Quilt Square: Purple fabric, with "Hit the Lights' text repeating in blue, pink and yellow

2. Hit the Lights

Hit the Lights released the album Skip School, Start Fights in 2008. It was the follow up to their first album, This is a Stick Up…Don’t Make It a Murder, but this new album notably featured a different lead singer after the previous lead singer’s departed. I’m pretty sure this particular shirt was bought when they played at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, alongside Cobra Starship and Forever the Sickest Kids. Skip School, Start Fights had been released just a few months before, with a similarly neon cover. The album featured the song “Drop the Girl” which had guest vocals from Shane Henderson of Valencia. The special thing about Valencia is that they were from the Philadelphia area, so when when “Drop the Girl” was performed live at the Trocadero, Shane Henderson joined the band on stage for his guest vocals.

Author: hiimbridget