Smokey Brights
Fleetwood Psych
Smokey Brights have been steadily growing out of the mossy Pacific Northwest city of Seattle for
over a decade. The band, formed by friends working together at a pizza restaurant, has roots in
Seattle’s DIY punk, songwriter, and psych scenes. Through the g
roup’s four LP and three EP
releases, you can hear Smokey Brights’ sonic branches stretching through 70’s prog, synthy new
wave bops, fuzzy 90’s anthems, and intimate indie storytelling. You can also trace the lives and
romance of songwriters Ryan Devlin a
nd Kim West who married a few years after the formation
of the band. The couple’s entangled approach to songwriting and melody has yielded a
remarkable amount of original, genre bending music. Nick Krivchenia’s steady, stylish drumming
is the backbone of t
he Smokeys’ sound, while bassist Luke Rägnar adds low end bounce as well
as a third harmony to Ryan and Kim’s melodies. The band’s music has been featured in film,
television, video games, and podcasts. They’ved toured throughout the US as well as the UK a
nd
mainland Europe. Their most recent releases, 2023’s
Broken Too
EP and
Levitator
LP, both
landed on iconic radio station KEXP’s top 90.3 records of the year.
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