Dynamic, fun, and unafraid, Smokey Brights shine a powerful light on their dark side with Taste For Blood. Slated for a November 11th release, with Taste For Blood Smokey Brights have embraced the unknown and found something bigger, expansive, and lush, with a sound that seems destined for the big stage. Pre-order Taste For Blood via: https://smokeybrights.bandcamp.com/album/taste-for-blood

Smokey Brights will be will be celebrating the release of Taste For Blood with a special performance at Seattle, WA’s Tractor Tavern. They’ll be joined by Ravenna Woods and Kelli Schaefer, and tickets for the event can be purchased at http://tinyurl.com/pul7avu

Taste for Blood was tracked in January of 2014 at a barn on a Christmas tree farm in rural Carnation, Washington. The album finds Smokey Brights taking the best of their previous work and pushing fearlessly forward. Growing from strong seventies rock roots, their sound has bloomed into sparking, unselfconsciously grand anthemic rock. Explore the making of Taste For Blood by pointing your browser to http://vimeo.com/87843981

Smokey Brights were born humble indie-folk roots. While the production on early demos was minimal, lead singer Ryan Devlin's (formerly of Seattle’s brash garage outfit The Whore Moans) songwriting was strong. As important, he'd assembled the perfect team with which to grow the band's sound.

Vocalist and keyboardist Kim West sings with a voice that seems to have been designed to harmonize with Devlin. Having played together for over a decade, bassist Jim Vermillion and drummer Nick Krivchenia came as a package deal, already hard-forged brothers in rhythm. Lead guitarist Mike Kalnoky had been playing in punk and garage bands in Seattle for years, and his part-Nashville, part-rock and roll Telecaster technique traces glowing edges across the melodic foundation laid down by the rest of the band.

Even before releasing a full length, Smokey Brights were playing standout sets at some of the Pacific Northwest’s largest festivals (Bumbershoot, Doe Bay Fest, Timber! Fest), selling out their own headline shows, and building a core group of fans via word of mouth alone.