Gunship is a neon soaked, late night, sonic getaway drive, dripping with luscious analogue synthesizers, cinematic vocals and cyberpunk values, exploding from the front cover of a dusty plastic VHS case which has lain forgotten since 1984. Created by Dan Haigh, Alex Westaway and Alex Gingell, Gunship is an evolution of the of the recently popularised synthwave genre, which was originally started by Rosso Corsa records & The Valerie Collective artists...

Gunship's new album, Gunship, for those of you of a certain age (40+ if you must know), will transport you back to the '80s.

The band’s sound is created with vintage analogue synthesizers and other retro electronic gear available in the 1980s. The music is driven by retro gear, inspired by nostalgia for a bygone era but they use this approach to yield something fresh and new. The debut album is sonically diverse - blending sweeping fluorescent synth lines with fever pitched and adrenalizing electric bass arpeggios.

You might recognise the narration on 'Tech Noir'. Director John Carpenter lends his voice to album in a specially recorded segment. The band's love of Carpenter might have something to do why 'Pink Mist' is based around the theme to his movie Halloween.

In addition, I couldn't help thinking that the vocals on 'Black Sun On The Horizon' has a distinct Peter Gabriel quality about them.

The album contains 13 tracks (57 min, 45 sec) and will represent the perfect pseudo trip down memory for some.

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Nick Smithson