Bryant, Shelby

Bryant, Shelby

Luscious

Smells Like Records

Shelby Bryant has not released an album in a while because he’s a responsible adult and had to think about it. What does it take for a musical genius to think these days? Well, you have to stick your head in a few ovens. You gotta take in some sights and sounds. Bryant has recently been playing in a Memphis band called Fingers Like Saturn and writing music for movies and experimental videos. In the last century when things were made by hand, he made dough with Memphis combo The Clears and released a solo record called Cloud-Wow Music (both released on Smells Like Records). After disappearing for a while in Africa, or maybe Asia, Bryant is back with a strangely unique and strongly addictive collection of pop songs and instrumentals.  What is this Luscious thing? Pop confection—a recipe for poetry, beauty, and fun. Bryant’s ability to craft music is like a pastry chef effortlessly smothering his best girl with chocolate. Who said you can’t get too much of a good thing?

Bryant, Shelby

Cloud-wow Music

Smells Like Records

**Shelby Bryant has retro gear and oddball style a-plenty, but it's the pure, ruthless, bona fide hooks that set him apart from the hordes of synth-pop pretenders. Harvested in his hometown of Memphis, this bountiful crop of Cloud-Wow Music marks this ex-Clears mainman's inaugural plunge into solo mode. Actual tunes, pitch-perfect in their execution, and Lindsay Buckingham-like in their effortless tour-de-forcedom, drape the album in a kind of cosmic tunic (with platform heels and eyeliner to match). We expect this album, and therefore expect you to expect this album, to make serious waves.