🚨 “The Sheriff” single & video OUT NOW
“It was the height of the George Floyd protests and I absentmindedly drove through downtown Austin to grab some takeout. Suddenly, traffic narrowed to one lane and stopped. I had a row of armed National Guard soldiers immediately to my left, and to my right livid protesters shouting back at them. I prayed no one would shoot while I was stuck in the crossfire. I felt the fear, I felt the rage, I felt the tension, but I also felt a strange, arrogant, almost horny energy coming from the soldiers. Like they were all thinking “just give me a reason to shoot you pieces of shit.” And that’s the energy that chilled me to the bone.
We wrote this song imagining the horror story of a seething, racist sheriff, just cruising, looking for an excuse to absolutely ruin someone’s life today.” -Jackie O’Brien
On September 7, The Bright Light Social Hour debut “The Sheriff” to streaming platforms world-wide. LISTEN HERE. Filmed in Marfa, TX, the song has been set to screen by Oswaldo Flórez. WATCH HERE. Upcoming tour dates below.
photo by Jaycee Grover
art by John Zakoor
Sep 9 - Boca Raton, FL - Funky Biscuit
Sep 10 - St. Petersburg, FL - Palladium Theater
Sep 18 - Bellvue, CO - The Mishawaka
Sep 30 - Austin, TX - Parish with Riders Against The Storm