A New Word To Say is the new single from Bright Light Bright Light , aka Rod Thomas and supporting players. Produced with Neon Neon's Boom Bip, it's a slice of unashamedly sincere electro-pop, full of breathless rhythms, nice vocal hooks and a real reach-for-the-lasers chorus. Where I find BLBL's previous numbers occasionally smacking of simplicity, this latest effort is much more artful - epitomised by the nice jangly melody thrown in amid the final skirmishes, and by the layered vocals that accompany it. In the end, it's a tune that gives you two distinct options: sing along, or have a shit time. Bright Light Bright Light is playing The [...]
Not to be confused with Lite Brite, Rainbow Brite, light sabers, or any sort of toy with the words bright or light in them, London's Bright Light Bright Light (yep it's so nice, you say it twice) jumped into Beastonia directly before flying out for SXSW. In turn, we lost track a bit, but the cool chap hit us up again today with a fair reminder that I needed to get the radness ready for your ears. [...]
BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT In precisely the same way that all highly skilled craftsmen create their quality products, when pop music is done well, it appears to be somewhat effortless. It strikes all the buttons marked 'positive' and 'satisfying', whilst simultaneously ticking all your inner fun boxes. We've recently been in touch with Rod Thomas who kicked off this new project last summer, following a career spent working inside music distribution ( PIAS ) from 2004, to eventually setting up his own label, Self Raising Records , in 2006. With the likes of Andy Chatterley (Unkle, [...]
Yo no sabía nada de Rod Thomas, y buscaba, lo confundía con Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty), y seguía buscando y bueno... Me encontré con Bright Light Bright Light , su nuevo proyecto. Para él 'Rod Thomas' murió porque estaba empezando a hacer mucha música con beats más relacionado a la electrónica y bueno, debo confesar que es lo mejor que he escuchado de él. Aquí tienen 'A New Word to Say', con un remix bien chévere de James Yuill, quien al parecer le devuelve el favor después del trabajo que le hizo Thomas a 'This Sweet Love'. Escuchen y [...]
I've seen the name Bright Light Bright Light flying around here and there but never bothered to find out what it was all about. Which I regret now. Bright Light Bright Light brings out emotions to the alternative rock scene of the 80's and the new wave-pop scene, which brings to mind The Smiths and strangely enough Men at Work . this clever crafted synth-pop is a multifaceted and is a beautiful mix of several elements that create a very magical result. It's intellectual vocal work with a playful imagination. [...]
I really like Rod. When we were talkin over emails, he just comes across as the most awesome, humble, guy ever, which is not something that can easily be said about most people these days. Rod runs the net based label, Self Raise Records and he's also an electronic songwriter going by the name Bright Light Bright Light . I guess this humble-ness and sensitivity bleeds into his music: intelligent songwriting on a backdrop of an 80s-tinged dance soundtrack. Tracks like Love Part II stops just short of being epic and Good Times [...]
Here is a freshly squeezed remix of Ellie Goulding 's "Under The Sheets" , courtesy of Rod Thomas, under his alias Bright Light Bright Light . Recently made available for free on his website , it's certainly a very listenable reswizzle to these ears. UPDATE: Of course, I received a DMCA takedown notification for this. Link removed guys, but it's still at Rod Thomas's website for anyone still interested. Still not [...]
A look at what's happening right now: Get up close and personal with Zee Avi on Friday, March 19 at Stereolab . Signed to Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records, Zee Avi counts among her influences Cat Power, Regina Spektor, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Jolie Holland, Daniel Johnston and Chris Garneau, to jazz greats Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, to classics like Velvet Underground and Led Zeppelin. Tickets are $28 nett and can be purchased from Stereolab. The event starts at 8.30pm. [...]
Bright Light Bright Light (which I really hope is a Gremlins reference!) is the one-man project of Cardiff based Singer/Songwriter Rod Thomas who absolute passion to create well-crafted Pop music shines through the music from the first listen. You can tell that Rod has spent a few years honing his craft as, for a DIY production, it's pretty damn slick. It's also timed brilliantly, this kind of ElectroPop with an emphasis on songwriting, an ElectroPop revolution of substance over style, is set to blow up this year and Bright Light Bright Light could well be at the [...]
It's Monday and I'm simply too tired (as always) to write anything today. But not too tired to check a few mails (some of them dating back as far as last October), so here's another one of those " look what I have found in the inbox today " posts! Am suspecting that this could very well turn into a regular Monday feature? Time will show! + Elizabeth & the Catapult - Race You + Pacific Theater - [...]
Here is a freshly squeezed remix of Ellie Goulding 's "Under The Sheets" , courtesy of Rod Thomas, under his alias Bright Light Bright Light . Recently made available for free on his website , it's certainly a very listenable reswizzle to these ears. MP3: Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets (Bright Light Bright Light Boys Remix) Still not tired of this song yet. Ellie's star is shooting up this year, and rightfully so. [...]
This is a guest post by Bright Light Bright Light , otherwise known as Rod Thomas, a Welsh songwriter, producer, remixer and multi-instrumentalist. He is recording his album with Andy Chatterley, Boom Bip and Friendly which is due later this year. Rod has also been running his own record label, Self Raising Records, since 2006. He recently put out a remix of Ellie Goulding's "Under The Sheets" which can be downloaded below. Download: Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets (Bright Light Bright Light Boys Remix) [...]
I don't think the artist named himself after photic sneeze reflex , but it might be taken from a famous quote from the movie Gremlins . Bright Light Bright Light is Welsh songwriter, producer, remixer and multi-instrumentalist Rod Thomas who, over the last year or so has moved swiftly from bedroom producing to appearing at Glastonbury, Latitude, Camp Bestival, Green Man, Innocent Village Fete and Summer Sundae festivals. Interestingly enough, I was just contacted By Rod Thomas after I posted his remix of [...]
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