Spotlights
Brooklyn's Spotlights, the husband-and-wife project of Mario and Sarah Quintero, conjure dense, monolithic atmospheres at the intersection of doom metal, shoegaze, and dreampop, creating what critics have aptly dubbed 'doomgaze.' Signed to Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings, the band crafts expansive soundscapes where crushing sludge riffs dissolve into ethereal, reverb-drenched beauty. Their ability to be simultaneously heavy and hauntingly beautiful has earned them a devoted following and a stunning tour resume for a band operating at the fringes of multiple genres.
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Discography
5 tracks
- 1 The Fire Walk 6:10
- 2 Cult Classic 4:53
- 3 Bad Animals 5:16
- 4 Mosh Pits to Mogwai 4:45
- 5 French Exit 4:10
6 tracks
- 1 Intro 1:56
- 2 Walls 5:51
- 3 The Grower 7:21
- 4 Hover 6:38
- 5 To The End 7:52
- 6 Joseph 8:31
11 tracks
- 1 Seismic 5:51
- 2 Learn to Breathe 4:53
- 3 The Size of the Planet 5:54
- 4 Ghost of a Glowing Forest 6:27
- 5 Under the Earth 3:54
- 6 A Southern Death 5:14
- 7 The Opening 3:12
- 8 What Is This? Where Are We? 5:57
- 9 Hollow Bones 8:32
- 10 Hang Us All 8:34
- 11 The Hope of a Storm 5:05
5 tracks
- 1 Seismic 5:10
- 2 Ghost of a Glowing Forest 4:57
- 3 Learn to Breathe 4:52
- 4 The Size of the Planet 5:08
- 5 Under the Earth 4:52
5 tracks
- 1 The Hanging (Hang Us All) Kris Dirksen Remix 2:43
- 2 Till Darkness Comes Out (Ghost Of A Glowing Forest) Mario Quintero Remix 5:15
- 3 Sudden Violent Movement (Seismic) Aaron Harris Remix 4:23
- 4 Ice Giant (The Size Of The Planet) Void Manes Remix 6:51
- 5 Faith 7:31
9 tracks
- 1 Continue The Capsize 5:31
- 2 The Particle Noise 4:56
- 3 Far From Falling 7:27
- 4 Until The Bleeding Stops 5:27
- 5 Xerox 3:23
- 6 The Age of Decay 5:23
- 7 Mountains Are Forever 5:41
- 8 The Beauty of Forgetting 10:54
- 9 Sleepwalker 6:49
4 tracks
- 1 Part I 7:49
- 2 Part II 4:30
- 3 Part III 4:31
- 4 Part IV 7:27
9 tracks
- 1 Beyond The Broken Sky 4:38
- 2 The Alchemist 5:29
- 3 Sunset Burial 6:37
- 4 Algorithmic 5:01
- 5 False Gods 4:47
- 6 Repeat The Silence 5:37
- 7 Ballad In The Mirror 3:27
- 8 Crawling Toward The Light 5:39
- 9 Alchemy For The Dead 6:38
9 tracks
- 1 050809 (2025 Remaster) 3:20
- 2 The Fire Walk (2025 Remaster) 6:05
- 3 Cult Classic (2025 Remaster) 4:52
- 4 A Box of Talking Heads (2025 Remaster) 5:06
- 5 She Spider (2025 Remaster) 5:05
- 6 Unalive (2025 Remaster) 3:42
- 7 Your Morning Kill (2025 Remaster) 5:32
- 8 Should Time Stand Still (2025 Remaster) 4:19
- 9 Kiss The Ring (2025 Remaster) 4:24
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