Lightning Love's Debut Daytrotter Session Up Now!

"This debut session from the Ypsilanti, Michigan, group Lightning Love provides an incredible story arc, even if it was unintended. You could have sensed that it would happen from the outset, even if it would have been a shot in the dark. Lead singer and keyboardist Leah Diehl sings about a love that's not so much forbidden, as it's ill-advised. It's one of those relationships where no one else can see what the appeal is." Read on and listen to their set now on Daytrotter.

Lightning Love Perform on BreakThru Radio TV!

"Using simple pop structures as a basis for strong, confessional songs with a sweet, self-deprecating tone (sure, call it twee if you must) has worked well for the band, leading to extensive touring and growing national attention." Watch the studio performance now on BreakThru!

Lightning Love On NPR's World Cafe!

"Lightning Love released its third record, Blonde Album, in August. The disc features songs with heavy synths and catchy piano parts, which form unexpectedly charming, twee pop tunes when combined with Diehl's chirpy vocals and brooding lyrics. This segment of World Cafe: Next features two songs from Blonde Album: "Awkward" and "Together," as well as a free download of the song "Deadbeat." Listen now on NPR!

Paste Magazine Names Lightning Love's Leah Diehl As One Of The Best New Voices In Music!

"Lightning Love’s driving choruses and sugary-sweet hooks that are all tied together by Leah Diehl’s distinctive voice, which (her words, not mine) “sounds like a four-year-old.” “I was surprised that it was kind of pretty,” Leah reflects on first hearing her voice in the band." Listen now and keep reading on Paste!

Brooklyn Vegan Previews Lightning Love's Upcoming NY Dates!

"Detroit's Lightning Love released their sophomore LP, Blonde Album, last week (8/28) as the followup to 2008's November Birthday. It's a catchy collection of pop songs that have gained some accurate comparisons to Regina Spektor, though they remind me more of her quirky side than many recent (more popular) artists who ape her sound." Read on over at Brooklyn Vegan!

Lightning Love Gets Some High Praise Over On Blurt!

"Lightning Love has hit on a potentially winning mash of elements. The cracks in singer/songwriter/keyboardist Leah Diehl's little-girl voice, and her self-described "neurotic" approach are enough, in themselves, to compel one towards the 10 short tracks of Blonde Album. Also arresting is the tense, almost counterpoint-ish polka between Leah's keyboards and her brother Aaron's percussion. It's such a tightly appointed room, you nearly want to shout encouragement when Ben Collins incorporates some tasty George Harrison guitar tones near the end of Blonde Album's opener, "Together."" Keep on reading over on Blurt!

Sex, Drugs, And Lightning Love, Over On Vice!

"What I'm trying to say is that everyone needs some pop in their life from time to time. It keeps you from becoming a condescending fucktard. And Lightning Love is perfect for those wary of eating too much sugar. The Michigan trio's dainty melodies are paired with some pretty dark bitchy lyrics. The music is so pretty you might not even notice the depth of the lyrical content on a first listen." Keep on reading over on Vice!

Real Detroit Weekly Reviews Lightning Love's Latest!

"Much has changed in the four years since Lightning Love's debut, November Birthday. Singer/keyboardist Leah Diehl, her brother Aaron on drums and Ben Collins on guitar are still fresh-faced, but they're seasoned vets now. They've toured extensively, played for thousands and even reached the final round of a Billboard Magazine battle of the bands." Read on at Real Detroit Weekly.

Listen To Lightning Love's "Together" On Diffuser.fm!

"Hailing from the cultural hotbed of Ypsilanti, Mich., Lightning Love prove that in the digital age it’s not where you are but who you are that counts. Producing songs of instantly endearing charm, their full-length ‘Blonde Album,’ out later this August on Quite Scientific Records, is a guaranteed crowd pleaser. Grab a free download of ‘Together’ here."

Read iSpy Magazine's Interview With Lightning Love!

"I’ll tell you how it feels: warm and whimsical yet weighty. Sweet and exuberant, yet restless. Fun music with fretful lyrics. To-the-point-pop music. And, particularly, the sound propulsive and capricious but humble and self-deprecating songs on “Blonde” bring a feeling of pensive escapism as though it were soundtracking my own Wes Anderson-esque slow-motion ride, pedaling barefoot on a rusty Schwin beach cruiser toward the incoming tide at sunset with an overcast sky behind me." Read on at iSpy Magazine.

Lightning Love Premieres New Track On Nylon!

"Think of the trio from Ypsilanti, Michigan as a spoonful of sweet-and-low to help the bitter pill - life, love, breakups, anxiety - go down. And help keep your mascara in tact. Maybe with a Bud Light chaser.
The band's sparse basement pop melodies written by lead singer Leah Diehl are giving us misty water-colored memories of Rilo Kiley's Saddle Creek days. Which is really, really promising and we can't wait to hear the rest of their debut The Blonde out August 28th." Listen on Nylon here.