New EP Release - BRIGHTER LIGHT - Benjamin Russell and Rob Stuart ----- FCC CLEAN CANCON: 100% EP: BRIGHTER LIGHT UPC: 198004911368 Genre: Electro Pop Artist: Benjamin Russell and Rob Stuart Record Label: TCBE Records Release Date: December 6, 2023 THE EP These guys have been cooking with grease this year! Benjamin Russell and Rob Stuart began the year with their debut album, SOMETHING IN F MINOR, then Russell released a solo album, FRONTIER, while Stuart was hard at work with his band, Slave to the SQUAREwave, putting on live shows and recording new material with them. Somehow, Russell and Stuart managed to write and record another EP, all in 2023. Ironically, BRIGHTER LIGHT is darker, mostly downtempo, chill, trance, with the exception of the title track which is more alternative dance. Electronic, the 4-song EP has washes of synths and samplers supporting, embracing and lifting the vocals into a territory Russell and Stuart have claimed as their own. Unique Electronic Music and vocals with multilayered meanings reflect on life and the nature of reality, with hope for what comes next. Prepare to be dazzled. INFLUENCES/SOUNDS LIKE: Depeche Mode Peter Gabriel Massive Attack David Bowie Brian Eno MUSIC: Benjamin Russell and Rob Stuart LYRICS:Elyce and Benjamin Russell VOCALS: Benjamin Russell PRODUCED AND MIXED: Rob Stuart ----- AVAILABLE NOW FOR PRE-ORDER Pre-orders on Bandcamp get one song now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), and the complete EP the moment it's released. Bandcamp: https://benjaminrussell.bandcamp.com/album/brighter-light-2023 ----- THE SONGS 1) BRIGHTER LIGHT - 130bpm - ISRC: CARI82300035 The eternal question - what happens when we're done with this body? Some have crossed over and come back to tell of a BRIGHTER LIGHT at the end of the tunnel. Will someone be waiting to welcome you? You'll certainly be going in style with this 130bpm Electronic Alternative Dance song which kicks off the 4 song EP. 2) DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND - 95bpm - ISRC: CARI82300032 Gearing down to mid tempo, DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND discovers that escaping into a fantasy is not as good as the real life we already have. Be careful not to lose it! 3) DRIVING HOLLOW - 80bpm - ISRC: CARI82300033 Downshifting into a misty cityscape, DRIVING HOLLOW paints a grooving impressionistic picture of what can happen when you take a wrong turn in your most important relationship. 4) ELEGANT MIRAGE - 116bpm - ISRC: CARI82300034 Fake news is old news. What do you need to watch out for now? The fakes are getting more and more sophisticated. Can you tell what's real? Elegiac, the track takes you on a slow dance through the phoneys and illusions that distract you from reality. Will you resign from this mortal coil, or will you dance on the bones of this ELEGANT MIRAGE?