Brightlight City - Start At The End
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| Brightlight City - Start At The End |
Release Date: 13th May
What do you get when you mix
Hard-Fi, Vampire Weekend and Fall Out Boy? Surrey quintet Brightlight City is
what you get, and not in a good way. This is classic example of having most of
the right ingredients but not having a clue how to put them together to create
a dish that's fit for consumption. Sure, the guitars are tight and there is a
big, shouty bridge that is obviously designed to get the crowd singing along but
everything just needs a bit more effort. The vocals sound too high in the mix,
the bass is almost non-existent and the pace of the song just sounds like the
moment when you realised that your walkman batteries are starting to run down -
the song sounds OK but you always get to the chorus a fraction of a second
before the band do. According to the
band's facebook page, they are all involved in projects like ghost hunting and
running a radio station - I would suggest that they take some fingers out of
those other pies and get back in to the studio to get this sound refined
because at the moment it feels rushed, unloved and unfinished. Which is a shame because the cover art for this single is ace.
More information:
Live dates:
Thursday
2nd May – The New Cross Inn, New Cross
Friday
10th May – Jack Rabbits , Bognor Regis
Saturday
11th May – Scream Lounge, Croydon
Friday
17th May – SINGLE LAUNCH The Workshop, Shoreditch, London
Saturday
18th May – Redfest Comp @ Hobgoblin, Staines
Tuesday
21st May – No Quarter @ NottingHill Arts Club, London
Wednesday
12th June – The Islington, London
Saturday
22nd June – Club Go Go Disco, Bullet Bar, Camden
Saturday
13th July – Rock in the Park, Wantage