Like drifting back into the perfect dream you've been aching for, Lane Lines provides the soothing pop-tinged sounds your ears seek out in the darkest of nights. A lucid dreamer themselves, the Seattle-via-Phoenix artist guides their audience on a choose-your-own-adventure, with lyrics of trauma, loss, love and destigmatizing mental health struggles. Lane Lines was dreamed into existence by Mandi L. Kimes by connecting pieces from the unconscious realm to the waking, pulling threads from Frou Frou, The Japanese House and Fleet Foxes to weave together the coziest, comforting sound of moody vocal harmonies and hazy pop - accurately titled Sweatercore. The mission behind each stress-relieving song is clear on Lane Lines’ upcoming sophomore album, Lucid Dreaming, due out this summer. The record dives headfirst into the dark, and explores the visions Kimes themself experienced during the difficult days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Otherworldly visits from their late grandfather are interspersed among tributes to those in the waking world — the humans who inspire us to get out of bed daily. A child of the 90s and early 2000s, Kimes found the only music to tackle subjects of mental health, sobriety, and anxiety head on was the emo scene. Lane Lines is here to bring that message to an accessible, pop-focused audience. Resonating with features on 93.3 Alt AZ and KEXP, and named one of the best new Phoenix artists of 2020, Lane Lines doesn't shy away from spotlighting society-defined "taboo topics" in their music. "When we realize we're not alone, we finally find validation," says Kimes. "I want folks to know they're heard in their own individual struggles.