It’s no coincidence the band name was picked from the final and most explosive single by legendary
Brit-rock band Ride. Black Nite Crash continues in the same fuzz-drenched tradition of gorgeous melodies and big guitar sounds. The band’s atmospheric, dynamic sound has seen them compared to The Church, The Pixies & The Jesus & Mary Chain. Black Nite Crash formed in 2002 in their adopted hometown of Seattle.
The number of the bands weaned on the key alternative sounds of the eighties is sprawling like
mushrooms these days. Some come up with an interesting and truly pleasing sound along the way, others are just sounding like big fans of a certain artist or a number of them. Seattle’s Black Nite Crash seem to have quite an extensive and varied collection of eighties sounds, sprinkled with their extension in the nighties. Black Nite Crash is a band that pretty accurately describes itself as being “a little too post-punk to be psychedelic, a little too psychedelic to be post-punk.”
Like Ride, Black Nite Crash delight in shrouding their high-momentum guitar rock in clouds of
luminescent distortion, making garage punk that feels warm and fuzzy without losing its bite. Anchored by the triple guitar attack of Jim Biggs, Sharim Johnson, and Claire Tucker, the band has a way of transforming their nostalgic, dreamy songs into cascading barrages of faded out falsettos and careening guitar chords.
The band is actively playing venues around the Northwest and have just put the finishing touches on
their album “Signal to Noise”, featuring the brilliant lead single “Electric”. Previous album “Washed in the Sound with Black Nite Crash” arrived to end-of-year acclaim in 2022, as well as “Elaborate Destinations” EP in 2023!
Black Nite Crash is Jim Biggs (vocals, guitar), John Parker (bass), James Stone (guitar), Tony Zuniga
(drums) and Claire Tucker (guitar/vocals). Formed twenty years ago, Black Nite Crash has involved more than 30 members over the years, surrounding Jim Biggs, the last remaining original member. Yet somehow, the band has maintained a coherent sound and vision and this dreamlike musical land was born from a dream.
STUDIO ALBUMS
Signal To Noise [Neon Sigh, 2024]
Washed in the Sound with… Black Nite Crash [Neon Sigh, 2022]
Conflict Of Disinterest [Neon Sigh, 2019]
Nevergreen [Neon Sigh, 2017]
Drawn Out Days [Neon Sigh, 2012]
Array [CMM, 2008]
01. BLACK NITE CRASH - ARRAY 2008
Label: Custom Made Music – w000-6
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Jun 10, 2008
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock
TRACKS
01. Revelator (Backing Vocals – Helen Storer) 6:56
02. Falling Down 2:55
03. Soft Focus 3:11
04. Wanna Die 1:35
05. Nothing's Frozen 4:06
06. Losing Kind 3:40
07. I Want You 3:24
08. Perfect Blue 5:09
LINE - UP
Jim Biggs – Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards
Joel Bergstrom – Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Keyboards
Larry Brady – Bass
Justin Crash – Drums
Helen Storer – Additional Vocals on "Revelator"
Flac Size: 234 MB
02. BLACK NITE CRASH - DRAWN OUT DAYS 2012
Label: Neon Sigh – NS001
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: Jun 12, 2012
Genre: Rock
Style: Shoegaze
TRACKS
01. Baby It's You 3:27
02. Blink Of An Eye 5:27
03. Our Love Is Dead 4:31
04. Love And Drinking 3:43
05. Just Not Enough 3:38
06. Never Want To See You Again (She Said) 3:39
07. The Astronavigatrix 5:41
08. Delusion Blues 4:53
09. Silent Town 3:06
10. Atmosphere 6:56
LINE - UP
Backing Vocals – Jaime Clapper (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7), Tracy Biggs (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 7)
Bass, Guitar, Graphic Design – Jasun Hadaway
Drums – Randall Morgan
Keyboards – Heather Taylor
Pedal Steel Guitar – Matt Brown (tracks: 2)
Vocals – Amber Bergstrom (tracks: 10), Izzy Dickey (tracks: 1, 4, 6)
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass – Joel Bergstrom
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Photography – Jim Biggs
Flac Size: 314 MB
03. BLACK NITE CRASH - NEVERGREEN 2017
Label: Neon Sigh – NS003
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition
Country: US
Released: Sep 29, 2017
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock
TRACKS
01. Smile 3:17
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Scott Kennedy
02. A Different Light 4:43
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Jim Biggs
03. The Things We Do 3:14
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Jim Biggs
04. New Camera Toy 4:12
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Joel Bergstrom, Scott Kennedy
05. Hair On Fire 3:16
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Jim Biggs
06. Poison Cup 4:06
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Scott Kennedy
07. Make A Sound 4:51
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Jim Biggs
08. I Can Raise The Dead 4:06
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Scott Kennedy
09. The Times And Names And Places 4:21
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Jim Biggs
10. On Fire 4:15
Written By – Black Nite Crash, Jim Biggs
LINE - UP
Drums – Randall Morgan
Engineer – Matt Brown
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Scott Kennedy
Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Percussion – Izzy Dickey
Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards – Jim Biggs
Flac Size: 277 MB
04. BLACK NITE CRASH - CONFLICT OF DISINTEREST 2019
Label: Neon Sigh – NS019
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo
Country: US
Released: Mar 23, 2019
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock
TRACKS
01. We Live Too Late 4:23
02. Heart Of Stone 4:25
03. Here It Comes 4:43
04. All The Times I Never Slept 3:36
05. Somebody Kill Me 3:42
06. Bridges Back 3:44
07. Come Easy 5:15
08. This Is Mine 4:04
09. Bring It Down 10:51
LINE - UP
Bass – Jasun Hadaway
Drums – Randall Morgan
Guitar, Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion – Jim Biggs
Guitar, Vocals – Scott Kennedy
Keyboards, Vocals, Percussion – Izzy Dickey
Songwriter – Jim Biggs (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), Scott Kennedy (tracks: 3, 4)
Flac Size: 322 MB
05. BLACK NITE CRASH - COLONY DRIVE EP 2020
Label: Neon Sigh – NS-020
Format: EP
Country: US
Released: Sep 4, 2020
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock, Shoegaze, Psychedelic Rock
TRACKS
01. Wrong 3:27
02. Waiting For Her 4:17
03. She 3:04
04. Colony Drive 4:44
LINE - UP
Bass – Jasun Hadaway
Drums, Percussion – Tony Zuniga
Guitar – Claire Tucker, Scott Kennedy, Sharim Johnson
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Jim Biggs
Keyboards, Vocals, Percussion – Izzy Dickey
WRONG LYRICS
This project commenced recording at the end of 2016 as this current world devolution began in earnest. Lead single "Wrong" is a simple yet scathing indictment of the surveillance state and a government that, even then, did not speak for the people, and has only worsened in that regard over the ensuing years.
I watch your camera eye stare back at me
I don't know where you are, but I know what you see
And you're wrong
You're all wrong
And you're wrong
You're all wrong
I hear you justify your broken policy
I'm not sure what you want, but I sure know it hurts me
And you're wrong
You're all wrong
You're so wrong
You're all wrong
I don't know who you think you are
But I know what you're after
A rariry !! There are almost no offers for this. Please copy all 4 cds except the EP ( making a cd here is a shame for only 3 tracks).
ReplyDeleteI listened to the array on bandcamp.
Yea, very nice guitar music. Sometimes it reminds me a lot of Steve Wynn an his various projects.
Which is mean positivly. Thanks for this great discovery and possible dubbing.
Can you please burn again:
ReplyDeleteKikagaku Mojo - Masana Temple (2018). This doesn't work. Thanks
I can't do anything now. In September I will go to an island for my vacations and you can give me your list of CDs at the end of October. When I'll return from my vacations I'll be very busy with my work. After October is okay for me. Cheers. Black Nite Crash are amazing but unknown.
DeleteOk
DeleteI haven't left for ages. 0 interest. Only when i'm forced to go to Germany like i did some time ago. Besides, i only need my money for more important things.
ReplyDeleteAll over the world people are becoming more and more monotonus. They all think the same, talk the same, dress the same, consumes the same plus the most trite drunkenness of experience. Even the temperature almost equalize. ( it's terrible hot summer in Vienna, i've already had enough, only today cool on the weekend the temperatures are going up again to 36 degrees). Speaking of mass tourism which contributes significantly to this environmental destruction and climate change.
Humanity has no chance, they just don't know it. Destruction of nature and climate change continue curelessly. The astonishment about this is great, but the confidence that it will somehow work out is immortal.
What a band! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYes RIDE was quite a popular band a BIG THANKS Kostas for this post new to me! Hope you have a pleasant relaxing vacation and ready for work after it. Cheers to you and Josef (I hear you friend the Silicon Valley shills are all over on the websites, I told one of these trolls who can't contribute to a discussion that he was "Lost of his own power from following WEF goofs")
ReplyDeleteI'm always very glad to hear you my friend, yes I will go for vacations in September, because the Greek islands are more beautiful without tourists, the prices for food and hotels are cheaper and the sea is all for me. Cheers.
DeleteAfter a very long time i listened to GRAFFITI SAME US 1968 again. What a pearl. Psychedelic with very beautiful vocals.
ReplyDeleteMy edition is a cd with the single ( this is missing on Sundazed Rec.) A&B side GREAT.
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