Locating the downcast, dark tone of her sister Ashley’s VU-esque “While We Were Dreaming” vocal turn, but taking it in a gothy, more theatrical direction, Amber Webber chews into the scenery for “Never Seen.” The track shows up at about the midway point of her and fellow Vancouver Black Mountaineer Joshua Wells’ second Lightning Dust album, Infinite Light, and its last couple of minutes are worthy Siouxsie Sioux (at least in spirit). “Never Seen” goes in a different, aesthetically linked direction than the Suicide/synth-pop/country anthem overlap of “I Knew,” which bodes well for the collection on a whole. The duo are heading out on the road with the Cave Singers in the fall.

• Lightning Dust – “Never Seen”Download

Infinite Light is out 8/4 via Jagjaguwar.

The itinerary (all dates are with the Cave Singers, except where noted):
09/12 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
09/13 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
09/14 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
09/17 – Cambridge, MA @ TT The Bear’s Place
09/19 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
09/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
09/21 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat Backstage
09/23 – Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe
09/24 – Birmingham, AL @ The Bottletree
09/26 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
09/29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Modified
09/30 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Beauty Bar
10/01 – Los Angeles, CA @The Echo
10/02 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
10/06 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/10 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios %

% w/ Elliot Brood

[Photo by Andy Bond]