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A Quick Chat With Brightlight City

• 13th May 2015

Slice up some British punk, add a teaspoon of the Seattle sound, a dash of pop melodies and a few scoops of tasty rock riffs seasoned with hardcore and you have what amounts to the core sound of Surrey 5 piece Brightlight City. We caught up with them to find out more about their new EP ‘Adventures’ released 15th May.

When we first started playing music…
As this band, in January 2014. However, all of us have been in various bands before.

If we had to choose a new name for the band it would be…
Dr J and the Wet Nurses because everyone loves the milk of human kindness, or Barry Monday and the Week Days because then everyone will love Monday.

We knew we were on to something when…
We got in a rehearsal space for the first time, ideas flowed and there was a definite “did we just write that” when we listened back to demos of the songs. It was a real electric moment where everything fell into place and it is still like that now.

Our biggest non-musical influences are…
Bill Hicks (RIP) , Thierry Henry, Paolo Maldini, Andrea Pirlo, Neil Gaiman, Phillip Pullman, Richard Dawkins, Ed Stafford, Bear Grylls, Steven Spielberg, Orson Welles, Christopher Nolan and Roald Dahl.

We’re most proud of…
Being selected to play Relentless Hear to be Heard in Oct 2014 by Zane Lowe, the Head of NME new music and the main booker for the Reading and Leeds festival. Also playing live and recording is something we take seriously and love every time we make or play music.

Our ideal support slot would be…
Playing in a line up with Biffy Clyro and the Foo Fighters.

Something we haven’t achieved yet which we’d like to is…
Supporting Biffy and the Foos on tour, one day it will happen!

Our favourite places to hang out are…
The Southbank London, Camden Town, Islington, Epsom Downs, Brisbane Australia, Clacket Lane services, South Mimms Service, Fleet Services, Beaconsfield Services and every service on the M1.

If we could give our younger selves one piece of advice it would be…
The best way to get what you want is always be honest in everything you do, honest music is appreciated by everyone because people can see that the songs contain small pieces of yourselves. Also set the trends, don’t follow them.

We can’t stop listening to…
The Xcerts “There is Only You”, Roots Manuva “4everevolution”

We’re not ashamed to admit that…
We love Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury and Midnight Oil.

If we could wave a magic wand and make anything in the world happen it would be…
(Apart from the morally correct answer of ending poverty and making sure everyone has a chance to achieve whatever they want) to befriend Dave Grohl, the man is a legend!

Someone you might not have heard of that you should check out is…
Banquet Records, the best independent record store in South London, Kingston to be exact.

‘Adventures’ is released 15th May 2015.