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BC CAMPLIGHT – ” Love Isn’t Anybodies Fault “

Posted: March 4, 2015 in MUSIC
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“Love Isn’t Anybody’s Fault” is a Pop Rock song by BC Camplight that released in 2015 on “How To Die In The North“

BC Camplight’s first album since 2007 sounds like he’s spent the intervening years playing mad scientist with these captive pop songs. Heir to both Brian Wilson and Harry Nilsson, this Manchester-based American presides over the piano with hangdog sweetness before taking his twinkling melodies for brash hairpin turns. Watch out for sudden flirtations with a wonky funk bass, maybe some mariachi horns and jarring guitar jags, and observe how “Grim Cinema” jumps from aw-shucks Beach Boys homage . BC Camplight spins such contradictions into pure gold: “Just because I love you doesn’t mean I love you,” goes the chorus of the lead single.

 

BC CAMPLIGHT – ” Just Because I Love You “

Posted: January 17, 2015 in MUSIC
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New Bella Union signing BC Camplight. The alter ego of American songwriter Brian Christinzio released two albums, Run, Hide Away (2005) and Blink Of A Nihilist (2007), both gems of a certain psych-pop vintage, But this sublime, maverick spirit, with a matching high-pitched, keening vocal and fearless approach to lyrical introspection, has another chance “How To Die In The North” is that very record he’d always dreamt of – a richer, more dynamic and diverse take on his epic pop pizzazz and simmering balladry. How To Die In The North begins with a definitive statement of intent. “You Should Have Gone To School” is dramatic, layered pop with a swooping chorus and a broader palette of sound than his previous piano-based arrangements. Echoes of Todd Rundgren at his finest here.

BC CAMPLIGHT – ” You Should Have Gone To School “

Posted: January 13, 2015 in MUSIC
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B.C. Camplight is the moniker of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Brian Christinzio based in Manchester, UK. His 2005 album “Hide, Run Away” was released by One Little Indian and featured Cynthia G. Mason on vocals. Lost treasure needn’t be found in the distant past; the 21st century hides many artists who disappeared into the great wide yonder. BC Camplight is one such example. The alter-ego of Americansinger songwriter Brian Christinzio released albums in 2005 and 2007, both gems of a certain psych-pop vintage, combining eloquent songwriting with a self-destructive bent. Christinzio certainly knew it – he’s described himself as, “the guy who blew it.”

But this sublime talent with the keening vocal and fearless approach to lyrical introspection has another chance. His new album ‘How To Die In The North’, recorded in his newly adopted home of Manchester, England, is a fantastically rich, stylistically diverse trip. From dramatic, layered pop to a haunted take on Sixties sunshine-pop, Originally from New Jersey, Christinzio started playing piano aged just four, inspired by his mum’s Jerry Lee Lewis and Nilsson records and his Dad’s classical collection. Depression and crippling hypochondria clashed with captaining the football team and a penchant for boxing. Post-school, he fell in with people, “willing to go through shit to be a musician,” which saw him relocate to Philadelphia where he occasionally played live with Philly faves The War On Drugs and guested on Sharon Van Etten’s album ‘Epic’.

He’s already done two sessions for long-term fan Marc Riley at BBC 6 Music, which featured Christinzio’s band of Mancunians who he met at The Castle Hotel pub, a watering hole in the city centre particularly popular with musicians. Christinzio also heard John Grant’s album on the jukebox there, which encouraged him to approach Bella Union. Grant’s cocktail of depression and self-sabotage thwarted an outrageous talent, but he took his second chance. The same deserves to happen to Christinzio,

Bella Union are excited to announce the release of How To Die In The North, the new album from maverick songwriter BC Camplight, on 19th January.

 

B C CAMPLIGHT – ” Just Because I Love You “

Posted: December 18, 2014 in MUSIC
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Lost treasure needn’t be found in the distant past; the 21st century hides many artists who disappeared into the great wide yonder. BC Camplight . The alter-ego of American songwriter Brian Christinzio released albums in 2005 and 2007, both gems of a certain psych-pop vintage, combining eloquent songwriting with a self-destructive bent.

But this sublime talent with the keening vocal and fearless approach to lyrical introspection has another chance. His new album ‘How To Die In The North’, recorded in his newly adopted home of Manchester, England, is a fantastically rich, stylistically diverse trip. From dramatic, layered pop to a haunted take on Sixties sunshine-pop, from blue-eyed soul to speedy surf-pop, from sparser piano balladry to psychedelic showstoppers and a grand finale that’s part Nilsson and part Broadway showtune.

Originally from New Jersey, Christinzio started playing piano aged just four, inspired by his mum’s Jerry Lee Lewis and Nilsson records and his Dad’s classical collection. Depression and crippling hypochondria clashed with captaining the football team and a penchant for boxing. Post-school, he fell in with people, “willing to go through shit to be a musician,” which saw him relocate to Philadelphia where he occasionally played live with Philly faves The War On Drugs and guested on Sharon Van Etten’s album ‘Epic’.