‘Sun Power’ is a three-track single release from Super Distortion, one of the aliases of Isle of Wight dweller Pete Bradley. Pete writes, plays, produces all his own work and also runs Pointy Bird Records, along with his wife Andrea.
This latest single is available as a download from Super Distortion Pointy Bird Bandcamp for the brilliant price of only one pound for the three tracks – an absolute bargain.
Opening with the title track, ‘Sun Power’ kicks off with an insistent riff that brings early T-Rex singles to mind. The lyrics so the publicity blurb states are “inspired by the solar predictions of Ray Kurzweil”, the American author, inventor and director of engineering at Google: - “Sun Power makes sweet the sour, feeds the flowers/ There’s gonna come a day when the whole world runs on Sun Power”. This is a really catchy tune, and one that will have anyone singing along after just a few plays.
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Following this is ‘Smiles’, which features woodwind instruments and is a riot of 1960s English whimsy: - "Some smiles come and go, and some smiles grow and grow/ Some smiles, you blink and they’re gone, some smiles go on and on”.
The third track ‘Let Go To the Cool Radiation’ is a slow grower, a song all about the power of music: - “There's a magic energy
That can stun your enemies/ With it's tinsel rays but it gives you magic powers”.
Pete is certainly keeping a string of excellent singles going, and on the strength of this, I’m eagerly looking forward to the next album. All credit to him.
Pointy Bird Records online
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