"a long time ago / laying in a field of snow / waiting for the stars to write a word..."
Sometimes life punches you in the face hard inflicting bruises, a bloody nose and a chance to pivot towards other things. That is part of the story that ended up creating Brite Spot, an alternative indie music project by New Jersey raised, Los Angeles based singer-songwriter, producer Matt Sztyk. All kinds of artistic endeavors but maybe especially music creation lends itself to the exorcising of demons, to catharsis, to creations of inspirations that shift your thinking in dozens of ways. You can feel longing, passion and reaching for something in the pummeling indie rock punches of "BIY".
The song begins like a simmering pot on the stove, with the cover rattling as Matt croons tenderly, reflectively. Then when the beat stomps in as guitars and synths flood in the song runs in powerful ways. The layered in vox and swing of it all, lead guitar lines, vox reaching out over a head bopping audience made me flash on The Drums, maybe because "BIY" somehow feels jubilant in it's melancholia.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.instagram.com/_britespot/
https://soundcloud.com/britespot
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5l6d8GxpixarJ1BXNz60p7
https://www.britespotmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Brite-Spot-100547159189752
Brite Spot is an alt indie act led by songwriter / producer Matt Sztyk. The music pays homage to the guitar based punk and indie bands that Sztyk (pronounced stick) grew up listening to and the alternative / new wave songs that anchored a place for pop outside the mainstream.
The project started in 2021 while a quarter-life crisis arrived a decade late and hit its peak when Sztyk lost his job of almost ten years without a moments notice (fired from the clergy on a zoom call). After receiving a laughable severance pay, the NJ native reclused to his Los Angeles apartment and began writing the songs that would become Brite Spots debut release.
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THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:
https://www.instagram.com/_britespot/
https://soundcloud.com/britespot
https://open.spotify.com/artist/5l6d8GxpixarJ1BXNz60p7
https://www.britespotmusic.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Brite-Spot-100547159189752
Brite Spot is an alt indie act led by songwriter / producer Matt Sztyk. The music pays homage to the guitar based punk and indie bands that Sztyk (pronounced stick) grew up listening to and the alternative / new wave songs that anchored a place for pop outside the mainstream.
The project started in 2021 while a quarter-life crisis arrived a decade late and hit its peak when Sztyk lost his job of almost ten years without a moments notice (fired from the clergy on a zoom call). After receiving a laughable severance pay, the NJ native reclused to his Los Angeles apartment and began writing the songs that would become Brite Spots debut release.
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