| Jon Salmon JonSalmon7@gmail.com my youtube page: www.youtube.com The Bright Light Social Hour is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas. Born out of a university art-rock collective, The Bright Light Social Hour has evolved into an unabashedly wide-screen rock group, melding classic rock energy and dynamics with funk, soul, and experimental influences. The band formed at a small liberal arts college outside of Austin. Band founders Curtis Roush and Jack OBrien set out to create bold, funky rock and roll drawn equally from studied classics and contemporary experimentation. The young scholars soon kidnapped Jo Mirasole from a nearby high school drumline and tempted prolific Austin singer-songwriter AJ Vincent with Curtis homemade organic cookies. The completed lineup recorded their new EP, Back and Forth, at an analog studio in south Austin. Anchored by fiery ensemble performances and rich harmonies, the record features their first single, Back and Forth (Part 2) a foot-stomping lovers plea, steeped in dark funk. In October 2009, The Bright Light Social Hour won the Dell Lounge Sound and the Jury contest to play the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The band competed with over 1500 bands from around the world in multiple rounds of public and industry voting, culminating in a final battle of the bands at Antones Nightclub two nights before the kickoff of ACL. Supported by hundreds of their local fans, the band lit up the stage to a decisive victory, garnering a ... |
