:: Sunshine Brothers - Red Alert

Sunshine Brothers

The Sunshine Brothers really do travel the world to make their music. There debut album Rebel Yellow was recorded on a beach near Fremantle while their follow up was recorded in New York, now comes their third album, Red Alert which was put together in the mountains of Spain. But there is seriously something missing from this album. Tracks like ‘Deep Breeze’ are feel good reggae but with all the tracks back to back the album becomes just a little bit too repetitive. The tribal sound of ‘The Jamon Song (La Cancion De Jamon)’ may make you want to go to the beach but the ‘Hideaway’ drags down the mood of the album completely. It rises again with the catchy ‘What You Do’ and the darker groove of ‘Red Alert’, but then hits another roadblock with ‘The Pint.’ The Spanish influence is clearly there with ‘Golden Duck’ but then ‘Jairo Jam’ is so repetitive that it can’t even be resuscitated with the help of Spirit Of Pucho. The vocals on ’72 Blanks’ provides another peak for the album but sadly it ends on a sour note with ‘Inside The Silo’, a track that you could expect to hear being used as background noise in a restaurant. Sadly, Red Alert is a flop and I don’t think even serious reggae fans would find much to write home about with this one.