The Bright Light Social Hour will perform at 9 p.m. June 24 at the Vaudeville Mews in Des Moines. Doors open at 8 p.m., and entrance will be limited to ages 21 and older. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Ticketfly with a $2.59 service charge.

The band’s second album, “Space Is Still the Place,” was released in March 2015 to rave reviews. NPR’s Heavy Rotation also featured the band in “10 Songs Public Radio Can’t Stop Playing.”

The Bright Light Social Hour, based in Austin, Texas, consists of Jack O’Brien, vocalist and bass guitarist, Curtis Roush, vocalist and guitarist, Edward Braillif, synthesizer and guitarist and drummer Joseph Mirasole.

O’Brien said the band began creating psychedelic music because it was looking for something unique and liked the creative aspects of the genre. He described the band’s sound as “cosmic, southern, psychedelic, soul.”

The band has been influenced by Arundhati Roy’s idea that an activist’s job is to shine a light in the dark corners of the world. The group’s name comes from this idea, as well as the social continuance of meeting and connecting with new people.

Many of their songs have a common idea of “abolishing the ego” and feeling “more connected with others.” O’Brien said the band wants to encourage change in the world.

Within the past year, the band has faced the loss of its manager and Jack’s brother, Alex, but it continues to make the music he believed in. “Space Is Still the Place” has a little bit of each of them in it, and Alex was a huge part of making the album happen. O’Brien said the band is working on songs dedicated to Alex’s memory. 

O’Brien said touring internationally and recording with other artists in their studio are the band’s current goals. The band also hopes to unite as many people as possible.

The band began its current tour to 2,000-plus hometown fans and have since played sold-out shows in New York City, Washington D.C. and Chicago.

They will open for Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros for a handful of dates this summer.

“We will put all of ourselves out there,” O’Brien said about the show. He said there will be “a lot of love and it will be a trip.”

O’Brien described the show as a journey that starts out slow, ebbing and flowing, and becomes more explosive.

To learn more about the band, visit www.thebrightlightsocialhour.com. To learn more about the venue, visit www.vaudevillemews.com.