Wildlife, Headlights’ poignant third album(Polyvinyl), stems from particularly troubled beginnings. The Champaign, IL quartet who have been touring and recording since 2004, this year found the band as a five piece for the first time with the addition of bassist Nick Sanborn and, temporarily, guitarist John Owen. Group dynamics are a difficult thing to predict, and the recording process proved tumultuous. After a few months, the band scrapped nearly everything. Wildlife is an album haunted by the absence of those left and leaving and the alienation that comes in the wake of loss.
Fittingly, these emotions find expression in Headlights most arresting music yet. Rather than collapsing under the duress, Headlights have survived to surface with a collection of exquisite paeans to the transience of our friendships, lives, and aspirations.

Doors at 8pm / Show at 9pm
18 and up
Tickets are $8