Track Listing

1. Everybody Daylight
2. Friend Of The Time
3. Fry Bread
4. Star Blanket River Child
5. All We Have Broken Shines
6. River Could Be Loved
7. Amber Canyon Magik
8. Black Feather Wishes Rise
9. Come Another Rain Down
10. We Share Our Blankets With The Owl

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17349 in Music
• Released on: 2006-09-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .12 pounds

CD Description
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 ground.

Customer Reviews

...but do owls use blankets?
What a find! The last album that got me this enthused was Wilco's "A Ghost Is Born". This sounds like Spiritualized doing Muddy Waters covers and it works a treat. Particular gems are the deeply bluesey "Friend of Time" and the acid-fried doo-wop of "Black Feather Wishes Rise". In response to the previous review: yes, it is "samey" but with music of this calibre that can only be a good thing... in my opinion it's perfectly judged. Languid, absorbing and utterly hypnotic.

A Light Less Ordinary.
OK, descriptions of this band, that I have seen, have concentrated on the languid, laid back nature of the music. Some have tagged them as 'stoner-rock', and its hard to dispute that, especially as my copy came with free 'prismatic glasses' that add an interesting rainbow effect to any light source viewed through them and, if that weren't enough of a hint, are decorated with cannabis leaf symbols.

This is somewhat misleading as there is more than enough to occupy the listener who may wish to enjoy it 'straight'. This is a brilliant listen whatever the state of mind you might choose audition it in. It reminds me, a little, of Galaxy 500 and even John Mayall's 'Laurel Canyon' or Can's "Future Days" album, but the amazing thing is that the music is infused with a sinuous funky rhythm reminiscent of Sly and the Family Stone(only slowed down, right down)so sure its mellow and relaxing etc, but if you tune into it, it engages, there is a lot going on. Rather than lying back in a darkened room' I actually felt like getting up and dancing(or is that sway gently)to some of the tracks on this record!
A 'track by track' would be pointless as this is definitely an 'album experience' and a very good one.

This album surprised me, I hadn't expected it to be this good, it's certainly worth a gamble.

An excuse to drift . . .
If you were looking for an album which when plugged into, gave you a sound basis to forget where you are, lie on the beach and just flow with the sounds then you may well have it here.

I tried to imagine what use this one could be, and for me and i got Holiday Get-away, on the beach, in the sun, eyes closed and away you go, it feels almost like musical therapy you can get lost in.

My only real comPlaint is it gets "samey" and unless you plan to "get lost" for a while or fall asleep to it, or have it as a pleasant background, you may find yourself looking elsewhere.
Hard one to nail down, but good to drift to.