Pitchfork: Ex-Test Icicle Frontman Forms New Bands

Jeez, that Test Icicles split must've been more dramatic than we thought! The 180-degree turn frontman Devonte Hynes has taken with his new band, Lightspeed Heat, is so severe it makes even the straight line look bad.

Okay, okay-- we're mostly just into the differences between band names. There has to be some deep psychological meaning behind that, amirite?

Hynes has joined up with members of the Jack White-produced Whirlwind Heat to form the band, and they claim to be from Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Anywho, Lightspeed Heat has a MySpace, and while they have not yet uploaded any tracks, one song, "How Do You Do", is floating around the blogosphere.

As previously reported, Hynes has another post-Icicles group, Naked Babes, with members of Semifinalists and Tom Vek.

Hynes has also been doing a little solo work under the moniker Lightspeed Champion, and is scheduled for a handful of gigs in London, including one alongside an Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band (!).

Dates:

08-17 London, England - Proud Gallery (Another Music = Another Kitchen)
09-01 London, England - Nambucca (acoustic show)
09-09 London, England - Buffalo Bar *
09-23 London, England - Bloomsbury Bowling Alley (Pins + Needles)

* with Arctic Monkeys Tribute Band