The DATSUNS – one of Aotearoa/New Zealand’s most celebrated rock bands, the first band out of the Southern Hemisphere to make waves on the early 2000s rock explosion (they toured with the White Stripes, Queens of the Stone Age, Metallica and others) and the only band of the era who have undeniably kept getting better – have announced a forthcoming new album Moonstruck Man, out through Hellsquad Records on November 13.
The first taste of the album, which was stitched together in Swedish recording joints and haunts, is out today. The single, also titled Moonstruck Man, is a gloriously rambling slice of classic 1970s-inspired rock. Wah pedals wail and guitars scorch, perhaps with nods to Deep Purple‘s Ritchie Blackmore and Mountain‘s Leslie West. The high-tenored vox and busy rhythms hark back to classic Rush. There’s glam, weird, and whimsy à la Sparks and Marc Bolan. Tis a tune bedazzled & besotted; moonstruck, indeed.
