Released March 10, 2015 Release date 10 March 2015 | Length 45:28 Label Frenchkiss Records | |
Recorded June 2013 – January 2014 Artist The Bright Light Social Hour Producer The Bright Light Social Hour Genres Psychedelic rock, Indie rock, Blues rock, House music Similar Live at Stubb's, Coolin' Off, Secret Evil, Little Neon Limelight, The Waterfall | ||
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Space Is Still the Place is the second full-length album by The Bright Light Social Hour. It was released on March 10, 2015 via Frenchkiss Records (worldwide) and MapleMusic Recordings (Canada).
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Concept
The band has stated the album was largely inspired by staying with fans while touring in the Southern United States, as well as by concepts of Afrofuturism and progressivism.
In an interview with The Huffington Post, O'Brien stated, “We became really interested in mixing southern aspects of music -- soul, rock, blues, those sort of things -- with a progressive outlook, where we got really into dance music, house music, techno, psychedelic rock. We became really interested in mixing all those sounds; something future-looking and also vibe-y and comfortable, but different all together.”
The album title is inspired by Sun Ra's 1974 film Space Is the Place.
Recording and release
The album was recorded between June 2013, and January 2014, at the band's home in Austin, Texas. It was mixed by the band and Chris Coady in New York, NY in May 2014.
On January 20, 2015 the band announced via The Huffington Post Space Is Still The Place would be released March 10, 2015 on Frenchkiss Records.
On February 17, 2015, Jay Z's Life+Times premiered the music video for their first single, "Infinite Cities", directed by bassist/singer Jack O'Brien.
In 2016, the song "Ghost Dance" was featured in an episode of MTV's Teen Wolf as well as an episode of Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine. "Ghost Dance" is also featured in the 2017 Terrence Malick film Song to Song. The Song "Sweet Madelene" was featured in an episode of Hulu's Shut Eye.
Reception
Space Is Still the Place was released to critical acclaim, described by AllMusic's Mark Deming as "an ambitious and wildly entertaining journey into the minds of the men who created it" and "a smart, fearless work from a band whose inner journey is paying impressive musical dividends."
Track listing
All tracks written by Curtis Roush, Jack O'Brien and Joseph Mirasole.
Personnel
The personnel of Space Is Still the Place according to the liner notes of the album's LP release:
Technical personnel:
Songs
1Sweet Madelene5:44
2Slipstream2:56
3Dreamlove5:05