ARTiST: Bc Camplight
TiTLE: Lord, I've Been On Fire
LABEL: One Little Indian
GENRE: Indie
TiME: 11:26 min
SiZE: 15,5 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Jul-04-2007
RELEASE DATE: 000-00-02007
WEBSiTE: www.bccamplight.com/
Track List:
01. Lord, I've Been On Fire 03:31
(David Bascombe Radio Mix)
02. The Hip And The Homeless 03:47
03. Soy Tonto! 04:08
Release Notes:
BC Camplight lives in the mind of 25 year old Brian
Christinzio. A mind unique to the modern songwriting
world and gifted enough to create his frighteningly
beautiful and humorously twisted debut record ôHide,
Run Awayö. ChristinzioÆs effortlessly sweet voice
leads us through the playfully self deprecating
(CouldnÆt You Tell, Blood and Peanut Butter), to the
sensationally honest (Hide, Run Away), to the
wittingly neurotic tales of love lost and sought
(EmilyÆs Dead to Me, Parapaleejo). Christinzio, who
has played piano since age four, meticulously
orchestrated his debut effort by composing and
arranging every note of the record as well as
playing nearly every instrument himself. "If I could
play drums well enough, I would have done that too,
" Brian joked. His admiration for songwriters and
composers such as George Gershwin, Burt Bacharach,
and Todd Rundgren combined with his desire to create
something equally as unique, are the foundations of
his music.
ôI was never the cool kid, but the cool kids liked
meö, says Christinzio who through most of his life
has been a walking dichotomy. Captain of his High
School football team and tenor in the traveling
choir. Soft spoken and an amateur boxer. Shy but
commanding on stage. But it was a bout with mental
illness in his early twenties that would change his
outlook on life completely.
Dedicating himself to his craft, and never one to
set modest goals, Christinzio was on a mission to
make a ôperfect pop recordö. ôI realized that I
didnÆt care if I or the music fit in, so I wanted to
make a record that didn't take itself too seriously
and was free of all the silly pretension thatÆs so
hard to avoid in music today. I wanted to change the
way people felt, not the way they dressedö. From his
heart tugging compositions to his boisterously
upbeat, synth-driven dancers, itÆs tough not to
ôfeelö BC Camplight.
BC Camplight has done something thatÆs a little hard
to comprehend. He discovered a way to combine all of
his talents by making an intelligent album, filled
with complicated musical arrangements and eccentric
songwriting, while still retaining its humor and
modesty. Basically, he created something that occurs
maybe once a decade. He created a pop album, with a
soul