Briston Maroney - Bottle Rocket (feat. Manchester Orchestra) [Live]

Briston Lee Maroney is an American vocalist, lyricist, and guitar player from Knoxville, Tennessee. Briston Maroney was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, but moved to Florida as a young boy.

He moved to Nashville at the age of 25 to pursue his dream of becoming a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist. He began his career playing house shows, gradually winning fans over one living room after the next. Briston quickly became a fixture in Nashville’s burgeoning DIY scene, organizing lineups at small clubs throughout the city and creating his signature style with long-time friends turned visual artists, Jimbo Brodnax, and Dwayne Bauml.

He is signed to Canvasback Music and Atlantic Records. He has released two EPs, which include his most recent album, "Sunflower”, full album was published April 9th 2021.

Sunflower featured long visuals envisioned by Maroney and an artistic ally Joey Brodnax - each song bore its own moviemaking accompaniment. The visual album includes; "Deep Sea Diver", "Bottle Rocket", "It's Still Cool If You Don't", "Freeway", "Sinkin", and "Why".

“Bottle Rocket”, written by Robert Mcdowell, John Andrew Hull and Briston Maroney: the Nashville-based artist joined forces with Andy Hull and Robert McDowell of-Manchester Orchestra to publicize a new version of the song "Bottle Rocket" from the critically acclaimed debut album Sunflower published April 9th 2021. The video performance of the trio playing together was shot in Atlanta.

“Briston Maroney has teamed up with veteran producer John Congleton and flaunted a keen understanding of the hooks that will eventually explode in front of festival crowds. ‘Bottle Rocket’ is the project’s most potent firecracker, the drums thwacking as Maroney conveys pure hunger with the line ‘All my life/waiting for a little spark” (Billboard)

Sunflower sold-out headlining tours in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe; opened for Jack White and Rainbow Kitten Surprise; collaborated with Cold War Kids, Noah Kahan, and others; and performed at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, and Pitchfork Paris. Maroney's catalog has reached 430 million global streams on all platforms.

“Sunflower is a collection of 10 tracks that Maroney got right… an oratory of youth-filled anxieties, growing older, and the awakening of what’s blossoming all around.”– AMERICAN SONGWRITER

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Well, what were the odds?

I never wished to be something I'm not

Seems I forgot

The closed door isn't always locked

[Pre-Chorus]

And all my life, waiting for a little spark

All my time, circling around the dark

It's a pretty good place to start

[Chorus]

Come to find I'm the one that will decide my life

It just takes a little time

It's a bottle rocket

It's a bottle rocket

[Verse 2]

Turn back to the shelf

Reading every letter I wish I wrote myself

So get in the car

All this talk, it only gеts you so far

[Pre-Chorus]

And all my life, waiting for a little spark

I decidе, circling around the dark

It's a pretty good place to start

[Chorus]

Come to find I'm the one that will decide my life

It just takes a little time

It's a bottle rocket

It's a bottle rocket

[Bridge]

Stop yourself from starting this over

Stop yourself from starting

Stop yourself from starting this over

Only stop yourself

[Chorus]

Come to find I'm the one that will decide my life

It just takes a little time

It's a bottle rocket

It's a bottle rocket

It's a bottle rocket

It's a bottle rocket

THE END

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