Cor de Lux

Cor de Lux

Cor de Lux grew out of the music scene of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The band found each other during a chance conversation about the love of music between Tim Lusk and Dawn Moraga while Moraga waited for a phone repair in Lusk’s shop. This was the catalyst for the band’s formation, with John Bliven quickly added on bass and Jacob Richardson stepping in for founding member and drummer Dana Quinn in early 2022. Their music (a mixture of post-punk, shoegaze, garage rock and early 2000’s influences) has been compared to bands such as Sonic Youth, Blonde Redhead, Protomartyr, and Television.

The four of them create what comes naturally: a rhythm-anchored, abstract sound that is loaded with angular chords and riffs. In 2025, the band toured as direct support for BRNDA and were direct support for two of Superchunk’s South East dates. In 2023, the band was direct support for part of Pile’s East Coast tour. Since 2022, they have been a prominent force in the North Carolina scene, opening for bands such as Sweeping Promises, Archers of Loaf, Omni, Cola, and Blondshell.