Austin-based band, The Bright Light Social Hour, released their latest album, Space Is Still the Place in 2015 and was met with favorable reviews. After releasing their eponymous debut in 2010, the band had toured heavily, particularly in the South, which influenced the album’s theme of a “Future South”. Known for their enthusiastic and engaging live shows, The Bright Light Social Hour usually stayed with people in various cities instead of hotels and gained a new perspective on the struggle young Americans faced after experiencing it first-hand. The band took that perspective into song, as Curtis Roush of the band stated, Our generation has grown up in continuous financial crises, a lot of unemployment, a lack of opportunity, widening inequality, and pervasive issues of race, gender, and class. We’re taking a lens to some of these gritty realities and espousing an optimistic, frontier-looking gaze into the future. ‘Future South’ is both an aesthetic and political statement. We’re taking forms and influences from soul, blues, and gritty southern music and ushering them forward. The idea evinces the south can be a vibrant egalitarian place. You can love barbecue and not be racist.”
B-Sides caught up with The Bright Light Social Hour during their recent tour stop in San Francisco to talk about the album, plans for the upcoming video for “Dreamlike” and more.
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