Right from the opening notes, you know that the track, “Strut” off of Vancouver recording artist Pennan Brae‘s newest non-instrumental album, Gravity, is going to be a trip. By the end, with the wheels still smoking, it may be one of your top new DIY tracks this week.
Computerized sound effects from the 1980s along with Prince-like guitar riffs and Brae’s confident vocal work make the core of the track.
But it’s the wild whip-snapping, attitude-rearing percussions that drive the track together with sophisticated and outrageous instrumentation, mixing and that occasionally give way to Peter Gabriel- like bongo drums.
“The music of the 1980s is a major influence and ‘Strut-1980s’ seeks to emulate the musical stylings of that decade,” Brae says.
“Producers Kirk Kelsey and Eric Alexandrakis did such a great job producing the track; it’s a time portal for me to the ’80s. Film director Tim Cash and I then sought to make a music video for the song which incorporated visual aspects of the Eighties such as fashion & theme.”
Brae, who also records as The Astronot, just released an album of instrumentals called 2 Below 0, available via his official websiteofficial website.