Wild Light is a four-piece band from New Hampshire composed of multi-instrumentalists/vocalists Tim Kyle and Seth Pitman, guitarist/vocalist Jordan Alexander, and drummer Seth Kasper. The band formed in 2005 and released its first full-length album, Adult Nights, in March 2009.

Biography

Wild Light began almost fifteen years ago when Tim and Jordan began making music together in elementary school. In high school, they joined with Seth Pitman and Seth Kasper to form a band. Jordan attended Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where he shared a room with Win Butler - lead singer of Arcade Fire. Tim met Win through Jordan, and after high school Tim moved to Montreal to start the first incarnation of what would become Arcade Fire with Win and Josh Deu, the artist behind the Adult Nights cover. Tim left the group after a year, and in 2005 Kasper, Seth, Jordan and Tim reuinted to form Wild Light.  Through their relationship with Arcade Fire, the two bands toured extensively throughout Europe in late 2007.  In the summer of 2008, Wild Light traveled to LA and entered the recording studios to work with producer Rob Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck) on their debut album, Adult Nights (StarTime International), released March 3, 2009.

Accomplishments

2007

* In 2007, the band opened for Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem at Hollywood Bowl and Shoreline Amphitheatre in California, as well as Randall's Island in New York City. They joined Arcade Fire on their full European tour in October 2007, starting in Dublin, Ireland, and ending in mid-November with three dates at London's Alexandria Palace. That year, the band also released a four song, self-titled EP.

2008

* In early 2008 they opened for The Stills on a short tour, and made their debut at Austin’s SXSW Music Festival where they were featured on Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6 Music show. In December 2008, the band won Outstanding Rock Act of The Year at the Boston Music Awards.

2009

* In early 2009, Wild Light opened for Tapes n' Tapes on its US tour. The band went on to play SXSW again in March 2009, becoming one of the festival's most notable acts of the year, according to Rolling Stone Magazine.

* From April to May of 2009, Wild Light opened for The Killers on the first leg of their world-wide tour.