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Lord, I've Been On Fire (Dave Bascombe Radio Mix) / The Hip And The Homeless / Soy Tonto!
ONE LITTLE INDIAN
BC Camplight is the brainchild of 25 year old Brian Christinzio; a
truly eclectic singer/songwriter with a sound hard to pin down.
Taken from his BLINK OF A NIHILIST album, latest single LORD, I'VE BEEN ON FIRE is a song that wallows in catchy guitar poppiness and lushly orchestral pomp.
The most obvious comparisons seem to be bands like The Beach Boys, The Flaming Lips and Mercury Rev, although there's also a filmic
widescreen appeal here; think John Barry by way of Henry Mancini.
LORD, I'VE BEEN ON FIRE is a Beach Boys inspired slice of pure pop that tugs on the heartstrings and forcefeeds you liquid sunshine; a quality pop song to cherish.
A euphoric feelgood single, LORD I'VE BEEN ON FIRE marks out BC Camplight as essential listening.
BIOGRAPHY
BC Camplight lives in the mind of 25 year old Brian Christinzio. A mind unique to the modern songwriting world and gifted enough to create his frighteningly beautiful and humorously twisted debut record 'Hide, Run Away" (One Little Indian). Christinzio's effortlessly sweet voice leads us through the playfully self- deprecating (Couldn't YouTell, Blood and Peanut Butter), to the sensationally honest (Hide, Run Away), to the wittingly neurotic tales of love lost and sought (Emily's Dead to Me, Parapaleejo).
Christinzio, who has played piano since age four, meticulously orchestrated his debut effort by composing and arranging every note of the record as well as playing nearly every instrument himself. "If I could play drums well enough, I would have done that too, " Brian joked. His admiration for songwriters and composers such as George Gershwin, Burt Bacharach, and Todd Rundgren combined with his desire to create something equally as unique, are the foundations of his music.
"I was never the cool kid, but the cool kids liked me", says Christinzio who through most of his life has been a walking dichotomy. Captain of his High School football team and tenor in the traveling choir. Soft spoken and an amateur boxer. Shy but commanding on stage. But it was a bout with mental illness in his early twenties that would change his outlook on life completely. Dedicating himself to his craft, and never one to set modest goals, Christinzio was on a mission to make a 'perfect pop record'. "I realized that I didn't care if I or the music fit in, so I wanted to make a record that didn't take itself too seriously and was free of all the silly pretension that's so hard to avoid in music today. I wanted to change the way people felt, not the way they dressed". From his heart tugging compositions to his boisterously upbeat, synth-driven dancers, it's tough not to 'feel' BC Camplight.
BC Camplight has done something that's a little hard to comprehend.
He discovered a way to combine all of his talents by making an intelligent album, filled with complicated musical arrangements and eccentric songwriting, while still retaining its humor and modesty.
Basically, he created something that occurs maybe once a decade. He created a pop album, with a soul.
LINE UP
Brian Christinzio
Bret Tobias
Ramon Sender
Josh Olmstead
Stephanie Vernacchio
Amy Pickard
Laurie Christinzio
Amy Morrissey
Adam Hershberger
Mike Brenner
Elizabeth Kaderabek
Anthony Parollo
Debbie Nangle
Gretchen Lohse
Sean Byrne
Mike Kennedy
Adam Arcuragi
Brian Mctear
DISCOGRAPHY
HIDE, RUN AWAY (One Little Indian>2005)
Couldn't You Tell
Blood And Peanut Butter
Emily's Dead To Me
Hide, Run Away
Wouldn't Mind The Sunshine
Parapaleejo
Oranges In Winter
If You Think I Don't Mean It
La, La, La
Richard Dawson
Sleep With Your Lights On
BLINK OF A NIHILIST (One Little Indian>2007) Suffer For Two Lord, I’ve Been On Fire Werewolf Waltz Forget About Your Bones Say Tonto!
The Hip And The Homeless
The 22 Skidoo
Officer Down
Grey Young Amelia
Scare Me Sweetly
LORD I'VE BEEN ON FIRE (One Little Indian>2007) Lord, I've Been On Fire (Dave Bascombe Radio Mix) The Hip And The Homeless Soy Tonto!
LINKS
BC Camplight>www.bccamplight.com
FURTHER LISTENING
The Beach Boys
Super Furry Animals
The Flaming Lips
Review date: July 2007 |
