"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 ...   [ read more ]

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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Haunting, beautiful, and weird in equal doses, Brightblack Morning Light's second album for Matador was recorded entirely under solar power. Deeper and heftier than their much loved 2006 self-titled LP, this record recalls musicians as diverse as Lee Perry, Bob Dylan, My Bloody Valentine, Neil Young, and Otis Redding, with sounds ranging from folk to gospel to experimental electronics.

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Formed in Santa Cruz and now based in San Francisco, the intense sextet of Sleepy Sun release their breathtaking debut album, Embrace. Whether droning madly, spiraling into cascades of infinitely-echoing vocals or kicking back with their blissed-out take on classic Americana rock, Sleepy Sun are a band that has made many sit up and take immediate notice. Recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, in January 2008, the album embodies the quintessential sound of West Coast psychedelia updated for the late nough...   [ read more ]

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