Approved: Floodlights [Video]

Floodlights, based in Naarm/Melbourne, navigate a space where post-punk grit meets atmospheric storytelling. Dubbed ‘poetic storytelling creeps’, their music is restless and searching, driven by a sense of place and a fascination with the emotional undercurrents that shape everyday life.

Their latest single, ‘The Light Won’t Shine Forever’, leans into these tensions with layered guitars, piano lines, and urgent drums that bloom and build in their intensity, all underpinned by vocal delivery that brings to mind the commanding style of David Byrne. The song feels expansive yet tightly wound, capturing the fleeting nature of joy and uncertainty.

“This song explores the fleeting nature of emotions – how joy is ephemeral, how hope can be ripped away and then found again”, explains vocalist and guitarist Louis Parsons. 

“Life feels like a continuous effort of navigating the unknown, trying to make sense of what you experience, and figuring out how to express …