30 Mar 2024
UsernamePassword

Remember Me? | Join | Recover
Click here to sign in via social networking

Apollo SteamTrain - Single Review: The Electric Sun/Streets of Gold

05 Nov 2016 // A review by Lula Mitchell

A release by New Zealand based Apollo SteamTrain, the 'Double A Side' single The Electric Sun/Streets Of Gold is a neat way to feature the strengths of the band. Well recorded, these two songs are pleasantly composed with much thought put in to the tones and soundscape used. The mix is wonderfully done, especially in The Electric Sun, effectively utilising a range of well placed instruments to enhance the emotional impact of the piece.

The Electric Sun is a delicate and sweetly melancholy ballad-esque composition. With gorgeous harmonies and backing vocals, it’s a truly lovely piece. 

It’s always a pleasure to hear songs that have been beautifully presented and handled tenderly right through the process.  It’s this care that really can lift a song up, and it’s clear Apollo SteamTrain have been gentle along the way.

These tracks will likely be super palatable to fans of bands like Soul Asylum, Manic Street Preachers, Goo Goo Dolls and Coldplay. This isn’t to imply this twin release is dated, it’s not in the slightest, however these fans have grown up and Apollo SteamTrain would be a great match for them.

Apollo SteamTrain are definitely worth a listen.

 

About Apollo SteamTrain

Apollo SteamTrain is a musical platform to host the continuing projects of singer/songwriter Brendan McCarthy from Tauranga, New Zealand.

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.

Visit the muzic.net.nz Profile for Apollo SteamTrain

Releases

Generation Overload
Year: 2021
Type: Album

Other Reviews By Lula Mitchell

Miss Peach and The Travellin Bones - Album Review: Sand
04 Mar 2017 // by Lula Mitchell
Miss Peach and the Travellin’ Bones have released an album called Sand.  This album is beyond stunning.
Read More...
Mishap - EP Review: Toaster
05 Nov 2016 // by Lula Mitchell
Enthusiastically honest lyrics and a homely, familiar flavour are the initial hits when yourToaster EP pops. Mishap hauls in the spirits of Green Day (Dookie Days) and I’m going to say a smearing of Smash-era Offspring to bring you their musical offering.
Read More...
EP Review: Bonfire Baby
05 Nov 2016 // by Lula Mitchell
Running out to the car, late as usual, I checked the letterbox on the way through, finding this wee gem in there. I was off on a road trip with no-one, giving me plenty of time to conceive the following words that will explain my experience with Bonfire Baby.
Read More...
Churlington - Album Review: Wally Wick... Some Kind Of Rodent
05 Nov 2015 // by Lula Mitchell
Churlington’s Wally Wick​.​.
Read More...
Gig Review: Head Like A Hole @ Galatos, Auckland - 6/08/2015
19 Aug 2015 // by Lula Mitchell
The last time I saw Head Like A Hole I was a teenager and I was in no state to form any kind of opinion on what I had just seen, other than knowing that once again I had loved it. Fast forward 20 or so years and I was completely amped to be making my way to Galatos in Auckland to see and photograph Head Like a Hole playing with 8 Foot Sativa.
Read More...
Ahjay Stelino - Album Review: Music Therapy Songs for Special Kids
09 Jun 2015 // by Lula Mitchell
It’s not often my two jobs overlap, by night I am a music photographer and reviewer and by day I am an early intervention teacher, supporting preschool children with disabilities in their early education.  So I was quite excited to be asked to review Ahjay Stelino’s Music Therapy Songs for Special Kids.
Read More...
View All Articles By Lula Mitchell

NZ Top 10 Singles

  • WE CAN'T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR YOUR LOVE)
    Ariana Grande
  • BEAUTIFUL THINGS
    Benson Boone
  • END OF BEGINNING
    Djo
  • LOSE CONTROL
    Teddy Swims
  • TEXAS HOLD 'EM
    Beyonce
  • STICK SEASON
    Noah Kahan
  • PRAISE JAH IN THE MOONLIGHT
    YG Marley
  • CARNIVAL
    Kanye West And Ty Dolla $ign
  • SATURN
    SZA
  • LOVIN ON ME
    Jack Harlow
View the Full NZ Top 40...
muzic.net.nz Logo
100% New Zealand Music
All content on this website is copyright to muzic.net.nz and other respective rights holders. Redistribution of any material presented here without permission is prohibited.
Report a ProblemReport A Problem