“...Bright Brown bring an ideal soundtrack to the crisp, autumn air. ...Sounds range from sparse and repetitive like a piece for avant-garde dance to expansive and melodic like the theme from a western where everyone dies in the same pool of blood. ”
— -The Deli NYC
Bright Brown is the cinematically poetic music of Alex Nahas, the Brooklyn based singer / multi-instrumentalist who plays the rarely seen Chapman Stick and Dragonfly tap guitars and harbors a deep affinity for mood, texture and atmosphere. As Bright Brown has evolved over the course of four LPs, one EP and, most recently, the all acoustic release, "Whispering Gallery", Nahas has carved out a niche that slots into the same lineage as Bon Iver, Nick Drake, David Byrne, David Bowie, and Daniel Lanois: all one-of-a-kind artists who shoehorned unorthodox approaches into highly digestible songwriting. Thoughtful and reflective with a knack for rendering outside-world concerns in the landscape of the personal, Bright Brown continues to venture into new musical frontiers.
Originally hailing from San Francisco where he formed the critically acclaimed art rock ensemble, Laughingstock, Nahas has collaborated in the studio and on the road with John Vanderslice, Zoe Keating, DJ Shadow, Mates of State, and Jill Tracy amongst others. He's also shared the stage with the likes of Death Cab For Cutie, Richard Buckner, Spoon, Frank Black, and Robin Guthrie of The Cocteau Twins.
Photo by Manish Gosola
“...comes at you with dark heart and plea...Nahas' voice is heartbreaking and hopeful at the same time, the music layering over and under like sweet and sorrow...lose yourself in the world of the songs and learn something about where inner and outer landscapes meet.”
— Arielle Guy, Tunrtable and Blue Light
Photo by Kevin Mayersky
“...brilliant songs, full of pathos and alienation, but sweetened with strong doses of optimism..this music often broods along with us, but Bright Brown never fails to counter our collective agita with healthy doses of climactic major chords and high-arcing vocal choruses. Here are echoes of Leonard Cohen and Nick Drake, but with much more urgency. ”
— Greg Howard, Stick.com