Los Angeles indie band RetroBright masterfully blends the spirit of 80s college radio with modern indie rock, as frontman Santos’ soul-stirring vocals and the band’s dynamic soundscapes transport listeners through time. Already into the groovy Rock Single “The Edge of Your Dreams” which is filled with eighties – Nineties college-indie Rock flavor. Made up of three L.A.-based musicians, they’ve managed to craft a sound that lovingly emulates the alt-rock of the late 80s/early 90s, but does not come across as derivative.
Already with the introduction, the singer Santos rousing voice marries sorrow and optimism. Over these bittersweet love songs, pace with longing, his reverberating vocals are supported by guitar lines that sound as if they could soundtrack a late-night, early-nineties MTV’s 120 minutes show. There is no doubt, that main choruses are very loudshell, and are somewhat similar to metal! But what takes the breath away is the lyrical sense of life being a fleeting shadow as opposed to the eternal love. Those big existential concerns are addressed in RetroBright with such subtlety that it is not naive at all. The program is capable of making one melancholic as one contemplates about the message, while at the same time being swept off our feet by sheer music making.
The nostalgic and tough approach to the indie-pop- rock sound during the entire track creates the sense of belonging to modern descendants of the Smiths or R.E.M Bands Eckstrom and Baber invented a perfect cinematographic music that fits perfectly to the emotions of Santos and his words RetroBright could not have been more contemporary and personal in a world of way too much audio content. To fans of memorable, introspective guitar rock, the new song “The Edge of Your Dreams” will not do you wrong.Retrobright’s “The Edge of Your Dreams” is a success story, a throwback to the past that is very much of the present. This is a song that will stick in your heart, a song that will stand the test of time as a great song.
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