| The Brightlights | |
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| Origin | Grimsby, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Distiller |
| Website | MySpace page |
| Members | |
| Leon Blanchard Adam Featherstone Luke Parker James Buxton |
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The Brightlights are a four-piece British indie rock band from Grimsby in North East Lincolnshire. They released their debut single, "Inspired By", on 5 November 2007. The single was produced by Feeder frontman Grant Nicholas.
The band have cited Morning Runner, Razorlight, Coldplay, The Kooks and Oasis and Joel Savory as their influences - with Channel 4 Music describing them as "explosive melodic rock with a dark edge."[1] They have been compared to the American indie rock band Kings of Leon.[2]
They appeared on the V Festival's "Road to V" competition in the summer of 2007.[3] They subsequently won the competition along with Ipswich band Rosalita.[4]
In September 2007, The Guardian newspaper featured them as their 'New Band of the Day'.[5]
After being recently signed by Distiller Records, they released their debut single, "Inspired By", on 7" vinyl and download on 5 November 2007. Reviews were generally favourable.[6][7][8] The video for the single was filmed in the band's hometown of Grimsby on the eastern coast of England. It was directed by Jay Burridge who has also worked on a video for Hot Chip. It features teenage actor and Grimsby resident Thomas Turgoose.[9]
Prolific DJs such as Zane Lowe, Colin Murray and Steve Lamacq have positively commented on the track. The single entered the UK Indie Chart at #2 on 11 November 2007.