Ever wonder what the band Women would sound like…as a different band? Me neither, but now we don’t have to! Church Of The Very Bright Lights, out of Calgary, is James Cullen, backed by Chris Reimer on drums and Matt Flegel (of Women) on bass.
Church Of The Very Bright Lights recently finished up a new album, titled Gang Crimes, that Cullen is releasing entirely for free download. Gang Crimes was actually sent over to us by Kris Ellestad, formerly featured in one of our artist profiles way back when. Ellestad is a recording engineer by day, and recorded/produced Gang Crimes. Calgary musicians, unite!
What’s interesting here, though, is that Ellestad is of the acoustic/classical strain and recorded the album as such, even though electric guitar is used most of the time. The effect is a rich, experimental sound, making for some of the more unique music I’ve listened to in quite some time.
Church Of The Very Bright Lights – “Bone/Muscle” [MP3]
Sounds like…boring crap.