Bright Ideas is Portastatic

Portastatic

Portastatic is an American indie rock band founded in the early 1990s by Mac McCaughan. Portastatic began as a solo project for McCaughan, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Superchunk...

's fifth studio album. It was released on Merge Records

Merge Records

Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...

 On August 23, 2005


The album was the first Portastatic

Portastatic

Portastatic is an American indie rock band founded in the early 1990s by Mac McCaughan. Portastatic began as a solo project for McCaughan, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Superchunk...

 album that was completely recorded in a modern studio. Previous albums were either partially or completely recorded on a Portastudio

Portastudio

The TASCAM Portastudio was the world's first four track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape.When the original Portastudio 144 made its debut in 1979 it was a revolutionary creative tool...

4-track recorder. The album was recorded at Tiny Telephone Studio in San Francisco, California and engineered by Tim Mooney.

Track listing

1. "Bright Ideas"
2. "Through With People"
3. "White Wave"
4. "I Wanna Know Girls"
5. "Little Fern"
6. "Truckstop Cassettes"
7. "The Soft Rewind"
8. "Registered Ghost"
9. "Center of the World"
10. "Full of Stars"