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Shelby Bryant

Biography | Releases

Biography

Shelby Bryant first burst onto the Memphis scene in the mid-nineties with the Clears, a trio of fiercely pronounced personalities who imploded not too long after their sole self-titled LP was released on SLR in 1997. With his muse still in overdrive, Shelby began a relentless binge of writing and recording, the fruits of which displayed a much more all-embracing yet somehow also more radical musical vision than the Clears had ever evinced. Breathing that same rare air as Brian Wilson, Syd Barrett, and Daniel Johnston, Shelby's songs swing from sidesplitting humor to poignant earnestness with mathemagical grace.

Releases

Luscious
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Shelby's second solo recording features Flurpity Flurp, Love Beam + Patterns. 16 songs by Shelby Bryant

Cloud-Wow Music
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1. Hello So Fine
2. The Walk
3. Everything
4. Fluxogen/Neverything
5. In the Sun
6. Inchworm
7. Totally Sigmund
8. You're a Star
9. Peebly Mcnownow
10. Thurmond Crimm
11. Wedding
12. My Dandylion Wish
13. The Bitter Wind
14. Never Wrong
15. Arabesque

Harvested in his hometown of Memphis, this bountiful crop of Cloud-Wow Music represents Shelby's inaugural plunge into solo mode. Like a lot of folks these days, he has hip retro gear and oddball style aplenty, but it's the pure ruthless bona fide HOOKS that sets him apart from the hordes of synth-pop pretenders. His pitch-perfect tunes, in all their effortless tour de forcedom, make this album a serious contender.

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Shelby also appears on:

The Clears s/t