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FEATURE ARTIST: Bright Moments 'Natives'

9 March 2012 | 3:00 pm | Staff Writer

Multi-instrumentalist Kelly Pratt, aka 'Bright Moments' has just released a stunning album 'Natives', musically complex and lyrically rich.

How insanely awesome would it be if you could just casually say "Oh yea, I've played with Beirut, Coldplay, Arcade Fire, LCD Soundsystem, and about a dozen other bands"? You'd be getting all the babes. Not to mention some hella varied musical exposure. Meet Kelly Pratt - probably the only person in the world who could actually say that truthfully.

Describing Kelly Pratt sounds a little bit like a personal ad. He plays the glockenspiel, euphonium, flute, flugelhorn, trumpet and french horn - just to name a few. He also sings. He also songwrites and arranges. Feeling inadequate yet? Did we mention that he also just released his own album under the nom de plume BRIGHT MOMENTS?

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Natives is not a typical album - how could it be, with someone like Pratt behind it? It features not only a whole host of unusual instruments but also crosses into the experimental, sampling ambient sounds and improvised instruments along with synthesizers and recordings - played by Pratt and many of the musical friends he's collected along the way. The lyrics are deep and drawn from a range of sources - including a book of old Scandinavian poetry.

Natives is available for streaming from the Bright Moments website.