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Decibel Magazine is now streaming “Year End Goals,” the new single from Tempe, Arizona-based BRIGHT SUNSHINE and their incoming Executive Power Supreme LP, their first cooperative business liaison with long-running noise rock mongers Reptilian Records.
In 2019, guitarist J Brown (ex-Resinator, Reverend Doom, Schlitzkrieg) and drummer Eric Guthrie (ex-Skink, Pinky Tuscadero’s White Knuckle Ass Fuck, Fluidrive) invited bassist and vocalist Chris Burns (Mosara, ex-Hex Volt) to join in the development of a high-reliability, low-cost, heavy-duty noise punk riff technology under the name BRIGHT SUNSHINE. In 2022, these veteran executive leaders of underground rock released the audio seminar collection Southwest Executive Leadership Team, stacked with discordant, crunching riffs and wailings of corporate woe. The trio has since been driving business empowerment at conferences across the Phoenix metro area, inspiring the punk, hardcore, and metal scenes to turbocharge their success.
Reptilian Records identified a great growth opportunity and is partnering with BRIGHT SUNSHINE to host their latest seminar, Executive Power Supreme. With this huge addition to their portfolio, BRIGHT SUNSHINE is assured of further market domination for years to come. This roundtable delivers eight motivational tactics for strategic domination, self-described by its creators as “Office Space meets Metalcore at Olive Garden.” Executive Power Supreme was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Jalipaz Audio Confusion in October of 2024.
With their premiere of “Year End Goals,” Decibel writes in part, “Musically, it’s something of a cross between Reptilian Records-style noise rock (fitting, since Reptilian is handling the release) and heavy punk, with a dose of Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Deadguy. When asked what inspired BRIGHT SUNSHINE to write this song, they made it clear to Decibel that music is serious business.”
The group reveals, “We made a commitment. Our commitments are sacred. We’re not gonna punt on this. Chris brought the fast verse part and the midtempo chorus part. The team got to work and broke it down once and then broke it down again and that’s how we hit a 56-yard field goal with three seconds left to nail these Year End Goals.”
Check out BRIGHT SUNSHINE’s “Year End Goals” exclusively at Decibel Magazine RIGHT HERE.
Executive Power Supreme will be released on LP and digital services on July 11th. Preorder yours through the Reptilian Records webshop HERE and their Bandcamp portal HERE.
Locals can witness BRIGHT SUNSHINE showcasing their empowering business tactics in person at a free record release seminar in Phoenix on June 28th. Stand by for additional live engagements to post shortly.
BRIGHT SUNSHINE Live:
6/28/2025 Rips – Phoenix, AZ *free release show w/ Sorrower, Via Vengeance, more
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