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Wild Light is a four-piece band from New Hampshire comprised of multi-instrumentalists/vocalists Tim Kile and Seth Pitman, guitarist/vocalist Jordan Alexander, and drummer Seth Kasper. The band formed in 2005 and released its first full-length album, Adult Nights, in March 2009.

Biography
WIld Light began almost fifteen years ago when Tim and Jordan began making music together in elementary school. In high school, they joined with Seth Pitman and Seth Kasper to form a band. Jordan attended Phillips Exeter Academy in Massachusetts, where he shared a room with Win Butler - lead singer of Arcade Fire. While at school, Jordan and Win formed a band along with Josh Deu, the artist behind the Adult Nights cover. In 2005, Jordan reunited with his high school band mates to form Wild Light.

Accomplishments
In 2007, the band opened for Arcade Fire and LCD Soundsystem at Hollywood Bowl and Shoreline Amphitheatre in California, as well as Randall's Island in New York City. They joined Arcade Fire on their full European tour in October 2007, starting in Dublin, Ireland, and ending in mid-November with three dates at London's Alexandria Palace. In early 2008 they opened for The Stills on a short tour, and made their debut at Austin’s SXSW Music Festival where they were featured on Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6 Music show. In December 2008, the band won Outstanding Rock Act of The Year at the Boston Music Awards.

In early 2009, Wild Light opened for Tapes n' Tapes on its US tour. The band went on to play SXSW again in March 2009, becoming one of the festival's most notable acts of the year, according to Rolling Stone Magazine.

From April to May of 2009, Wild Light will be opening for The Killers on the first leg of their world-wide tour.