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Every BC Camplight album has a backstory every bit as compelling as its music. A Sober Conversation is no different, as virtuoso songwriter and pianist Brian Christinzio documents the last two years of his life, finally confronting a shocking childhood trauma while embracing sobriety, to create his bravest and most revealing record. It’s an enthralling, sometimes haunting quasi-concept record marked by ruthless tragic-comedic purging and sublime, intricate melody, knitting lyrical screenplays to dazzling arrangements. It is BC Camplight at the height of his remarkable powers.

A Sober Conversation follows Christinzio’s 2023 album, the critically celebrated The Last Rotation Of Earth (his first top-40 album), a record centred around the agonising break-up of his long-term relationship. It received the most ecstatic reviews of his career –

“A masterpiece” (Sunday Times),
“Masterful” (Uncut),
“An extraordinary record” (MOJO) - and his biggest headline shows up to that point
at London Shepherd’s Bush Empire and Manchester’s Albert Hall.

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1
I'm Desperate

I'm Desperate

Jul 9, 2018

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You Should've Gone to School

You Should've Gone to School

Jan 19, 2015

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The Last Rotation Of Earth

The Last Rotation Of Earth

Feb 7, 2023

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Blood and Peanut Butter

Blood and Peanut Butter

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I Only Drink When I'm Drunk

I Only Drink When I'm Drunk

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Impossible Germany

Impossible Germany

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I'm In a Weird Place Now

I'm In a Weird Place Now

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I'm Alright In The World

I'm Alright In The World

May 25, 2021

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Fear: Life In A Dozen Years

Fear: Life In A Dozen Years

May 12, 2023

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31 Today

31 Today

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