"Haunting", "ethereal" and "oozing with soul" are just a few of the words we've heard used to describe the music of alabama-Kentuckyto-Northern Cal transplants Brightblack Morning Light. Backed by a crack ensemble, the duo of Nathan Shineywater and Rachael Hughes' transcendent brand of super-spooky, carefully crafted music for many moods is the genre-blurring experience of the decade. Brightblack Morning Light are all about rearrangements of color, tone and sound we'd not previously imagined. If there's a place on the map where MBV, Lee Perry and Little Willie John can all happily co-exist, Nathan and Rachael have set up their tent. That place

might well be in your living room, too, so start vacuuming.