Brightly are a Melbourne-based indie pop band who have a really big crush on you.Tumblr (3.0; @wearebrightly)http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_Lu1LDrv_t0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The irrepressibly brilliant <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PrivateLifeBand" title="Private Life">Private Life</a> have a new video for their single <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lu1LDrv_t0" title="Private Life - Follow The Sun">“Follow The Sun”</a>. You should 100% check it out.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/24267645926http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/24267645926Sun, 03 Jun 2012 02:31:06 +1000Private LifeInspiration<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/URZ-GaAJ-V8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Our new single, <a href="http://music.wearebrightly.com/" title="Brightly - Sarah">Sarah</a>.</p> <p>Directed by Mike Frencham.<br/>Photography by <a href="http://samaraclifford.com" title="Samara Clifford">Samara Clifford</a>. </p> <p>Special thanks to Ian Ross and Will Dayble for all your help.<br/>Thank you for listening. </p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/24124780999http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/24124780999Thu, 31 May 2012 21:53:14 +1000Samara CliffordMike FrenchamFilm clipReleaseOMG<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4nwznN9Bm1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our friends <a href="http://liftoffsounds.com/" title="LIFT OFF">LIFT OFF</a> have just released their brilliant first single, <a href="http://liftoffsounds.com/" title="LIFT OFF - Warrior Princess">Warrior Princess</a>. Check it out.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23840792582http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23840792582Sun, 27 May 2012 13:42:59 +1000LIFT OFFFriendsInspiration<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4m0qlOPyZ1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>*drumroll*</p> <p><a href="http://music.wearebrightly.com/" title="Brightly - Sarah on Bandcamp">Sarah</a> is now available!</p> <p>You can get it from our <a href="http://music.wearebrightly.com/" title="Brightly - Sarah on Bandcamp">Bandcamp</a> or via <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/sarah-single/id526867761" title="Brightly - Sarah on iTunes">iTunes</a>. Digital pre-orders have been released and we will be sending out the vinyls as soon as they are completed in the next week or so. A very limited number will be <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/413168358707099/" title="DOUBLE-Single Launch @ The Empress (Brightly, Lift Off, Nearly Oratorio) ">available at the launch tonight</a>, too!</p> <p>Thank you for listening.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23774141057http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23774141057Sat, 26 May 2012 13:08:45 +1000SarahOMGReleaseVinyliTunesBandcamp<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4l3hoKTtR1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4l3hoKTtR1r1t95zo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“Sarah told me there’s nothing more to do but sing the blues.”</p> <p>For the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/413168358707099/" title="DOUBLE-Single Launch @ The Empress (Brightly, Lift Off, Nearly Oratorio)">release of our single Sarah, on May 26th,</a> we teamed up with our friend and secret agent <a href="http://samaraclifford.com" title="Samara Clifford Photography">Samara Clifford</a> to put together a celebratory series of photos.</p> <p>Check out the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wearebrightly/sets/72157629940626963/" title="Sarah shoot">full collection on Flickr</a>.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23735169832http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23735169832Sat, 26 May 2012 01:10:00 +1000Samara CliffordSarahPhoto Shoots<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4ksfyz8eZ1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We are launching our new single, <a href="http://soundcloud.com/wearebrightly/sarah" title="Brightly - Sarah">Sarah</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/413168358707099/" title="DOUBLE-Single Launch @ The Empress (Brightly, Lift Off, Nearly Oratorio)">tomorrow night at The Empress Hotel.</a> We’ll have a limited number of the vinyl available, and the rest will be <a href="http://music.wearebrightly.com/" title="Bandcamp, Brightly ">available online.</a></p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23728261888http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23728261888Fri, 25 May 2012 21:11:00 +1000SarahLaunchVinylLIFT OFFNearly Oratorio<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23675018156/tumblr_m4jbcuMSIV1r1t95z&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.matadorrecords.com/perfume_genius/" title="Perfume Genius">Perfume Genius</a> has released a new track, <a href="http://soundcloud.com/omgblog/perfume-genius-rusty-chains" title="Rusty Chains">Rusty Chains</a>, from the sessions for the incredible album Put Your Back N 2 It.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23675018156http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23675018156Fri, 25 May 2012 02:05:00 +1000OmgPerfume GeniusSoundcloud<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4gjd5PyhS1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We will be playing an acoustic version of <a href="http://soundcloud.com/wearebrightly/sarah" title="Brightly - Sarah">Sarah</a> tonight on <a href="http://syn.org.au/program/hoist" title="The Hoist">The Hoist</a>, <a href="http://syn.org.au/" title="SYN">SYN 90.7fm</a>. It’s on from 7 - 8pm AEST, and we’ll be on some time around 7:15pm. Let your radio waves be overrun with joy!</p> <p><a href="http://syn.org.au/radio" title="SYN">You can also listen live online.</a></p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23592180432http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23592180432Wed, 23 May 2012 14:05:00 +1000LivePerformanceSarahSYN<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/PrjasWr19cw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Beautiful track by <a href="http://www.ironandwine.com/" title="Iron & Wine">Iron & Wine</a>.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23478339376http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23478339376Mon, 21 May 2012 23:29:11 +1000Iron &amp; WineInspiration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4bbry3dsp1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4bbry3dsp1r1t95zo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4bbry3dsp1r1t95zo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4bbry3dsp1r1t95zo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“Sarah told me there’s nothing more to do but sing the blues.”</p> <p>For the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/413168358707099/" title="DOUBLE-Single Launch @ The Empress (Brightly, Lift Off, Nearly Oratorio)">release of our single Sarah, on May 26th,</a> we teamed up with our friend and secret agent <a href="http://samaraclifford.com" title="Samara Clifford Photography">Samara Clifford</a> to put together a celebratory series of photos. We will continue releasing them in the lead up to the launch.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23403665291http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23403665291Sun, 20 May 2012 18:33:30 +1000Samara CliffordPhoto shootsSarah<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m49gwp5zxK1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hung out with the fine people at <a href="http://cargocollective.com/cutrecord" title="Cut Record">Cut Record</a> today, for the test cut of the Sarah 7”. You can <a href="http://music.wearebrightly.com/" title="Pre-order Sarah">pre-order Sarah via Bandcamp</a>.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23340213850http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23340213850Sat, 19 May 2012 18:29:12 +1000Cut RecordvinylSarah<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m49gs2hLME1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A close up the <a href="http://music.wearebrightly.com/" title="Pre-order Sarah">Sarah 7”</a> test cut, which sounds as awesome as this equipment looks, with our friends <a href="http://cargocollective.com/cutrecord" title="Cut Record">Cut Record</a>.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23340158688http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23340158688Sat, 19 May 2012 18:26:00 +1000Cut RecordvinylSarah<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m462soHfHX1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m462soHfHX1r1t95zo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“Sarah told me there’s nothing more to do but sing the blues.”</p> <p>For the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/413168358707099/" title="DOUBLE-Single Launch @ The Empress (Brightly, Lift Off, Nearly Oratorio)">release of our single Sarah, on May 26th,</a> we teamed up with our friend and secret agent <a href="http://samaraclifford.com" title="Samara Clifford Photography">Samara Clifford</a> to put together a celebratory series of photos. We will continue releasing them in the lead up to the launch.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23225772189http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23225772189Thu, 17 May 2012 22:31:35 +1000Photo ShootsSamara CliffordSarah<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23037391032/tumblr_m40micZSTw1r1t95z&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://soundcloud.com/wearebrightly/doubt" title="Brightly, Doubt">Doubt</a> is now available to stream on our <a href="http://soundcloud.com/wearebrightly/" title="Brightly on Soundcloud">Soundcloud</a>. Thank you for listening.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23037391032http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23037391032Mon, 14 May 2012 23:51:00 +1000DoubtReleaseSarahOMGSoundcloud<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23037351867/tumblr_m40mfzmSJf1r1t95z&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://soundcloud.com/wearebrightly/sarah" title="Brightly, Sarah">Sarah</a> is now available to stream on our <a href="http://soundcloud.com/wearebrightly/" title="Brightly on Soundcloud">Soundcloud</a>. You can <a href="http://music.wearebrightly.com/" title='Pre-order Sarah 7"'>pre-order the 7” vinyl</a> now.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23037351867http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/23037351867Mon, 14 May 2012 23:50:00 +1000SarahReleaseSoundcloudOMG<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3uwfeQB8o1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Omg. <a href="http://wearebrightly.bandcamp.com/album/sarah-7" title="Pre-order Brightly - Sarah">Pre-order our 7” vinyl (or the digital release) of Sarah</a>, before May 26th, and the b-side <a href="http://wearebrightly.bandcamp.com/track/doubt" title="Brightly - Doubt">Doubt</a> will be automatically available. Like, right now. Like, you could be listening to it RIGHT NOW.</p> <p>The vinyl is an edition of 100, and will be hand numbered and sent out the week of the 27th. It is printed on clear vinyl and wrapped in swatches of the finest red cardboard. Win win!</p> <p><a href="http://wearebrightly.bandcamp.com/album/sarah-7" title="Brightly, Bandcamp">Check it out at Bandcamp,</a> and let us know what you think! </p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22836566798http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22836566798Fri, 11 May 2012 21:40:26 +1000Sarah7 inchVinylPre-orderOMGRelease<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3uspqUt2O1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3uspqUt2O1r1t95zo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3uspqUt2O1r1t95zo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“Sarah told me there’s nothing more to do but sing the blues.”</p> <p>For the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/413168358707099/" title="DOUBLE-Single Launch @ The Empress (Brightly, Lift Off, Nearly Oratorio)">release of our single Sarah, on May 26th,</a> we teamed up with our friend and secret agent <a href="http://samaraclifford.com" title="Samara Clifford Photography">Samara Clifford</a> to put together a celebratory series of photos. We will continue releasing them in the lead up to the launch.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22834878961http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22834878961Fri, 11 May 2012 20:20:11 +1000Photo ShootsSarahSamara Clifford<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pbyyTpli1r1t95zo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pbyyTpli1r1t95zo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pbyyTpli1r1t95zo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>“Sarah told me tonight I’ll fall in love with one of you.”</p> <p>For the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/413168358707099/" title="DOUBLE-Single Launch @ The Empress (Brightly, Lift Off, Nearly Oratorio)">release of our single Sarah, on May 26th,</a> we teamed up with our friend and secret agent <a href="http://samaraclifford.com" title="Samara Clifford Photography">Samara Clifford</a> to put together a celebratory series of photos. We will be releasing them in the lead up to the launch.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22647669839http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22647669839Tue, 08 May 2012 21:30:31 +1000SarahSamara CliffordPhoto Shoots<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YuYrhhlc53w?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The opening line of this <a href="http://sufjan.com" title="Sufjan Stevens">Sufjan</a> / <a href="http://rosiethomas.com/" title="Rosie Thomas">Rosie Thomas</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuYrhhlc53w" title="Rosie Thomas / Sufjan Stevens - Where Were You?">collaboration</a> is so lovely, and the mix sits perfectly. Insanely great.</p> <p><a href="http://rosiethomas.bandcamp.com/album/hit-run-vol-1" title="Rosie Thomas Bandcamp - Hit And Run vol 1">Check out the Bandcamp.</a></p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22633088939http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22633088939Tue, 08 May 2012 13:10:08 +1000Sufjan StevensRosie ThomasInspiration<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/22632604355/tumblr_m3oog41GE41r1t95z&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Loving <a href="http://www.vanshe.com/" title="Van She">Van She’s</a> new track (from their upcoming album of the same name), <a href="http://soundcloud.com/modularpeople/van-she-idea-of-happiness-1" title="Idea of Happiness">Idea Of Happiness</a>.</p>http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22632604355http://tumblr.wearebrightly.com/post/22632604355Tue, 08 May 2012 13:02:00 +1000InspirationVan SheIdea Of Happiness