theUtmost
Figured it was high time to add this gem. While I don't necessarily have a favourite track, the only reason it's taken me so long to buy it can be heard in the closing lyrics... "I didn't get around to it... I'll add it to the list..." :P
Favorite track: Brain Jail.
isunray
5 out of 5 stars, this album was without question my most played in 2021. Brilliant songs, wigged out guitar solos, beautiful harmonies and excellent arrangements. This album is the love child of 80's pop and Steely Dan. Essential!!
Luke Buda (he/him) is a songwriter based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington). Buda’s music finds influence in the warm strums that emanated from Laurel Canyon in the 1960s, the dreamy vocals of supreme 1970s soft rock and disco, and the digital delays and drum machines wafting out from the UK in the early 1980s. In this work, he locates the sweet spot between introspection and wry humour.
In October Buda will release his third solo album (his first in twelve years), a collection of songs mostly recorded in his garage over the last three years. The lyrics are a mix of Buda's sincere but sardonic musings about feeling old and tired and anxious about everything, and words supplied by New Zealand novelist Damien Wilkins, all set to the kind of melodies that you could find while channel surfing through radio stations on a long midnight drive.
Buda has roped in a large range of collaborators for the album, including guests like Don McGlashan; Joe Lindsay and Toby Laing from Fat Freddys Drop; Riki Gooch; Dayle Jellyman; Jacqui Nyman; and all the members of The Phoenix Foundation. Special mention needs to be made of Anita Clark's (Motte) contribution, as she sang on every single track.
credits
released October 15, 2021
All songs written by Luke Buda (Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing Pty Ltd) except 01, 04, 08 (Luke Buda/Damien Wilkins) and 02 (Luke Buda/Samuel Scott/Conrad Wedde).
Performed by Luke Buda with: Tom Callwood, Anita Clark, Riki Gooch, Dayle Jellyman, Toby Laing, Joe Lindsay, Don McGlashan, Jacqui Nyman, Chris O’Connor, William Ricketts, Samuel Scott, Conrad Wedde.
Recorded between 2016 and 2020, mainly in my garage, a bit at The Surgery, and just a little bit in Conrad's shed.
Engineered by Luke Buda. Additional engineering by Lee Prebble at The Surgery.
Mixed by Lee Prebble and Luke Buda at The Surgery.
Mastered by Mike Gibson at MUNKI.
Photography and design by Doug Johns.
Make up by Marta Buda.
Hand written type by Sarah Jane Parton.
Thank you to all my friends and family. The Phoenix Foundation. TEETH. Lee Prebble. Craig Honeyfield Pearce. Doug and Marta. Coffee Supreme. The Costume Cave. Mike Gibson. Jeremy Taylor and Slow Boat Records. Native Tongue. NZ On Air. Coffee Supreme. Damien for the words. Huge thanks and appreciation to the wonderful musicians who played the music.
Special thanks to Sarah, Moses and Nico.
I've been in this band for about 25 years! Whaaaaat? GUYD was our 6th full length album It's our mid life crisis progressive rubbish album. It's not too shabby! Luke Buda
Crushed-out dream pop from Austin, TX with a little bit of sparkling psych-surf in the mix for extra summery, floaty vibes. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 20, 2021