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Scott ,Samuel Flynn: Straight Answer Machine |
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Samuel Flynn Scott, lead singer of The Phoenix Foundation, spent 2007 writing and recording music for Taika
Waititi's film 'Eagle Vs Shark' and for The Phoenix Foundation’s third album 'Happy Ending'. This year Samuel
Flynn Scott presents his second solo album ‘Straight Answer Machine’ (following his solo debut ‘The Hunt Brings
Us Life’ from 2006).
Leading his own band ‘Bunnies On Ponies’ (Craig Terris - Cassette, Hell Is Other People and Bacon Foot,
Tom Callwood - The Little Bushman, and Matt Armitage - Good Laika, The Family Cactus, Ginger Brown,
and OdESSA) through Lee Prebble’s infamous The Surgery recording studio in Wellington, resulted in a more
oblique and grown up sound that deviates from the quirky Americana of his debut, instead communicating a
dystopian landscape of melodic pop.
Pressing play on the opening track and lead single ‘Llewellyn’ is like falling down the rabbit hole and finding
yourself in Samuel’s wonderland. Hypnotic reversed electric guitar notes sprout through grassy acoustic strings
underfoot. Samuel’s lyrical magic paints swirling imagery that surrounds you as his echoing voice gently beckons
you to follow him. A request that is completely irresistible.
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