Neverending White Lights - Act I-II-III [3 Studio Albums] (2005-2011)

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Neverending White Lights is a groundbreaking collaborative project, band, and conceptual album series from recording artist & producer Daniel Victor. With three releases to date, Victor has incorporated artists from many different groups across the globe to help interpret his style of ethereal-alternative music. His brooding, melodic songwriting has shed new light on a wide array of voices in the industry and created a unique experience for listeners. In the later stages of producing and writing, Victor has turned more to using his own voice to portray the heart of the material, as the project continues to shift and reveal itself in new ways. There is no way to accurately describe, solidify, or pigeonhole Neverending White Lights. It would be like trying to catch a ghost, or put a dream in your back pocket. It's not possible. Some things don't need defining. The journey here is about music, and only that.

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This multi-artist ambient/alternative rock collaboration was conceived by Canadian artist/producer Daniel Victor, who wrote, produced, and performed on the album. Act I: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies features appearances by vocalists from Our Lady Peace, Finger Eleven, Alexisonfire, 311, Ours, Hum, Creeper Lagoon, The Watchmen, The Black Maria, Shudder To Think, Age Of Electric, superGARAGE, and The Velvet Teen.

Review by James Christopher Monger, Allmusic.com

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Act II: The Blood and the Life Eternal, the second album from Canadian artist/producer Daniel Victor, features lead vocals from the likes of Jimmy Gnecco (Ours), Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole), Rob Dickenson (Catherine Wheel), Sune Rose Wagner (The Raveonettes), Ryan Corrigan (Hawksley Workman), and Victor himself.

Review by James Christopher Monger, Allmusic.com

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In 2009, Victor went to work on writing new material for Act 3. This time he knew exactly what he wanted to focus his concept on: Tragic Love. Love itself was a topic he had mostly stayed away from due to its commonplace in music, but he wanted to focus on a certain aspect of it - the longing, heartache, and sadness of it - and how there is beauty to be found there. Between mounting pressures to produce radio singles and to repeat past successes, yet to still maintain true to the artistic integrity NWL was founded on, writing and production was staggered and troublesome. Victor eventually went on to write and record nearly seventy songs for inclusion on this album, only to throw them away after spending much time and money to complete them. It wasn't until he had a 'finished' copy in his hands after two years of painstaking work and travel that he decided it was unworthy to be released as an NWL album, and threw it in the trash.

He started over from scratch and found inspiration deep within himself, instead of from outside influence and pressure. It was this personal freedom and revelation that allowed the proper album to surface. Victor stated that "every song has to take you somewhere, every song has to hit you, and every song has to make you close your eyes and get chills. It was the letting go that allowed me to get to those moments. I tested them on myself, and these are the songs that have stood up for me." This batch of music became Act 3.

On September 21, 2010, Daniel leaked the first song from Act 3: Love Will Ruin entitled "The Lonely War", which features Evan Konrad of the band 'Bed of Stars'. He also stated that due to difficulties with a rupture in his vocal cords, the official release date of the album was delayed from 2009 to late 2011.

In spring 2011, the first single/video from "Act 3" was released entitled "Falling Apart Ft. Bed of Stars". In October, the single "Ghost Ship Ft. Hot Hot Heat" was released, eventually peaking at #9 for 3 weeks on ALT Rock in Canada.

The album Act III: Love Will Ruin was finally released on November 18th, 2011 to general critical praise. It features guest performances by Hot Hot Heat, Bed of Stars, and Pilot Speed. The album focuses more on Victor's own vocal performances and is generally more uptempo and rock than the previous releases. This change in style was a result of performing material live on stage over the years and finding the music taking on more of an edge. This increase in energy was also brought forward in an attempt to begin shifting NWL's sound to something more driving than downtempo and slow. This noticeable result can be heard on tracks such as "Starlight", "The Lonely War", and Falling Apart. Although the songs go over better in a live setting, many fans of the project's original style have criticized the change.

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