The Bright Light Social Hour

Wednesday, May 30 • Doors 7pm • Show 8pm • $10 Flat • All Ages • Buy Tickets

w/ Ravenhill

The Bright Light Social Hour is an American 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 fists-up rock and roll with muscular funk, soul, and psychedelia.  The band recently swept the 29th Annual Austin Music Awards during SXSW 2011 with an unprecedented 6 wins, including Band of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year (“Detroit”).

The Central Texas-raised young men of The Bright Light Social Hour have built their growing reputation through exhilarating widely-acclaimed live shows, including the 2009 Austin City Limits Festival.  In culmination of their studied development, the band released their debut full-length album in late 2010, simply titled “The Bright Light Social Hour”.  Recorded in five studios around Austin during summer 2010, the album is founded on sun-drenched optimism, raucous youth, and an innovative brew of American music of varying types – hard rock and roll, indie, rhythm and blues, dance and soul.  Producer Danny Reisch of Good Danny’s utilized the best elements of vintage and modern recording to achieve a sound both forward-looking and evocative of 1970s hi-fi.

The Bright Light Social Hour will be touring nationwide in support of their debut album and live EP throughout 2011.  Replete with their vital sound, deep brotherhood, and ever-growing facial hair, the band is steadfast in their singular aim – enduring rock and roll.

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