“Any place but here.” That must haven been the thinking of Christian Blunda during the social isolation and pandemic lockdowns. Full of dread, boredom and feeling boxed in, you start to think of different times, better places, or, in the case of Blunda: space travel. So he started writing “party platters with a zero gravity kinda vibe.”<\/p>\n
How does that sound? Punky, funky and synthy. Blunda takes ingredients from ramonescore, ’80s new wave, synth and sci-fi movie soundtracks. Songs like Hyperblaster, Every Day I Go To Space<\/em> and Zoner<\/em> would not look out of place in his main project (Mean Jeans), and kinda sound like Ramones broadcasting from Mars. Then there is the weird ’80s synthpop of I’m An Alien<\/em> and Chain Wallet In Zero Gravity<\/em>. To top it off, there are some vintage instrumentals that seem to come straight out of old sci-fi movies.<\/p>\n Funky Punks In Space<\/em> is fun and weird in all the right places. With the fan base he build through his work in Mean Jeans, Touchy and Patsy’s Rats – and his recent emergence as a composer of movie soundtracks,<\/a> I’m pretty sure a lot of fans will follow Blunda on his travels through the universe. Hope there’s some room for me as well!<\/p>\n Funky Punks In Space<\/em> will officially be out April 22 on Dig! Records, but is already available for streaming on Bandcamp.<\/p>\n