Anti-flag BRIGHT LIGHTS OF AMERICA LP Includes Eurosleeve Introduction by: Phil Buchanan

Introduction by: Phil Buchanan

worked and drank over the course of two years

the album's release predated Steven Spielberg's similarly themed film Close Encounters of the Third Kind by one month

and Future Islands -- is predicated on the New Wave of the '70s and '80s

some of the cuts are edited for length: "Miracles" is snipped from its seven-minute original to the 3:30 radio edit

Anti-flag BRIGHT LIGHTS OF AMERICA LP Includes Eurosleeve Introduction by: Phil BuchananIron City stalwarts Anti Flag may have been accused by many fans of "selling out" when they signed with RCA Records, but anyone who's still singing that same old song hasn't stopped to listen to THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF AMERICA. As politically volatile as ever, Anti Flag have merely brought their vital message to a wider audience while expanding their sonic palate beyond the standard Clash Ramones buzzsaw. "No Warning" flirts with dance punk via disco