BRIGHT LIGHT BRIGHT LIGHT –

Rod Thomas, aka BLBL, never planned for This Was My House to be released during a global lockdown. The upside of his ’90s house music throwback is, he acknowledges, “it’s an upbeat song people have enjoyed dancing to at home” and Madonna’s former backing singers Niki Harris and Donna De Lory add an extra retro vibe. While the lyrics took on a whole new meaning in 2020, they were written to celebrate LGBTIQ+ safe spaces. “For me, it’s sort of dancing through pain and struggle,” he explained. “The subject matter of disco is turmoil and defiance. You have this call to arms: don’t give up, push on through, find the joy where you can.” A new BLBL album, Fun City, is due in September.