The Phoenix Foundation release new single Bright Grey

The fantastic new song Bright Grey by the Phoenix Foundation is now available for purchase though iTunes.


Bright Grey – the first single from The Phoenix Foundations highly anticipated 3rd studio album Happy Ending has been released and is now available for download through iTunes, and Vodafone/Telecom Handsets.

The follow up to their gold selling album Pegasus released in 2005, Happy Ending will be released through Flying Nun Records on October 8.

"Bright Grey started its life as synthy instrumental thing for possible use in the film Eagle Vs Shark. The demo was very pleasing indeed so the band stole it back for our own filthy purposes…. the lyrics are a direct result of the cosmic malaise that came over New Zealand during that crazy period when were visited by a comet. Its kind of future angst as imagined by a 12 year old boy in 1983. A distopian nightmare of our own boredom." Says Vocalist/guitarist Samuel Flynn Scott

New Bright Grey Video:
The amazing new video for the single was released to Music Television this week. The video, shot in Island Bay, Wellington over one, long 16-hour day in mid August, was directed by Oscar nominated Taika Waititi (Two Cars One Night, Eagle Vs Shark), with whom The Phoenix Foundation wrote the soundtrack for his latest box office film Eagle Vs Shark.

Developed by Samuel Flynn Scott and Luke Buda (who spend way too many hours on you Tube…), the concept was inspired by Japanese ‘synth pop’ legends Yellow Magic Orchestra, and features loads of synths, bored musicians, the ‘Back to the Future’ car, an audience of weird 80’s kids, heaps of dried ice…….and all things cool..

Click here to download Bright Grey iTunes: