Bright - Full Negative (or) Breaks
(BaDaBing!)
I am dumbfounded by the fact that Bright is only a two piece, and that
the songs on this album are in-studio imporvisations which were later
overdubbed to flesh them out. The songs occasionally build slowly,
hinting at the method in which they were written, but for the most part,
the songs come out as well crafted pop. Similar to Yume Bitsu, Sonic
Youth, and Bardo Pond, Bright often employ a good deal of distortion and
delay to fill their songs out making the 2 or so guitar parts sound like
much more. Often the songs are sowewhat stipped down with just one guitar,
but it eventually builds, ending up sounding like there are 4 or 5 guitars.
Since I've mentioned Sonic Youth, I may as well mention that the song "I'm
Colliding" sounds a lot like that band. The music is similar to Sonic
Youth's Daydream Nation era, and the vocals sound quite a bit like Thurson Moore
at times. The pop hooks that the vocals add to the spacious
instrumntation make a song like "Yeah! Holy Stones" stick out as one of
my favorites. The album ends with an airy, laid back song, "Must I Be
Furious?" but for the most part the songs on this album are driving rock
songs with enough noise and delay to make it sound dense, but not heavy
(as in heavy metal).
The vinyl format (double LP) comes with a
free CDEP, but the liner notes of the CD say you can get the EP for an
extra $6. Full Negative (or) Breaks is stellar, so I'll definitely
be sending my money in for the bonus EP as well as everything else
Bright has released.
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