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Onward into a new century and a new generation of good old Dunedin quirky twisted guitar pop legacy MESTAR emerges with their third CD and first released on YELLOW EYE. MESTAR comprises John White (vocals, guitar) , Stefan Bray (vocals, bass) and Ian Wilson (vocals,drums). It's a classic framework, a guitar based three piece, with a guest cast including HDU's Tristan Dingemans (space guitar), Jay Clarkson and CLOUDBOY's Dermania Lloyd (vocals). The result is PORCUPINE. "Our plan was to make an album of three minute, rock anthem, fairytale, pop songs. Then we found ourselves in MESTAR-LAND with our all-time favourite guitar-music-scientist, Dale Cotton (HDU, Dimmer and Sola Rosa), working the levers and buttons. We wanted this album to have a much wider scope than our previous releases - to explore more fully the places that the MESTAR sound could travel - the result is a very diverse record. The intention was for each song to inhabit quite a distinct space, the album constituting a kind of journey through these places. We explored various musical styles, veering away from straightforward 4/4 guitar pop in order to create a vast landscape - the MESTAR world. We are very happy with the finished record - our grand pop extravanganza! It exudes the confidence that we felt during its creation and has that multi-layered feeling about it that many of our favourite albums possess. Enjoy!!!" |
MESTAR
: PORCUPINE : EYE 020