry and a relaxed stage demeanor
as they draw material from their 2015 debut **_Apollo_** (the cr0wd-pleasing title
track and “Winsome”) through their most recent watershed album **_Goodnight Noises
Everywhere_** (2019). There’s a generous helping of tracks from a series of shows
performed when the band was still in the afterglow of the internationally acclaimed**
_Mama’s Boy_**, including the **Anderson** showcase “The Bedroom Door” and the rootsy“
Nighthawks And Mona Lisa” from which the collection takes its title (and its visual
inspiration, slyly executed by painter **Lane Faglie** and designer **Steve Stanley**).

The sound is crisp and the mixes by **Steve Boaz** show off the textures of the 
instrumental interplay and the harmonies of **Lekites**, **Anderson **and **Young**
to wonderful effect. The sound and live energy are almost breathtaking in their 
immediacy after a year without gigs and in an age where concerts are typically preserved
as compressed cellphone videos. Above all, **_NIGHTHAWKS!_** demonstrates just why
fans should be so excited to see **_THE LUNAR LAUGH_** hit the road again, and for
where the band’s creative journey takes them next as well.

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