Smokey Brights
Be immersed in warm, harmony-rich, disco rock anthems by the purveyors of pure energy – Smokey Brights.
In This Episode
- Based in the Pacific Northwest, the Smokeys are fronted by husband/wife duo Ryan Devlin and Kim West. Rounding out their harmonies and exceptional musicality is Luke Ragnar on bass and Nick Krivchenia on drums.
- They have a way of constructing a song that is so familiar, yet brand new – making you feel the 1970s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s all at once, and yet totally current.
- We feature “No Getting Out”, “I Love You But Damn”, and “Unity”, and they play 2 songs live acoustic – “72” and “Broken Too”. And Tiny sings along!
- And check out their
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Biography
Smokey Brights have been steadily growing out of the mossy Pacific Northwest city of Seattle for over a decade. The band, formed by friends working together at a pizza restaurant, has roots in Seattle’s DIY punk, songwriter, and psych scenes. Through the group’s four LP and three EP releases, you can hear Smokey Brights’ sonic branches stretching through 70’s prog, synthy new wave bops, fuzzy 90’s anthems, and intimate indie storytelling. You can also trace the lives and romance of songwriters Ryan Devlin and Kim West who married a few years after the formation of the band. The couple’s entangled approach to songwriting and melody has yielded a remarkable amount of original, genre bending music. Nick Krivchenia’s steady, stylish drumming is the backbone of the Smokeys’ sound, while bassist Luke Rägnar adds low end bounce as well as a third harmony to Ryan and Kim’s melodies. The band’s music has been featured in film, television, video games, and podcasts. They’ved toured throughout the US as well as the UK and mainland Europe. Their most recent releases, 2023’s Broken Too EP and Levitator LP, both landed on iconic radio station KEXP’s top 90.3 records of the year.
