Elliott Smith, Suzanne Vega, Kings of Leon, No Fi Soul Rebellion, Beck, Kaito, David Byrne, Big Country, Billy Bragg, Robert Smith, Willie Nelson, Simon and Garfunkle, Okkervil River, The Beatles, The Pretenders, Wyclef Jean, Dolly Parton, Men at Work, Neutral Milk Hotel
Modern American Photo Album is in Record stores across the US, BC, and UK! If you are unable to make it into your local record store, you can order the album from Sonic Boom Records, Easy Street Records or Silver Platters
You can also request your local radio stations to play tracks from Modern American Photo Album by contacting your local DJ:
Thank you NW Music Blog!!! "Modern American Photo Album is full of catchy pop hooks, well written lyrics and smart rhythms. And her voice emanates a strong feminine prowess that is reminiscent of Natalie Merchant’s early years. Live, her performance not only captures the energy of the album, it surpasses it.
" Review by C-Leb
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"Modern American Photo Album is an album of tremendous feeling. Armed with the sultry power of The Motels’ Martha Davis and the phrasing of both Robert and Elliot Smith, Loughlin is a smooth and assured singer, who, in spite of her influences, has her own inimitable and quirky charm. Elsewhere, “My Guitar” is a kinetic ode to the lasting relationship between a musician and their instrument; “Crazy Love” is a dose of brilliant new wave acoustica; the sonorous ripple of “Welcome To Hell” conjures the late-Kirsty MacColl and “Enraged” is a spiky acoustic number that somehow brings to mind Jane’s Addiction and Joni Mitchell. A star-making effort, indeed." Review by Alex Green
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"[Modern American Photo Album] really does feel something like a photo album where you turn the page to see a picture of you as a kid laughing under a sprinkler and you smile, then you turn the page to see a picture of a grandmother who has passed away and you feel melancholy, then you turn the page to see a picture of a lover and remember all of the good and bad and in-between times, then you turn the page.... There is a lot of anguish, hope, melancholy, joy, and nostalgia in this record, but none of those emotions constitute the theme of Loughlin's music. There is a much stronger theme that underlies everything, and it is Bre Loughlin's most powerful element: love -- in all of its cozy and crazy forms."
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I first saw Bre Loughlin when she was the dynamo at the heart of local band Kuma. Though the band was good, Loughlin was better -- she has a stage presence that's virtually without rival and a face that belongs on the cover of every music magazine in America and Europe, and you can practically feel her powerful voice inside your chest. Were I the kind of guy who was given to celebrity crushes, I'd probably wait a few hours in the rain just so she could sign my forehead. You know, with a brick.
--Geoff Carter
NWsource staff
Modern American Photo Album is Loughlin's first full length acoustic release; although the category acoustic is in wild debate right now. Bre- previously known for projects laden with synth and programming, is presenting this new release with acoustic guitars as accompaniment to her signature vocal style.
Acoustic guitar is layered with melodic bass, drums, horns, and strings orchestrated to put the listener in the passenger seat of a car driving through Loughlin's thoughts and memories.
Producer Brian Valentino (list of credits include: Weezer, Stevie Nicks, Kiss, Cat Power, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and the Oscar winning Brokeback Mountain soundtrack) pulls the best out of Loughlin; helping her to translate a wide range of emotion, from rage to vulnerability, into her songs. Valentino opened his first local independent studio called Three Deuces in June of 2007.
Bre's past projects include: Daylight Basement, Kuma, and The Stuck-ups
Rising Stars Tom Scanlon, Seatle Times October 17th 2006
Alone again, naturally . . .
Bre Ellen Loughlin must have that '70s tune (Gilbert O'Sullivan, anyone?) running through her head. The dynamic, former Kuma singer left that electro-Goth band to start Daylight Basement - an early DB show at the Crocodile Cafe was just Bre, somewhat nervously playing the acoustic guitar and singing intensely specific lyrics. She later added a few heavy hitters from Maktub and the Rotten Apples, fleshing out an '80s alternative rock sound and releasing a DB CD.
Friday night, she was back at the Crocodile, solo again (although she had a bass player). She sang "Porcupine," "The Hospital" and a few other songs, demonstrating the powerful, wide-ranging voice that makes her a local treasure - and, perhaps, national star-in-the-making.
Loughlin is working on a solo album, coming soon . . .
10 Local Bands to Watch in 2006 Tizzy Asher, Seattle PI February 21st, 2006
Then, there's the already much-hyped sound of Daylight Basement, the new band fronted by former Kuma vocalist Bre Loughlin. The band self-released its debut, "Any Kind of Pretty," in December and, just three weeks later, landed at a respectable No. 13 on the Best of 2005 list for the local Web magazine Three Imaginary Girls. Momentum has been steadily building, and if all goes as planned, Loughlin should be touring "Any Kind" into the ground in 2006. Her captivating stage presence and spot-on live vocals should captivate those audiences.
Seattle’s Top 10 New Bands- Daylight Basement Breaks Out as The Leader of This Year’s Pack Tom Scanlon, Seattle Times December 2nd 2005
Daylight Basement, has the makings to be one of the brightest lights in Seattlle’s night skyline. Daylight Basment – CD Review Chris Estey, Three Imaginary Girls, November 30th 2005
“It's rare when a record comes along where all the forces of personal creativity and intuitive collaboration click and grind in a way that makes the work seem timeless, though made up of various fragments of fertile musical periods. The Cure's Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me is an emotional landmark in people's lives, created out of suffering and newfound confidence. The first Pretenders album has that feel, too: a rock and roll outcast baring her heart with the perfect band. So does Any Kind Of Pretty, an album so privately provocative, erotically charged, and multi-dimensional that it can easily sit next to the two just mentioned.”
Yeah! I'm so glad you're playing tonight; New Years plans saved! You rocked when you opened for Stars of Track & Field and my roommate and I haven't taken your latest album out of the CD player. Thank you Ms. Bre!
Joy Kill is still my favorite. Wonderful. Beautiful. Poignant. If you'd like more adjectives, cunsult your nearest thesaurus and look under the aforementioned words.
