MUSICAL BRAIN SCAN SERIES: SUMNER BRIGHT

Dear free minds, we're very thrilled to introduce you today a new Musical Brain Scan! For this new episode we would like to introduce Sumner Bright. He is the voice and leader behind the NYC band The Clearwater Swimmers.

Joined by Timothy Graff on drums, Sander Casale on lead guitar, and Connor Kennedy on bass, the group takes the most-often acoustic, at-home demos of Bright and shifts them into wading, contemplative alternative rock. Split between NYC, ME, NH, and MA, when they come together, the group draws comparisons to Neil Young’s “On The Beach” era, Acetone, and other folk rock moguls from the 90s and early 2000s such as Jason Molina.

Above all else, the group centers each member’s decades-long journeys in DIY musicianship, and operates with community and connection at the forefront, making for a warm listening and live experience.

We've asked Sumner for his musical brain scan, here it is:

Lady Di - r mccarthy

Cowgirl - Ora Cogan

Gym Shoe Rocket Show - Dwaal Troupe

Ohio - Wished Bone

Fall - Oklou

The gate - Caroline polachek

Calendar boy - the cradle

Someone else - the radio dept.

As much as possible - bing & ruth

Heaven’s just a cloud - spirit was

Bluebird of happiness - Mojave 3

Duk koo Kim - sun kil moon

Southern birds - mj Lenderman

Now you want to live in the light - land of talk

Valley - the Clearwater Swimmers

This playlist is also available on Spotify here

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Good Morning Keith's Team