Brendan Brophy says ‘Let The Spaceships Come’
(l-r) Singer-Songwriter Brendan Brophy, Producer-Drummer Steve Puntolillo and Keyboardist-Arranger Bruce Stephen Foster.
Singer-Songwriter Brendan Brophy—from Neptune in Monmouth County—also plays guitar, bass and keyboards. His new album—Let The Spaceships Come—is a collection of his originals as arranged by Bruce Stephen Foster (from Oceanport), drummer-producer Steve Puntolillo (from Freehold) and Brophy. Jimmi T. Wilson (from Cranford in Union County) and bassist Joel Bennett round out the quintet.
Puntolillo was recently awarded by Stereophile magazine for his remixes of Streets Of This Town: Revisited by alt-folk legend Steve Forbert (of Asbury Park), a story we covered April 24, 2023. His production on Let The Spaceships Come is sonically rich, complete with trebly detail, and sounds great on headphones. “The sound being on the leading edge is very important to me,” says the producer. Available on all streaming services, the beautifully crafted acoustic presentation—call it folk-pop—is also available on reel-to-reel tape. “Yeah, that’s a thing now,” says Puntolillo, something different.” For a taste, check “Up Here” below.