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About The Sun

by Superturtle

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    The second album "About The Sun" was released June 7th 2010 on Sarang Bang Records.It received play on Christchurch b net station RDU and Kiwi FM. The band embarked on their first nationwide tour to promote the album , which received a 41/2 star review in The Dominion Post , with 3 more songs making the KiwiFM top 10.

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1.
I didn't wanna go there tonight The sun is in alignment and it just wasn't right I didn't wanna go there tonight I didn't wanna go there tonight I didn't wanna go there tonight The shadows seem much darker and the lights are too bright I didn't wanna go there tonight I didn't wanna go there tonight
2.
Tried the left he tried the right Tried the day and into the night He bit the hand that feeds the corporate greed They want him dead or alive Tried too hard he tried too late On ya bike and out the gate He bit the hand that feeds the corporate greed They want him dead or alive The sun is always shining in the southern states But how would I know I’m working in a factory and I’m always late Just let it all go Tried to please he tried his best Tried too late, its all a mess He bit the hand that feeds the corporate greed They want him dead or alive They want him dead or alive They want him dead or alive They want him dead or alive
3.
Now there’s no rhyme or reason It shines in every light I’d like to dedicate a whole album And make sure every song goes on About the sun About the sun If you look through a green glass filter That turns the daytime into night You can resolve the disc to a circle And see the real shape and size About the sun About the sun I’d like to dedicate a whole album And make sure every song goes on About the sun
4.
The things you say well thats ok we'll live another day The things you do maybe there true we'll live another day I was thinking of you what a thing to say no one else above you words get in the way The things you say well thats ok we'll live another day Theres things to do for me and for you lets get it done today I was thinking of you what a thing to say no one else above you life gets in the way
5.
Oh Yeah 02:18
Hey there little sister what ya gonna do I think your diggin me and I think I dig ya to Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah Hey there all my brothers whats it all about Ya know that you can do it yeah ya gonna work it out Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah Gotta alot of good lovin Huggin and a kissin too Don't do pushin and a shovin cause pushin and a shovin ain't the thing to do Hey there everybody hows it gonna be I'm lookin at you and your lookin at me Oh yeah , oh yeah , oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah
6.
Valley Town 03:01
When the sun goes down In a valley town and the sky is grey I'll be on my way When the hills ahead And the sky is red We'll go flying by heading for the sky We’ll be on our way We’ll be on our way We’ll be on our way We’ll be on our way
7.
Sunflowers 02:58
Another sub divide kept me locked inside An industrial waste wasn’t to my taste And when the traffic jammed it kinda forced my hand I had to get out quick I had to push and kick The sky was red and grey like I was in LA And there was black on my hands like I was in japan There was stuff up my nose and even in my ears It was sort of like London but I wasn’t even there Do you know Where the sunflowers grow Do you know Where the sun flowers grow Ahhhh,ahhhh,ahhhh,ahhhhh X ? Sunflowers , sunflowers grow oh oh oh Sunflowers , sunflowers grow oh oh oh Sunflowers, sunflowers grow oh oh oh Sunflowers sun flowers grow oh oh oh oh oh
8.
Benny 02:33
Benny You’ve got too many worries But you can beat them Yeah your gonna defeat them And you can kick them out the door Benny you’re always in a hurry Stop your running Cause the good times are coming And you’ll be happy evermore 1967 was a long time ago The winters were colder then there was ice there was snow But Benny don’t worry – I’ll never go I’ll always be here , I want you to know Benny , the sun is gonna shine now The clouds are going and the flowers are growing And you’ll be happy evermore
9.
Holiday Well 02:42
We get in the car , were gonna go far We reach for the stars , last orbit to mars Holiday well , holiday well Theres nothing to choose , theres nothing to lose We'll chase off the blues , and holiday well , Holiday well , holiday well Don't stare too deep , don't think when you sleep Don't ever question or ask in the city Just fall in a trap , just follow the map Don't ever lose yourself in the city We leave it behind , get out of the grind Its foot to the floor , were looking for more Holiday well , holiday well Its freedom at last , its fun and its fast Its feeling so good , just like it should Holiday , well , holiday well Don't dig too deep , the memories keep Just close your eyes , and run to the summertime The golden corn , the sheep just shorn The pigs and the goats and the ducks in the summertime Oh the summer time , oh the summertime Too good to be true , will just have to do I'm smiling for me , I'm smiling for you Holiday well , holiday well
10.
Sunnyside 02:34
In the summertime In the city Theres a sunny side Its so pretty In the other side of the city theres a shiny place its so pretty The sunnyside came in from outer space it came on down and then it took its place It went right in and looked me in the face and then it turned and left without a trace when its coming back to the city we’ll be waiting there Its so pretty The sunnyside is spinning out of shape The sunny side is runnng out of space The sunny side is doing all thats told the sunny side is soft and shiny gold
11.
When I see you walking I turn the other way When I hear you talking I don’t like what you say and I go and I go When I met your best friends I thought they were from Mars High street fashion affairs European cars And I go And I go I walked into your I walked into your Iwalked into your space I walked into your I walked into your Iwalked into your space I walked into your I walked into your Iwalked into your space I walked into your I walked into your Iwalked into your space And I go And I go And I go And I go
12.
Sad Sack 02:57
You put your troubles in a sack And then you put on your back And when they don't disappear You say your getting outta here You say your getting outta here X2 and when its time to be free thats when your crawling back at me And then you just disappear You say your getting outta here You say your getting outta here X2

about

Mainman behind Superturtle Darren McShane certainly has prior form, among other things he formed Chainsaw Masochist (on Flying Nun, for those old enough to remember) and more recently he was in Figure 60 as well as having been a sound engineer -- which is how he met some of the fellow travelers here (bassist Ben Furniss from the Broken Heartbreakers and White Swan Black Swan, and vocalist Jude Morris who came in to do some demos).

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.

Nick Lowe billed one of his albums as "pure pop for now people". This is sort of pure pop for people who remember then, now.

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released June 7, 2010

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Superturtle Auckland, New Zealand

Superturtles debut LP was released in August 2008 and now 12 years later the fifth album " Wait For It " has been released. The band have amassed a stellar catalogue of critically acclaimed releases.

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