BRIGHTS BLOG

All month long we’ll each spend a week sharing some of the things we love most with all of you.  We each spent time thinking about music, movies, radio, etc. that hold warm places in our hearts.  These things are personal, and mean a lot to each of us in different ways.  We hope you enjoy bits of them as well…

Ho Ho Ho!  The holidays are here!  We’re doing Brightsmas a little different this year, and we’ll make our sharing spirit last all month long.  To kick off Brightmas we’re opening up our Brights Shop officially for business.  Share the gift of b&tb with your loved-ones this holiday season.

Check it out here: http://www.bernandthebrights.com/merch

Hello out there.

Well, what can we say?  We’ve had “Starchild” locked up, waiting for the day it would be available for you all to keep in your pockets, and it’s finally coming soon.  We wanted to make sure it was right.  We needed it to be right for you and for us.  So, we’re releasing it on April 16th, 2011, National Record Store Day, on 7″ vinyl.  [RSVP here.] We’ve decided to pair it up with a new song that hasn’t been debuted full band, yet.  It’s called “Lost in the Sea.”  Sonically and lyrically they make perfect sense together…

We spent time making our own artwork for this.  We designed the art for our EP, Swing Shift Maisies, and there’s something special in our hearts and minds knowing that we made something, from start to finish.  Bernadette and Shawn made the actual drawings/paintings that make up the jacket artwork, and I, Catherine, helped do the digital aspects to send it off to the printer.  We’re really excited about the way it came out, and we hope you dig it, too.

Along the way, through hours of drawing, painting, eating, drinking, and listening to 80s New Wave hits and misses we filmed our progress.  Check out the video.  In it you will see some nice “making-of” moments, the final artwork, and you’ll even hear a good portion of the final version of “Starchild” that is out at a pressing plant right now, just waiting to be grooved into some vinyl discs.

And don’t forget, save this date:

Saturday, April 16th
4 – 6PM Acoustic In-Store performance @ Tunes | Hoboken, NJ
8:30PM Starchild Release Show @ Maxwell’s | Hoboken, NJ | w/The Defending Champions, Old Wives, and My Pet Dragon

…we give you love. It’s free, and easy!

Seriously though, many, many thanks to everyone who’s been so supportive and loving this year. Thank you for making our release of “Swing Shift Maisies” so successful; thank you for supporting us in the Hoboken Music Awards, thank you for coming out to the many, many shows; thank you Tierney’s, Van Gogh’s Ear, Spike Hill and 101.9RXP for your wonderful and continued support; and thank you to our friends and families who’ve helped us in countless ways throughout the year. Just, thanks!

2010 was a truly awesome year and we’re grateful to have all of the experiences and memories to look back on. We hope we can make and share many more with you all in 2011. Here’s to another year!

<3b&tb

Happy Holidays everyone!

Here we are, at the home stretch.  Check out this video of Bernadette performing a classic Christmas tune.  Gather ’round the screen and dream of sugar plum fairies while she serenades you.  Enjoy!

Happy Day 10!

Today we’d like to share a special tune with you all.  This one is called “Angel Boy” by Bernadette Malavarca.  This song is an older tune, one the band doesn’t do.  She recorded it a few years ago and we thought that today it would be fun to share it with everyone.  There’s so much that can be said to preface this song, but let’s just let it do the speaking.

Do enjoy, “Angel Boy!”

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Day 9 is here!

Today we would like to share a brand new song with you.  We’re excited to show this one to you because you haven’t heard it yet!  This song is called “Lost in the Sea” written by Catherine McGowan.  We haven’t quite finished it full band, but we’re almost there.  This is a home demo for you to peep the new track.

Enjoy!  And please, let us know what you think.

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Hello!

Today we have another free download for you.  This is our live EP from our show at Mexicali on November 13th.  Special thanks to JoeKelly (http://www.joekellyaudio.com) for coming down from Boston to help us record and mix this!

Track Listing:
Slave Driver
My Black Cat
Rub Me Raw
I See Red

Enter your email address in the Mailing List Sign-up form to get your free digital copy from our website: http://www.bernandthebrights.com

Spread the word and enjoy some of our favorite songs!
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Today we’re sharing with you a holiday cover song!  Bernadette and I, Catherine, recorded this together on a laptop, sitting on a couch, clapping their hands, and making up new parts on the fly.  We had a lot of fun with this and we’re excited about some of the happy accidents we created.

Click the play button below to stream it here for free!

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But that’s not good enough.  We want you to have a free copy to play at your holiday parties this week.  So, if you sign our mailing list on our website you will get a free copy of the song emailed to you instantly, to download.  Enter your email here: http://www.bernandthebrights.com

Happy Holidays!
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…my true love gave to me, more words!  We really want you to know the words to all of our songs, the real words!  So, please enjoy reading the lyrics to “Sangria Peaches!”  We finally have all of the lyrics to our EP, Swing Shift Maisies posted!

http://www.bernandthebrights.com/lyrics

Much love!
<3b&tb