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Back And Forth

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Released: Sep 21, 2010

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Back And Forth
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Detroit
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Shanty
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Bare Hands Bare Feet
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La Piedra De La Iguana
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Genre: Indie / Rock / Soul
Location Austin, Texas, Un
Profile Views: 204616
Last Login: 7/2/2012
Member Since 2/13/2005
Website www.thebrightlightsocialhour.com
Type of Label Unsigned
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Jack O'Brien, Curtis Roush, A.J. Vincent, Joseph Mirasole
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It's a party

The Bright Light Social Hour delivers classic bare-assed rock and roll tempered with indie, experimental, and deep-funk influences. Good friends and great communicators, they never forget that they are musicians first, but entertainers even more first.

Order the debut album "The Bright Light Social Hour" from our website or iTunes!

Biography

"The Bright Light Social Hour lay waste to every stage they set foot on."
Aaron Miller, Austin Chronicle

The Bright Light Social Hour is an American rock band from Austin, Texas. Born out of a university art-rock collective, The Bright Light Social Hour has evolved into an unabashedly wide-screen rock group, melding fists-up rock and roll with muscular funk, soul, and psychedelia. The band recently swept the 29th Annual Austin Music Awards during SXSW 2011 with an unprecedented 6 wins, including Band of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year ("Detroit").

The Central Texas-raised young men of The Bright Light Social Hour have built their growing reputation through exhilarating widely-acclaimed live shows. In culmination of their studied development, the band released their debut full-length album in late 2010, simply titled "The Bright Light Social Hour." Recorded in five studios around Austin during summer 2010, the album is founded on sun-drenched optimism, raucous youth, and an innovative brew of American music of varying types - classic rock, contemporary indie, rhythm and blues, dance, and soul. Producer Danny Reisch of Good Danny's utilized the best elements of vintage and modern recording to achieve a sound both forward-looking and evocative of 1970s hi-fi.

The first track, "Shanty," pairs southern rock with hard disco, featuring the searing slide licks of guitarist Curtis Roush. Following the lean, exuberant stomp of "Bare Hands Bare Feet," the band settles into the dark psychedelic-funk of "La Piedra De La Iguana," led by keyboardist A.J. Vincent's dusky vocal and Farfisa organ work. Throughout the middle of the record, the solemn rhythm and blues of "Detroit" is juxtaposed with "Back And Forth," a four-on-the-floor disco-funk romp. On "Garden Of The Gods," the album's penultimate 10-minute epic, the band evolves from stately ballroom Americana to an expansive, ensemble anthem, conjuring up their limber and unrelenting live sets. The fiery "Rhubarb Jam" closes out the record, featuring the agile, booming funk of bassist Jack O'Brien and drummer Joseph Mirasole.

The Bright Light Social Hour have also just released "New Year's Live," a 4-track live EP recorded during their sold-out set at The Parish Austin on New Year's 2011. Re-teaming with producer/engineer Danny Reisch, "New Year's Live" marks the first audio recording to capture the band's raw live energy, consummated with masterfully directed live video by Hussain Pirani.

The Bright Light Social Hour will be touring nationwide in support of their debut album and live EP throughout 2011. Replete with their vital sound, deep brotherhood, and ever-growing facial hair, the band is steadfast in their singular aim - enduring rock and roll.

Praise for "The Bright Light Social Hour"

“One of the most exciting records to come out of Austin in a long time.”
-Austin Monthly, 4.5 stars

“The record itself is nothing short of a revelation. From the first track to the last, it’s everything that’s great about rock and roll.”
-Reporting Texas

“The entire record reeks of sex, actually. The production by the band and [producer] Danny Reisch effortlessly re-creates the carnal zestiness of the band’s live sound.”
-Film South Magazine, 4 stars

“Staggeringly tight indie guitar-fueled freak-outs, swaggering retro soul, funked up dance-punk, and psychedelic synth rockers, all expertly wrangled into a singular, engrossing experience.”
-Austin Sound

"The Bright Light Social Hour is a prophet of the future, calling the newly baptized to the altar of rock, and the old faithful back into the fold."
-Margaret Moser, The Austin Chronicle

"This marks the full-length debut of what many believe is the next great band out of Austin. What makes it more believable is that these guys seem as genuinely interested in entertaining as in making good music- in this case a kind of rock-prog-funk, if you can imagine such a thing. Classic rock, meet Daft Punk. And get ready to pawty."
-David Brown, KUT, Texas Music Matters

"The most fun album to come out of Austin this year."
-Matt Reilly, KUT, Music with Matt Reilly

"I’m surprised this wasn’t also released on 8-track tape, since it’s party music for party people and great accompaniment for trimming your mustache. Also ideal for making love in the back of your Chevy van, and that’s alright by me."
-Rick McNutty, KUT, Music with Rick McNutty

"Talk about a party record!"
-Andy Uhler, KUT, Texas Music Matters

"Wow. Brilliant! Straight-up rock ‘n’ roll with the vibe of ‘70s popular tunes- and some disco beats in there to boot!"
-Laurie Gallardo, KUT, Austin Music Minute

Booking
USA: Anthony Paolercio - The Agency Group
anthonypaolercio@theagencygroup.com - (212) 581-3100
Canada: Darcy Gregoire -The Agency Group
darcygregoire@theagencygroup.com - (416) 368-5599 x3247
Contact
mgmt@thebrightlightsocialhour.com