Let Your Dim Light Shine Let Your Dim Light Shine Let Your Dim Light Shine is the seventh album from the band Soul Asylum, released in 1995. Critically, it suffered in comparison to its predecessor, "Grave Dancers Union", the band's breakout release. It includes the hit "Misery," which was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as "Syndicated Inc." on his album "Bad Hair Day". This was the first Soul Asylum album with drummer Sterling Campbell. He provided half of the drums on "Grave Dancers Union". The album's title comes from a lyric of the song "Promises Broken." Actress Trini Alvarado provided backing vocals on three songs.
Let the Sun Shine my little studio in my bedroom. My brother was sleeping in the bunk bed behind me and kept waking up saying, 'Keep it down, you're making too much noise.' At that time, I felt I was learning so much musically and it felt like the most perfect moment writing that track with the first rays of sun shining into the room. People listen to it and they say it sounds like a 'eureka!' moment and it was." Robert Copsey of "Digital Spy" gave the song a positive review: ...for starters Labbers has something no amount of studio trickery can create: