Ghosts & Monsters

We See Lights
We See Lights band logo
Background information
Origin	Edinburgh, Scotland
Genres	Indie
Years active	2007–Present
Website	Official website
Members	Stephen Bogle Paul Dougall Allan Rae Ross Harvie Paul Livingstone Kat Oatey Robert Purdie Jonathan Lapsley

We See Lights is a Scottish alternative indie pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland.

We See Lights are an Edinburgh based Indie folk. The band was started by Stephen James Bogle (vocals and guitar), Paul Dougall (vocals and guitar) and Allan Rae (vocal and guitar) in 2007. The band were originally called the Quiet Revolution. The Quiet Revolution gained members in January 2008 (Craig Ross on (bass/guitar), Ross Harvey (drums), Ciaran McGuigan (vocals) and Jonathan Lapsley (keyboard/vocals)) and soon became We See Lights. Ciaran McGuigan and Craig Ross left the band in March 2009. Paul Livingstone (bass) joined the band in January 2010.

The band recorded their first EP with Edinburgh producer Ric Rograss of the Depot Recording Studios. We See Lights played their first show at the Cabaret Voltaire on 24 January 2008. Some of the members of We See Lights were involved in establishing the Christmas Songwriters Club in 2008. In 2008 We See Lights won the BT National Battle of the Bands securing a main stage slot at the Isle of Wight Festival 2008 that year playing alongside The Police, The Kooks and James. In November 2008 the band received funding from the Scottish Arts Council (now known as Creative Scotland) to record their debut album, Ghosts & Monsters. The album was recording in a cottage near Fort William, Chem19 in Hamilton and the Depot in Edinburgh with Ric Rograss. The album was released in March 2010.