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Superturtle: About the Sun | |
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2010 full length release on SarangBang Records- A brilliant cocktail of sonic delights and melodic invention.Reviews draw comparisons to the Chills,Chris Knox & the Mutton Birds. www.myspace.com/superturtlemusic 'None of which may prepare you for About the Sun with its knowing and sometimes wry dollop of post-New Wave pop and touches of classic Fifties sounds on snappy sub-two minute, hand-clap songs like Oh Yeah . . . which spirals off into Nun-like guitar psychedelics.Superturtle distill a lot of diverse elements from pop history: guitar jangle, memorable choruses, organ fills, bits with trippy spoken word passages about sunflowers, over-wrought ballads with wah-wah (Benny), a vocoder ...And Holiday Well (see below) could have taken its melody from a hit in the middle of any of the past five decades. This also sounds terrific in a sharp lo-fi but crisply produced way -- it has real presence -- and that just enhances the effect, which might be you want to get out a mid Sixties Tommy James and The Shondells album. '-Graham Reid - Elsewhere 'Their sound is comparable to Chris Knox and Bailterspace (without the edgy moodiness) or The Chills and The Muttonbirds, just to name check a few. There's an unpretentious 50's and 60's feel to songs such as Oh Yeah, Sunflowers and Benny with old school New-Wave in places, making it a musically well-rounded release. Superturtle takes you on a cheerful journey of jangly guitars, lovely duets and clever soundscapes all conducive to having a good time. Perhaps it's the light-hearted and sometimes jovial approach to music making by front man Darren McShane that keeps the sound fresh and lively.'- River Tucker muzic.net.nz " Superturtle make a charming , lighthearted idiosyncratic style of pop that has a feel redolent of the less self-conscious bands on the Flying Nun and Arch Hill label's . Its a concoction that's livened up by McShane's sense of humour , and the slightly loopy instrumental line-up which includes , at times mellotrons and theremins......Does it sound good ? It sounds good -Gary Steel - Tone Magazine |
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