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It's no surprise that 8 year old Mikko and 7 year old Marlon have inherited their parent's passion and taste for music. Psychedelic pop duo Peaking Lights are known for their hazy melting pot of dulcet melodies, shoegaze guitars, cosmic synths and tripped out effects, which has helped them carve out their own unique space in the contemporary music sphere.

Since forming as a band in 2008, their creations have seen them make regular homes at Domino sub-label Weird World, Not Not Fun and Brooklyn's Mexican Summer, with several other releases taking them to Night People, Two Flowers, 100% Silk and Dekmantel, the label they return to this May for their debut album, E S C A P E.

Ahead of the release they've enlisted the help of their children Mikko and Marlon to pick out the soundtracks they carve, shred and skate hard to.

"The choices are by our kids Mikko, 8, and Marlon, 7, who made a Spotify playlist a while ago to skate to. It's called Skate Or Die and is on our Spotify page – songs keep getting added to it as well :)"

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Entombed - Night Of The Vampire

Cover of Roky Erickson. Makes us want to skate hard and slash shit or do Bert slides… Mikko: This song makes me think about skating hard. It also makes me think about Sweden because we took pictures at Entombed cross…
Marlon: it makes me want to skate. And I like the video, It would be fun to skate in the cemetary.

  • Entombed - Night Of The Vampire

    Cover of Roky Erickson. Makes us want to skate hard and slash shit or do Bert slides… Mikko: This song makes me think about skating hard. It also makes me think about Sweden because we took pictures at Entombed cross…
    Marlon: it makes me want to skate. And I like the video, It would be fun to skate in the cemetary.

  • Ministry - Everyday Is Halloween

    Marlon: I just like it. it has cool sound fx. Also the skeletons in the video are cool…
    Mikko: I like how it uses a lot of weird noises in it. I like how they say ‘Everyday is Halloween’. It makes me feel like I want to carve and dance to it. It’s a really good song. Most kids don’t like these songs, that’s why I like it.

  • Black Flag - Nervous Breakdown

    Mikko: It feels good to skate to. My friends in LA like to skate to it also. I want to skate like I’m surfing when I listen to it. I like how he sings and the ending sounds like a robot…
    Marlon: It reminds me of my friends. It’s good for hard skating. And also a part about the song I like is that the end kind of makes me think about eating it (falling down).

  • Public Image Limited - This Is Not A Love Song

    Mikko: I like how he says ‘This is not a love song’. I like his voice. He sings it low and high, I like that. I also like that in this song I used it for a skate video before. I like how the song goes (melodies)…
    Marlon: I like the sound of the guitar, it sounds like it’s out of tune.

  • I Wanna Be Your Dog

    Mikko: I like the melody. I also used it in a skate video. I was also born on Iggy Pop’s birthday and Robert Smith’s birthday. I like how he says ‘Now I wanna be your dog’ – it makes me think of doing slashes…
    Marlon: I like the guitar lead, it’s kind of like video game music. It makes me want to skate hard , like a kickflip and stuff like that.

  • Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall

    Mikko: I like how it says ‘We don’t need no education’ cause I would rather just be playing.
    I like the bassline…
    Marlon: It’s totally hard skating. It reminds me of school. It’s funny when the teacher says ‘you can’t have any pudding unless you eat your meat, if you don’t eat your meat how can you have any pudding’. It’s good cause skating is the opposite of school.

  • Joy Division - Transmission

    Mikko: This makes me feel like carving. I like the voice of the singer and the bassline. It makes me think about carving…
    Marlon: It makes me want to dance. it makes me think about skating on the street.

  • Siouxsie And The Banshees - Happy House

    Mikko: I like the lead guitar, the drums, the bassline, the melody and the weird fx and the voice. It makes me feel happy…
    Marlon: You could do any kind of skating with this one.

  • The Birthday Party - Zoo-Music Girl

    Mikko: I definitely like everything about this song, I really like the drum line. I like the low voice he uses. I really like it but I don’t know how to describe it. I want to do a handplant with this song. It really makes me want to land a trick…
    Marlon: It makes me want to skate hard. I like the trumpet.

  • Big Take Over

    Mikko: I like the guitar and bass and the singer HR’s voice a lot. The lead guitar is so good that it blows my mind. Everything blows my mind. It makes me think about shredding…
    Marlon: I like the cover of this record. This song is a good carving song. It makes me want to skate old school.

  • Black Sabbath - War Pigs

    Mikko: I love this song. I want to dance to it all the time. It makes me sort of think of Porco Rosso. I like the melody. I like the guitar. It makes me think of skating in a pool or bowl…
    Marlon: It’s one of my favorite songs.