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HIROSHIMA
YEAH!, Issue #71, January 2011
It feels quite weird to be reviewing Micky and Dan’s annual
single release in the January issue of HY! considering they always
record them in the summertime, but there were some problems with
copyrighting this so… Here I find myself enjoying their latest
slice of sunny California grooviness with SNOW on the ground! “Riding
On Moonbeams” is kinda mellow stoner-pop with lyrical references
to “a beach in a distant sea / With ships and boats surrounding
me.” It’s a good job I’m not (yet) an utter paranoid
WRECK because it almost seems like they’re trying to make
me JEALOUS! Micky harmonises gloriously with herself and plays “trampoline
keyboard”(!) while Dan contributes, amongst other things,
“lunar guitar”(!!) and “adventures in reverb”(!!!).
I LOVE IT! The faster-paced “Analog Slim in Luddite Land”
(which, you have to admit, is a GREAT title) sees Dan taking over
vocal duties and playing “lead psycho guitar”(!!!!)
in a joyously addictive song that’s an ode to the pleasures
of songwriting and home-recording… “Don’t make
money / Don’t have fame / Maybe you should try and explain
/ 1,2,3,4 / Does this seem normal to you? / Or to YOU? / DOES it?”
HA! Excellent! Anybody who’s been a home-taper or been in
a band or done a zine whose average print-run is 30-odd copies per
month will be able to INSTANTLY
relate! (Contact: Micky Saunders, PO Box 1749, Chino Hills, CA 91719,
USA
ROCKTOBER MAGAZINE, Issue #49
Susnara’s latest collaboration with young protégé Micky Saunders
is a much lighter affair than his recent solo Vent, Grin and
Conquer, as acoustic instrumental explorations and Saunders’
youth and energy seem to make this CD float around like a balloon.
Note: This Luddite-ness may be why this wouldn't play in my computer,
just on a 25-year-old CD player.
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