Thur. 9/18 10:45 p.m. | Cicero's

(Champaign, Ill.) indie

The story of Headlights' new album starts in an old, two-story farmhouse just outside of Champaign, IL. Nestled between corn and soybean fields, and within view of encroaching industry - a freight train line, a FedEx plant, and the local mall visible from the 2nd floor window - this farmhouse was the site where the band wrote and recorded its sophomore full length album, Some Racing, Some Stopping.

To fully understand what went into the album, one must first understand what led up to it. Since its formation in 2004, the band has toured virtually nonstop, playing over 300 shows in the past two and a half years in support of both its debut Enemies EP and its stunning 2006 full length, Kill Them With Kindness. It was a remarkable achievement, but ultimately Headlights members Tristan Wraight, Erin Fein, and Brett Sanderson needed a break. So in the Spring of 2007, Fein and Sanderson moved into Wraight's farmhouse, and leisurely, little by little, the trio started to write. This time they wanted something different from the live-based approach to writing and recording that had led to the obsessively crafted takes on Kill Them With Kindness. This time they wanted something more natural, more immediate, more spontaneous. As Fein says, they wanted to "capture the moment of a new song."

Champaign, Ill. | www.myspace.com/headlights

Thur. 9/18 10:45 p.m. | Cicero's

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