Sudden Lights

Sudden Lights is a Latvian indie rock band, founded in 2012 in Riga. The band consists of Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis (vocals), Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis (drums), Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis (guitar) and Kārlis Vārtiņš (bass). In February 2023, the group won Supernova 2023 with the song "Aijā" and will represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.[1]

Sudden Lights
Sudden Lights in 2022
Background information
OriginRiga, Latvia
Genres
Years active2012–present
Members
  • Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis (vocals)
  • Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis (guitar)
  • Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis (drums and percussion)
  • Kārlis Vārtiņš (bass)

Biography

The group was founded in 2012 by Andrejs Reinis Zitmanis and Mārtiņš Matīss Zemītis when they were both studying at the Pāvuls Jurjāns Music School in Riga. Additional members Kārlis Matīss Zitmanis and Kārlis Vārtiņš joined the group in 2014.

In 2015, the group won the First Record (Latvian: Pirmā plate) upcoming musician competition at the Riga State Gymnasium No.1.[2] The first prize of the competition was the opportunity to record a song. The group used their prize to record "Tik Savādi", which went on to become their first published song.

On September 22, 2017, the band released their debut album Priekšpilsētas, which contains 10 songs in both Latvian and English. The group's first self-organized concert, where they performed the songs of the album, was held at the Daile Music House in Riga on April 12, 2018.[3]

At the beginning of 2018, Sudden Lights participated in Supernova 2018, Latvia's national selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, with their song "Just Fine", the closing track of their debut album, and placed second.

Initially, the group failed to qualify for the semi-finals, but the LTV jury decided to give them access on a wild card.[4] Having gotten a second chance, the group performed in the final and finished in 2nd place.[5]

With the release of their thirteenth studio album, "About the Boy Who Plays the Tin Drum", in 2018, Latvian pop–rock band Brainstorm announced a concert tour, where they would bring along Sudden Lights as warm-up act for all their concerts.[6] 60,000 people attended the closing concert of the tour at the Mežaparks Open-Air Scene in Riga.[7]

On October 11, 2019, Sudden Lights' second album, Vislabāk ir tur, kur manis nav, was released. In late February 2020, the group began their first concert tour in Latvia. They performed in Valmiera,Liepāja and Alūksne before the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to cancel the closing concert scheduled for March 20 in Riga. The group's third album, Miljards vasaru, was released in 2022.[8]

In 2023, the group participated in the Supernova 2023 contest organized by Latvian Television with the song "Aijā". The group won the competition and thereby gained the right to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.

Discography

Studio albums
  • Priekšpilsētas (Suburbs; 2017)
  • Vislabāk ir tur, kur manis nav (The Best is where I am not; 2019)
  • Miljards vasaru (A billion summers; 2022)

Singles
  • "Tik savādi" (So weird; 2015)
  • "Priekšpilsētas valsis" (Waltz of the Suburb; 2016)
  • "Laikmets" (Era; 2017)
  • "Šajā sētas pusē" (On This Side of the Fence; 2017)
  • "Negribu piezemēties" (I do not want to Land; 2018)
  • "Dzīvnieks" (Animal; 2019)
  • "Izbēgšana" (Escape; 2019)
  • "Gaisma" (Light; 2019)
  • "Haosā", feat. Astro'n'out (In Chaos; 2020)
  • "Elektriskā gaisma" (The Electric Light; 2020)
  • "Klusumi" (Silences; 2021)
  • "Aizņem man vietu", feat. ANNNA (2021)
  • "Siltas vasaras ēnā" (Warm Summers in the Shadow; 2021)
  • "Laternas" (Lanterns; 2022)
  • "Pasaule trīc", feat. ZaBrene" (The World is Trembling; 2022)
  • "Jasmīns", feat. ZEĻĢIS (Jasmin; 2022)
  • "Aijā" (2023)

References
  1. "Latviju Eirovīzijā pārstāvēs grupa «Sudden Lights» ar dziesmu «Aijā»". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  2. "RV1Ģ Pirmā Plate 2015 - 1. VIETA - Sudden Lights". YouTube (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  3. "Grupa 'Sudden Lights' aicina uz pirmo solo koncertu mūzikas namā 'Daile'". www.delfi.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  4. "Šovā «Supernova 2018» otro iespēju jeb «wild card» saņem «Sudden Lights»". www.lsm.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  5. ""Supernova 2018" finālā uzvar un Latviju Eirovīzijā šogad pārstāvēs Laura Rizzotto". supernova.lsm.lv. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  6. ""Prāta Vētra" izdod jaunu albumu "Par to zēnu, kas sit skārda bungas"" (in Latvian). Brainstorm. April 24, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  7. "FOTO: "Prāta vētra" savu "Skārda bungu tūri" noslēdz ar grandiozu koncertu Mežaparkā 60 000 skatītājiem" (in Latvian). jauns.lv. August 18, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  8. Vanzovičs, Sandris (May 13, 2023). ""Sudden Lights" trešo studijas albumu atzīmē ar vērienīgiem svētkiem un jaunu singlu" (in Latvian). Neatkarīgā Rīta Avīze. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
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