With a year of single releases including “Blood In the Snow” and “The Sleeper“, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs’ new studio album When the Lights Go has arrived. With 17 tracks highlighting the ups and down of Orlando Higginbottom’s life over the last decade, this new sound sees more melodies and riveting synthlines, more vocals, and indie-pop dancefloor crossover. These songs span across different periods of Orlando’s life over the past ten years as he encompasses themes relating to “past romantic relationships, as well as broader topics such as mental health, the patriarchal system, and climate change.”
In a 10-year span since his previous releases, Orlando says this album is “about love and the end of the world.” When the Lights Go is his second LP, following the release of his debut album Trouble a decade ago. Orlando has toured the globe, settled in LA for seven years, worked behind-the-scenes producing for a range of top-tier acts, and earned himself a Grammy nomination in 2022 for his collaboration with Bonobo – ‘Heartbreak’.
The album arrives ahead of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs’ highly-anticipated new live show coming to stages across Europe and North America this Fall. After many years of touring around the world as a DJ, the tour marks Orlando’s first live shows since 2013. River Beats saw Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaur during his tour stop at Republic NOLA earlier this summer.
‘When The Lights Go’ Track Listing
1. Crosswalk
2. Persuasion
3. Blood In The Snow
4. Never Seen You Dance
5. Forever
6. The Sleeper
7. Story
8. Sound & Rhythm
9. When the Lights Go
10. Basement
11. Friend
12. Be With You
13. Treason
14. Through The Floor
15. Silence
16. Blue Is The Color
17. Thugs
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Tour Dates
October 15 – New Century – Manchester, UK
October 18 – Heaven – London, UK
October 20 – Maroquenerie – Paris, FR
October 21 – ADE @ Melkweg – Amsterdam, NL
October 22 – Säälchen – Berlin, DE
November 2nd – Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA
November 3rd – Lodge Room – Los Angeles, CA
November 4th – AREA15 – Las Vegas, NV
November 6th – The Independent – San Francisco, CA
November 9th – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
November 10th – Velvet Underground – Toronto, ON
November 11th – Society of Arts + Technology – Montreal, QC
November 13th – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY