Fronted by husband and wife duo Kim West (keys and vocals) and Ryan Devlin (guitar and vocals,) Smokey Brights is a rock band out of Seattle, Washington. The couple’s entrancing bond shines through in their deeply personal cowriting as well as their ecstatic live performances. West, a barred attorney, and Devlin, who has a background in booking, publishing and punk bands, met working summers at a pizza restaurant in college. They write about their transition from young friends to life partners in their beloved city, touring in a van during the Northwest’s notoriously grey winters, and being in love in a deeply uncertain world. West and Devlin’s songs are made eminently danceable by Nick Krivchenia (drums) and Luke Logan (bass.) Krivchenia, an Ohio native from a family of musicians, brings a soulful, classic groove to Smokeys’ sound. Logan, who grew up singing folk songs with his family in Kodiak, Alaska, provides melodic bass lines and a crucial third harmony to the band’s vocals. Known for their explosive live shows that immerse the listener in warm, harmony rich, arena rock anthems.

Born in a trash can, Raised in the gutter. On a mission from the devil to create the worlds worst facsimile of rock and roll. Imagine a Fats Domino tribute band consisting of feral dogs armed with only world war two tank radios and you pretty much know what you’re getting into. With Ian Reed manning a broken guitar and spitting no nonsense nonsense, Obi Guinn snarling enticingly brutalist melodies on her baritone sax, Meg Slavich rumbling the barn rafters on her bass and Mark Etherington offering a thunderous sacrament to our god: John Bonham. Stetson Heat Seeker is coming to a dive bar near you to presumably steal the copper piping out of the walls. Be prepared