Lucid Express Instant Comfort Asia Tour 2026 in Kuala Lumpur

Their new album, Instant Comfort is the sound of a young band who have traveled the world, seen what it has to offer, held it for a moment, before watching it slip through their fingers. While the group’s earliest recordings arrived buoyant on a wave of hopeful romanticism, this latest outing is more complex; mapping their journey from uncertainty to a renewed sense of self-reliance.  As such, Lucid Express stand more assured than ever before. Ho’s vocals and synth lines confidently sit on top of expansive interweaving guitar textures from Tsang and Sky Kung, while brothers Samuel and Wai Chan provide a driving foundation on bass and drums respectively. 

Convening via Discord server, Instant Comfort was mixed in marathon overnight trans-pacific sessions between the band in Hong Kong and Kurt Feldman (of Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and Depreciation Guild) in New York City. From midnight through sunrise, the album was painstakingly shaped by a shared quest to aim for something ‘perfect’.

The result sounds unlike anything Lucid Express have previously released. Significantly more complex and layered, yet somehow clearer than ever. Ho reflects on hearing the first draft mixes that Feldman sent over before the overnight sessions, “It was us, but in a way we’ve never been able to capture ourselves… every part was so present ”.

This sprawling 9-song collection is the embodiment of those stillest nighttime hours. Those moments amongst the half light where every sound feels amplified, every shadow looms larger than life, and every emotion dominates one’s thoughts. 

Disorienting feelings are embraced in these new songs, which anchor airy melodies with heaving walls of guitars on tracks like "Promise Me", "Dark Glass" and "Aster". Elsewhere, the band explores emotional extremes across the sonic spectrum in ways they have rarely ventured before. "Setback" unleashes swirling feedback and jangling guitars at their most raucous, the title track ventures into territory as moody and bleak as could still reasonably be called pop music, and "Faux Sweetness" delivers bright hooks straight out of 90s trip hop.

While only gearing up to release their second full-length album, these five dreamers have captured glowing reviews for their music, lauded as “kaleidoscopic dream pop” (Under The Radar), “stellar… shimmery shoegaze jams” (KEXP), and “ethereal” (BrooklynVegan) while the band have graced prestigious festival slots across Asia and America including Clockenflap, LEVITATION, and Slide Away 2025.

Instant Comfort, was released on Kanine Records and P-Vine Records on February 20th, 2026 and follows their 2021 self-titled album, and the 2022 reissue of their Floret debut EP.

Lucid Express 'Instant Comfort' Asia Tour 2026 in Kuala Lumpour

Date: Sunday, 29 November
Time: 8pm
Venue: Live Fact
Ticket Prices: RM118 (Presale), RM138 (Door)

Tickets on sale via cloudjoi.com on 30 Oct, at 3pm MYT.