The Bright Ones first sashayed onto the radar when they played this year's Great Escape festival in May in their Brighton hometown. Considering they had only been together a matter of months, and snapped up after only one show at The Hope in Brighton by End of The Trail Records, you sought of guessed this was going to be a band to reckon with.
Their debut single 'Does She Make Noise?' was released at the end of July and received praise from BBC Introducing, and Carl Barat, amongst others. Its accompanying video might have given something of a clue to the look and style of the four members: a glam in-yer-face frontman, Christian Jegard; a not-half-bad guitarist and bassist, Dan Curtis and Stewart Brown; and drummer Carl Hayden, doing what drummers do, holding it all up at the back. In short, style, attitude, fake fur and eyeliner, coupled with a fast, frenetic punk pop approach.
Hand-picked by The Polyphonic Spree to support them last month at their only UK date, The Bright Ones' live shows to date have established them as a band on the rise. Their new single, 'Your Words Dont Bother Me But The Killing Hurts,' is already quickly catching the attention of tastemakers. A relentless guitar-driven slab of intention clocking in at just 2mins 45 seconds, it is as different from their previous release as it could be - and in the estimation of a few people, a far better one, with Jegard sounding like a Robert Smith/Ian McCulloch hybrid and a rhythm that veers away from punk and into near psych territory, making you just want to get to a venue somewhere very soon and see them perform this live.
'Your Words Don't Bother Me But The Killing Hurts' is released on November 25 via End Of The Trail Records.
The Bright Ones play the following upcoming London dates:
November 01 - Buffalo Bar, Islington
November 07 - The Monarch, Camden.
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