Twenty-four years after its original release, ‘Just Enough Bright’ gets the treatment it always deserved. Time Spent Driving’s 2002 album arrives April 10 on vinyl through Thirty Something Records, newly remixed by original producer J. Robbins and remastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio.
Robbins recorded the original ten tracks at Tiny Telephone Studios in San Francisco in January 2002, and he’s returned to remix every one of them specifically for this reissue. Coutant’s mastering work restores depth and balance without pulling the record away from what it originally was. The bones are intact. The sound is sharper.
The reissue adds an eleventh track, “What It Should Be Like,” written during the original album sessions but never completed at the time. It was recorded in 2024 at Compound Recording by Olav Tabatabai. That’s a song sitting unfinished for over two decades, now finally released as part of the record it was always meant to join.
“Angel and I” (Remastered) is streaming now on No Echo, offering a direct listen to what Robbins and Coutant have done with the source material. It’s a precise, considered reissue from a band whose catalog has earned this level of attention.
Time Spent Driving formed in 1998 out of the San Francisco Bay Area punk and hardcore scene. Their emotive, indie-leaning approach stood apart from regional trends from the start. Over more than 150 shows across the U.S. and Europe, they built a following that never really left. Music landed on national television and video game soundtracks. Labels worldwide put out their releases.
The band signed with Thirty Something Records in 2025 to reissue their back catalog, with new music also on the way in 2026. ‘Just Enough Bright’ is the right place to start. It’s the record that defined what Time Spent Driving could do, and this version makes the case all over again.
The vinyl comes in two first-press variants: Corona White x Green (100 copies, TSR/Band Exclusive) and Yellowish Green (100 copies). Pre-orders are open now through Thirty Something Records for EU/World and Steadfast Records for the U.S.
Tracklisting:
Angel and I
Sleepyhead
Not Yet
Faking
Drive
Slow Down
More Than This
Running
Holding On
Just Enough Bright
What It Should Be Like