Brightblack Morning Light Discography of CDs

Brightblack Morning Light music CDs On their self-titled debut for Matador Records, Brightblack Morning Light offered an American roots-infused take on My Bloody Valentine's warm drones, cutting through the maelstrom with touches of gospel, country, and soul. On MOTION TO REJOIN, the New Mexico-via-Alabama duo of Rachael Hughes and Nathan Shineywater continue to gaze not at their shoes, but rather at the star-flecked big sky that hangs over the American landscape. "Hologram Buffalo" and "Oppressions Each" sound like codeine-soaked Stax ballads heard from beyond the next mesa, while "Summer Hoof" is arguably the one and only ambient soul-jazz jam ever recorded. The duo owe an undeniable debt to Spiritualized, yet Brightblack Morning Light also dig through the dirt to get at the original source. Arrangers: Naybob Shineywater; Rachael Hughes. Brightblack Morning Light: Naybob Shineywater (vocals, electric guitar, Clavinet, vibraphone); Rachael Hughes (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, vibraphone); Matthew Davis (clarinet, saxophone, trombone). Personnel: Meara OReilly, Ann McCrary, Regina McCrary (vocals); Windy Dankoff (flute, bass flute); Matt Henry Cunitz (celesta, pump organ, Mellotron); Jessica Ruffins (bass guitar); Otto Hauser (drums, percussion).

Brightblack Morning Light discography Between breathy slowcore vocals, loping keyboard blues, subdued guitars, and the occasional flute, the genre-bending Brightblack Morning Light is a tough band to nail down. With their free-form blues space-outs, they're not quite freak-folk, but they're too experimental to be a jam band. And then they'll turn around and play a song like the lovely "Miwok Shapes," with ethereal piano shining above an undulating electric guitar. Two Southerners now based in Northern California, Rachel Hughes and Nathan Shineywater (keyboards and guitar respectively) seem less interested in fitting into any particular form than they are in developing the unique sound they've invented. Hypnotic, soulful, and slightly unnerving, these are songs that keep moving because they're never on perfectly solid ...