Variety Lights, the new band from former Mercury Rev frontman, David Baker, is sharing a new track in advance of their debut record, Central Flow, due June 12, 2012 via Fire Records.  Here is the stream of “Oh Setting Sun”:
Stream: Variety Lights – “Oh Setting Sun”
As a founding member and vocalist for Mercury Rev, Baker helped to forge the band’s sound on Yerself Is Steam (1991) and Boces (1993). Having left the band in 1993, Baker went on to release a solo album World under the moniker Shady, which featured members of the Boo Radleys, Rollerskate Skinny, Swervedriver and Th’ Faith Healers.  Much of Variety Lights’ debut Central Flow was recorded by Baker at his own Over the Trees studio.