Bright Ideas is the fifth studio album by the American indie rock band Portastatic.

It was released on Merge Records on August 23, 2005 [2] The album was the first Portastatic album that was completely recorded in a modern studio.

Previous albums were either partially or completely recorded on a Portastudio 4-track recorder.

The album was recorded at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco, California and engineered by Tim Mooney.

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