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(Sep 8, 2004)
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The Super Bright Light page
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After having reviewed a number of these self-produced demo submissions, I have formulated a theory which I will tentatively call "Big Lou's Law of Inverse Crappiness", which simply stated, says that "The better a band's website, the crappier their music." Now, there are exceptions, and the law tends to hold less for well-established bands that have the time and resources to work on both their music and their website. But for bands that are just starting out, the relationship seems to hold pretty well. And it's good news for Big Lou too, because if I can't find anything negative to say about the music, I can still take solace in ripping the website out a new one.
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Super Bright Light is a good example of the Law of Inverse Crappiness in action. The website is a picture of some weird-looking Chuckie mailman dude on a tricycle, glaring menacingly. This is not attractive - if I want to see evil-looking punks like this I have only to go to the nearest mall parking lot. The website consists of three links - a mailto link, a "Bio" link that gives the predictable rah-rah for the band, and a link to some venue which I won't grace with a free plug here, but which doesn't even appear to contain an upcoming show for Super Bright Light. Life is short and time spent navigating that site is time forever lost.
But, as the Law predicts, the music itself is very good. It's straight-up rock, with a good beat, decent lyrics, and catchy tunes. "She Talks" is an anthem for all the guys out there with motor-mouth mates, and I will not go into this matter further since my wife occasionally reads these reviews. This song could become a cult classic. The first track, "Nothing to Lose," is certainly worthy of airplay (a backhanded compliment at best these days). In fact, any of the 7 songs on this CD are good enough to make it as hits. My only complaint with it is that it's kind of bland. It covers no new ground whatsoever. It's all according to a set formula...but at least the formula works, and there's something to be said for that. It's energetic, fun, intelligent music that gets better with each listen. Look for SBL to be a presence on the SoCal music scene.
SBL's website is here.
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