BRIGHTEYE BRISON - STORIES
Written by Tonny Larsen, www.progplanet.com

Yet another great cd from Progress records! Hats off to you guys! You really are amazing, at
picking the right band and sound for your label!! This time its: BRIGHTEYE BRISON, another
brilliant progband hailing from Sweden (How, do they do it? These great Swede´s) they seem to
spawn super progbands every month of the year!
Anyway, B.B. seem to be out of that superb school, that also brought us A.C.T. as the music
are fluent and very well composed. This album are full of fantastic arranged and superbly
delivered songs.

Just lend your ear to the fabulous intro (the title tune) song: “Stories” at only 2:54 min.
these talented guys manage to get my attention, with some extraordinaire singing and some
excellent playing! Now, me being a pop/artrock freak as well as a prog hardcore freak, I simply
love this kind of band. They are just superb in every way and in each tone.

“Patterns” shows this brilliant bands, great talent for vocal arrangements, and the music has
this grandiose sound, only few can deliver (A.C.T. Flower Kings & Queen comes to mind)and there
are some superb keyboard and the guitar well, Oijen are all over the place with fierce fills and
soaring solo´s.

“Isolation” has to be my fave track, the haunting chorus are an earhanger. There are even some
great mellotron/keyboard thrown in. Some pop/artrock track, wow....im in heaven.

Let me mention: Per Hallman:Vocals (superb). Linus Kåse: Keyboards, Sax, Vocals (excellent)
and he studied music at Stockholm´s Royal college of Music. Kristofer Eng: Bass, Taurus pedals,
Flute, Vocals (great). Danile Kåse: Drums, Percussion, Trumpet (fine). Johan Oijen: Guitars (superb).
Together, these five guys creates superb pop/art rock and with prog thrown in!!
Im amazed at the sheer talent on display here! As with so many other great Swedish progbands,
there are no signs of ordinary:” 4 verses and a chorus-type songs”. They seem to flow-over
with great ideas, arrangements and superb composition skills, add to that some really fine musicians. Need i mention that the prodution are top notch!? So, what you have here are
an excellent album, with many hours of listening pleasure, just waiting for you.
You have to purchase this cd!!
That is, if you like me, are into pop/artrock of high class!!
I cannot even begin to fathom, where and how far, B.B. will go with the talents involved!!

Rating: 5/6
Tonny Larsen - ProgPlanet