Lightheaded

New Jersey-based group Lightheaded make songs that call on the unsatisfied tunefulness of classic indie pop and college rock, as well as tapping into the idealistic daydreaming of '60s chamber pop. They signed on with Slumberland Records for the release of their proper debut album, 2024's Combustible Gems, then added Skep Wax to their list of sponsors for the thoughtful, reverb-bathed follow-up, 2025's Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming. Songwriters/co-bandleaders Stephen Stec and Cynthia Rittenbach played in several bands together before forming Lightheaded in the late 2010s. Afte...