Smokey Brights have the perfect song for every kid who’s ever confused grandma’s house with their actual home.
“It’s an intimate portrait of a childhood lived in transition,” says singer/guitarist Ryan Devlin, who wrote the incomparable indie outfit’s latest single, “Home.”
Fronted by Devlin and wife Kim West (vocals/keyboards), Smokey Brights have become something of an off-kilter legend in the Seattle region—sort of a Pacific Northwest variation on the Apples In Stereo, known for their crafty resourcefulness and sweetly unhinged sense of humor. To get producer by Andy D. Park (Deep Sea Diver, Pedro The Lion) on board for their latest LP, Dashboard Heat, Devlin painted Park’s recording studio. And when the group isn’t busying itself with whatever else might fall in its laps—like recording the soundtrack for NPR’s Let The Kids Dance! podcast and landing four songs on the hit video game Pacific Drive—the quartet is touring the Northwest Coast and elsewhere.
As subversively silly as it is oddly tender, the video for “Home” is the work of Seattle artist Jamie Henwood, who stars in the clip as well.
“It recounts a move to a new city, the dread of arriving at a new school, the love and chaos of a full house, and the custody-exchange ceremony familiar to children of divorce,” says Devlin.
We’re proud to premiere Smokey Brights’ “Home.” Look for Dashboard Heat September 26 on Share It Music.
—Hobart Rowland
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