Brighter
35 Shouts - 187,713 Scrobbles
Biography
Self-described “acoustical power trio" Brighter was founded in Worthing, England by singer/guitarist Keris Howard, his keyboardist girlfriend Alison and bassist Alex Sharkey.
Read More...
Signing to the now-legendary Sarah Records, the group issued its debut single "Around the World in Eighty Days" in August 1989, followed in February by "Noah's Ark". Absent a flexi-disc release, "Next Summer", Brighter wasn't heard from again until late 1991, when they issued the full-length Laurel; the EP Disney followed in October 1992, and was the trio's swan song.
Howard and Sharkey later reunited in the short-lived electro-pop project Hal before going their separate ways; Howard then went on to lead Harper Lee and play bass with the Trembling Blue Stars, while Sharkey co-founded Fosca in addition to pursuing a solo project, Pinkie. Alison, meanwhile, went on to teach media studies at a sixth-form college in Hove.
They broke our hearts from 1989 to 1993 while quietly attaining the "best band on Sarah Records" award.
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
Top Songs
Total plays on Last.fm over the last 6 months- Inside Out - (4:03) - 1,013 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP30.99 USD
7digital0.99 USD
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
- I Don't Think It Matters - (3:01) - 966 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP30.99 USD
7digital0.99 USD
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
- Noah's Ark - (5:06) - 640 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP30.99 USD
7digital0.99 USD
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
- Christmas - (3:37) - 618 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP30.99 USD
7digital0.99 USD
iTunes0.99 USD- Ringtone
- Does Love Last Forever? - (2:32) - 622 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP30.99 USD
7digital0.99 USD
iTunes- Ringtone
- Poppy Day - (2:07) - 619 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP30.99 USD
7digital0.99 USD
iTunes- Ringtone
- Things Will Get Better - (3:52) - 477 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP30.99 USD
7digital0.99 USD
iTunes- Ringtone
- Looks Like Rain - (2:02) - 459 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes- Ringtone
- Tinsel Heart - (3:24) - 455 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP30.99 USD
7digital0.99 USD
iTunes- Ringtone
- Next Summer - (2:51) - 498 plays
- Download This Track
Amazon MP3
7digital
iTunes- Ringtone