Pale Lights - The Stars Seemed Brighter (2017)

Are you in a dark, semi-hopeless mood due to end of the year deadlines, the pressures and conflicts of the holiday season and the decidedly return-of-the-robber-barons state of politics? Oh, we're sorry - are we making it worse? Allow us to suggest there is a light at the end of the tunnel. It is, in fact, a Pale Lights. And what are Pale Lights? Well, as longtime readers of this blog know they are one of the best and criminally under-exposed guitar pop bands in the United States. Purveyors of melodies and lyrics masterfully crafted to last the test of time, the Brooklyn-based band has just released new LP The Stars Seemed Brighter with ten tracks that will make you smile and put a bounce in your step. Worries? What worries?

With tunes like this you'll think you won the 'good mood lottery'. Frontman and songwriter Phil Sutton sings with a casual, good-humored sincerity, underscored by female backing vocals, jangling and ringing guitars and an excellent rhythm section. The recordings have a live-to-tape feel we find produces warmth and immediacy. And the hint of country rock in the songs' DNA adds an interesting element as well.

Andy Adler, lead guitar
Lisa Goldstein, drums
Suzanne Nienaber, vocals
Maria Pace, bass guitar
Philip Sutton, vocals and guitar

Track List:
01. 100 Years
02. Mother Cries
03. I Will Not Pray
04. Sweetheart
05. Jean, Bring The Flowers
06. The Army Game
07. Poor Old Ruby Ellen
08. The Sounds
09. Coming Up For Air
10. Goodnight

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