So when I first got an email from Chasing Bright Lights, I was sort of taken back. This is the second artist to contact me, instead of the other way around. I emailed him back, and agreed to a review. Shortly after wards I got his CD in the mail.

To be honest, at first I wasn’t impressed. I heard one of his songs on Myspace, and didn’t make it to the end. I took a look through his pictures, and saw the quote “If Jesus were here, he’d likely hate me for my album cover.” I found this to be a bit pretentious. Saying you’re edgy, doesn’t make you edgy.

When the album landed in the mail, I put it on my shelf, and forgot about it until recently. I listened to it straight through while making supper one night. It made for good background noise, and I actually caught a few songs I liked. But still, it didn’t jump out at me, and I soon forgot about it again.

I listened to it again randomly on my bus ride to Halifax a few weeks ago, and found that it was better than I thought. It’s not my favourite album of all time, and I can’t say it’s ground breaking, or that it changed my life, but the lyrics fit the folk rock guitar playing, which impressed me in the song Spit, but otherwise it was pretty natural guitar playing. Normal stuff.

Check out Chasing Bright Lights Myspace page, he’s good enough that I’m sure there are people who will be impressed with him more than I am.

Myspace.

Either way, later.