Lily Seabird has announced Lightspheres on Their Way, releasing September 4 physically and October 2 digitally, and shared the fiery lead single “Election Day” with an Asher Groh-directed video.
On election day, Lily Seabird wrote a song that refuses to pick an easy side. Today, the artist has announced a new album called Lightspheres on Their Way—and the first spark from it is the rollicking, fiery lead single “Election Day,” paired with a video directed by Asher Groh.
Lightspheres on Their Way arrives September 4 physically and October 2 digitally via Lame-O Records. It’s the follow-up to 2025’s Trash Mountain. and it comes after the fantastic non-album track ‘Demon in Me.’ For fans who’ve followed Seabird’s shift between release types—album chapters. side bursts. and now a new full-length—the timing feels deliberate: a lead single that sounds like momentum. but carries the weight of a choice you can’t unmake.
Seabird introduced the album concept with a simple, expansive explanation. “A lightsphere can be so many things,” they said in a press release. “An actual light like a star. the sun. a UFO; headlights. a flashlight in the night; but also life. living things. people. relationships.” The cover artwork is by Seabird herself. and the title now reads less like an image and more like a map—something that can mean shelter. exposure. danger. or connection depending on where you’re standing.
About “Election Day. ” Seabird made the emotional math clear: “This song is about having to make a decision and both options are painful. confusing. I wrote this song on election day which works as a great metaphor for this in our current political climate but this song is not about voting. 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.”.
The words land like a weather report for the nervous system. Not voting, but the atmosphere around it; not a ballot, but the moment your life narrows to two doors and you can’t see the rooms behind either.
Lightspheres on Their Way includes the following tracks: 1. The Pulley 2. Bindlestiff 3. Election Day 4. Pennsy 5. Portal to the Past 6. Blackstar 7. Slipswitch 8. The Afterglow 9. Lightspheres on Their Way.
Between the album’s constellation of meanings and a single titled “Election Day,” the promise is vivid: lights aren’t just symbols in Seabird’s world. They’re what you reach for when the path splits—and what you notice when you finally decide to move.
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So it’s like a political song but not about voting? Idk that’s weird to me.
I saw “Election Day” and immediately thought it was about the election again lol. But they’re saying it’s metaphor and written on election day?? Either way I’ll listen because the vibe sounds intense.
“Not about voting” but “current political climate” ok sure. Sounds like the same thing just dressed up. Also September 4 physical and October 2 digital… why the gap? Like who cares, just drop it all at once.
Lightspheres on Their Way?? Sounds like UFO headlights whatever. I kinda don’t trust the Asher Groh director thing either, seems too Hollywood. And track 9 is literally the album name so they’re definitely repeating the whole point like… okay? I just want music, not a whole “two doors” metaphor about being lost.