MICK BUND
Astronaut Graffiti (Toucan Cove)
Reviewed by DJ Johnson

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Most successful pros write songs that are good enough to play in the background of your day, pumping through the radio speakers without ever once making you spin on your heels, stare at said radio and groan at an obvious or awful lyric. It's not exactly something to strive for, but it's the best most can do. Then there are the ones who write songs that pull you to the radio, urge you to turn it up so you won't miss a word, and get your ass fired because the whole point of background music is keeping you from burning 32 Big Macs and various other victims on the grill. Damn!

Mick Bund, formerly of Mexico 70, is a genuine talent who ought to be a superstar. Astronaut Graffiti was recorded on his personal 8-track studio with a drummer and keyboard player helping out, but it's Mick's show, and it's a creative hit. Finely crafted, medium-tempo pop songs are the order of the day, too fast to be called ballads, slow enough to float you away on dreamy, textured guitar chords and a mist of reverb. Quite a discovery, this Mick Bund. A lot of people have been onto him for years, but this is something very different from his work with Mexico 70, stronger and more personal, and definitely more medicinal for those with wounds to heal. So take that final paycheck and pick up Mick Bund's new CD, Astronaut Graffiti. It got you in this mess, and it'll get you through it. The songs feel so good you'll be back on your feet in no time.

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