THE RETURN

Vinyl LP pressing. 2018 release. Benny DivineAEs impressive musical CV includes quantities such as The Gary Wrong Group, Wizzard Sleeve and NashvilleAEs prolific purveyorAEs of Foghat-pop, Natural Child, but it was just a short year ago that Goner gave wide release to the BUnnY debut album, I & II, which launched the new sub-genre we now know as Hi-NRG New Age and had its creator casually glancing over his shoulder for the rumored mobs of outraged Skyfax, Mannheim Steamroller and Windham Hill Records loyalists that could never quite catch up to his live performances, as they were not listed in back issues of TV Guide and ReaderAEs Digest: Large Print Editions. Whereas I & II was, as its title explicitly implicates, the combination of two previously released cassettes, The Return is a nine-track song-cycle composed for the full-length format. Imagine this album as an alternative historical narrative: not as a source of soundtrack afterthought, but rather the initial spark of inspiration for an entire AE70s sub-genre of gritty crime and science fiction films. Additionally, the fuzzy electropop chops are just as impressive as the spacey burps and gurgles that made his debut so gripping.