Lily Seabird Sets The World On Fire On Blistering New Single "Election Day"

Announces new album Lightspheres On Their Way and U.S. tour dates supporting Black Country, New Road

By : Josh Kitchen / June 16, 2026

Photo Credit : Noah Lenker

Today, Lily Seabird announces her third full length album on a prolific three year run starting with 2024's Alas, then last year's Trash Mountain, and now solidifying herself as an indie rock staple to be reckoned with on Lightspheres on Their Way. The album is out on physical formats on September 4, and then on digital on October 2, joining the likes of Sturgill Simpson in letting their music exist and breathe on physical media before unleashing it on streaming. Along with the album announcement, Seabird has released the first single off the record, the intense heartland rock ripper, "Election Day." "What choice is there if there's nothing left to lose?, " Seabird sings over heavy and furiously grungy riffs and solos. Written on election day in 2024, Seabird says "Election Day" is about, "The chaos of painful decisions that are difficult and when it suddenly comes to a point where a decision does have to be made. Getting lost in the darkness, searching for the light."

Lightspheres On Their Way

While Seabird says the song isn't literally about voting, you can still hear the exhaustion and uncertainty in the droning riffs that open the track, recalling Bruce Springsteen's "Downbound Train," another song about people trapped by circumstances beyond their control. "Election Day" finds Seabird at her most righteously angry, wailing through enough fuzz and feedback to make Neil Young's in his Rust Never Sleeps era jealous. Seabird also announced she'll be joining Black Country, New Road on a tour of the American South beginning in October. Pre-order Lightspheres on Their Way here and watch the video for "Election Day" below!