Lamps are (basically) a group of musicians who came together inspired by a set of familiar experiences and a set of similar desires. Between the seven of them they have collaborated in some way or another in no less than eleven different bands. With five members in Los Angeles and two in New York they have managed to defy logistical difficulties and produce a four song EP entitled Please Come Down. Their goal was to write and record music that was noisily quiet. Or perhaps gracefully chaotic. Or even spaciously dense. With Please Come Down it looks like they have done just that. LAMPS are John Crooke and Dave Burris (Jolene), Vicki Peterson (Bangles), Chris Phillips (Squirrel Nut Zippers), Peele Wimberley (Connells) and James and Timothy Roven