(Indie Rock/Post-Punk/Shoegaze) Bright Channel - Self-Propelled - 2006, MP3, VBR 160-256 kbps

Colorado’s spacey bliss rockers, Bright Channel are the second incarnation of Jeff Suthers’, and Shannon Stein’s first band volplane. Volplane disbanded in 1999, and core members Suthers and Stein formed another three piece a few years later (2002) named Bright Channel. In 2003, Bright Channel released a four track demo on Jeff Suthers D.I.Y. label Flight Approved Records. Rough tracks of Night Eyes, Light Workers, Endless, and Icefield, still had Suthers and Stein’s trademark crunchy, dreamy, shimmering noir sound, heard previously on Volplane.
One year later Bright Channel officially released their debut self titled album in 2004, recorded by acclaimed engineer Steve Albini. Their first full length was followed by plenty of live shows in and around Colorado. However; Bright Channel never really explored a national tour, and was rarely seen outside of their home base in Colorado. In 2006, Bright Channel self-recorded and released their second full length album, aptly titled Self-Propelled. Tracks like Disillusionist, and Silver Age were consistent with Suthers’ previous releases. Local fans had the chance to see many of Self-Propelled’s songs live for the next few years, and the band played a few select shows outside of Colorado, including shows at SXSW in 2006 and a few tour dates with Brian Jonestown Massacre. As fans waited for a new Bright Channel record, they would have to settle on the “then unreleased” Volplane retrospective released in July of 2006.

"A force of noise and beauty, beguiling audiences with a sound that encompasses everything from My Bloody Valentine's bleary psychedelia to the ice-rimmed ghostliness of Joy Division..." from Westword magazine.