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Apollo SteamTrain - Single Review: Phone Box of Life
02 Mar 2020 // A review by tonymcdonald
This upbeat Summer rock song really took me by surprise, and in a very good way.
The latest single from Apollo SteamTrain takes the listener on a journey back to the 80’s. It forced the sound of the Waterboy’s came flooding back to me, but that doesn’t mean it sounds dated. Phone Box of Life is a very polished, memorable tune that is radio ready in every possible way. I also found that some of the progressions made it sound very much like Oasis, which is again not a bad comparison. There's also something about Brendan’s vocals that remind me of Nik Kershaw. Anyway, enough of the comparisons.
Phone Box of Life is a great song in its own right, and it's well worth a listen. Now, if we could just get our Kiwi radio stations to actually pick up new songs and play them - if they did, this track would definitely be on my list. Nice work guys!
Check out Apollo SteamTrain’s Facebook page here.
Rating:
( 5 / 5 )
About Apollo SteamTrain
Brendan has a deal in place with Songbroker which has seen his tracks synced on several high profile TV shows including Shortland Street and Filthy Rich.
Brendan has worked with several procucers including internationally renowned Greg Haver (Manic Street Preachers, OpShop, Catatonia, The Feelers, Six60), recording 2 tracks at Neil Finn's Round Head Studios.
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