New York-based Indie Rock band, The Backfires have released their new single “Brighter Lights” along with a music video. This marks their first release since 2023. Inspired by the city’s nightlife, the song suggests indie clubs, disco, and chorus sing-alongs.

The band explains:

We wanted to make a song that sounds like New York. Then we got to recording and made the beginning of the track feel like you were entering a club. The song nods to the dance and club music of New York that we’ve gotten to experience in the past couple of years of living here.

The accompanying video portrays the band involved in a complex heist with the aim of stealing a disco ball.

They add:

The video is this ridiculous spectacle of action and excitement that’s reflective of being in the energy of New York. The bright lights of New York are intoxicating but are shrouded in superficiality. Who would carry out a heist for a disco ball, and drive away in a convertible, all to perform at a nightclub? It’s absurd.

The Backfires formed in 2018, when Alex Gomez (vocals) left New York to study in London and met Harry Ruprecht (guitar) and Max Wanduragala (drums). The three of them then returned to the states in 2019 and recruited Matt Walter (bass) before they recorded their debut EP, Consider the Backfires during lockdown. In 2021, the band returned to London for a stint where they recorded singles, but are now permanently based out of New York.

The band has toured the US with The Silversun Pickups, Courteeners, and The Mysterines as well as headlining their own shows, with more new music to come in 2024.