I can’t really explain the effect of Brightblack Morning Light without transcribing their biography, direct from the Matador Records website:
Brightblack Morning Light is a color of the day when the truth of the universe is faded into a veil of blue sky. Its a time when spirits are allowed access. It’s a humble time that affects all Life. It’s a time to recognize and accept change, without the limitations of your own surroundings. That time offers a free ritual that needs no shrine.
The conspiracy of two homeless friends from rural Alabama whose “mixed blood holds some American Indian somewhere”, Nathan D. “Nabob” Shineywater and Rachael “Rabob” Hughes first emerged from obscurity on a split 7″ with Bonnie Prince Billy in 2002 under the name Rainywood. After signing with Matador, they embarked on the journey to create this first self-titled album, rife with unusual Shaft-like and Latin-influenced tribal percussions, horns, Fender Rhodes keyboard, and vocals that I could only describe as “the soundtrack to Death Valley ’69″, the music could well be the soundtrack to some unfinished Vincent Gallo film.
The end result is a hypnotically strange mellow hybrid of folk and alternative which makes it one of the most original albums of 2006 that I’ve heard so far, bearing only minor resemblances to Air, Mogwai, some Jesus & Mary Chain and middle-1990′s Royal Trux recordings. While there are slices of influence everywhere, the album stands on its own groovy, soulful psychedelic feet leaving no footprints, only traces of memories. Observe the gestures of goodwill presented on their first single, “Everybody Daylight” and then get your hands on the album.
Listen to Brightblack Morning Light – Everybody Daylight
You can pre-order Brightblack Morning Light’s self-titled album by clicking here.
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