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I perfectly understand Daniel Hunter’s frustration. Really, I do. As PlayRadioPlay!, the Aledo native did get lumped into the mall-punk scene by a lot of people—us here at DC9 included.
But, upon going back and listening to the still super-young 20-year-old’s debut, Texas, which was released on Island Records shortly after he was signed as just a 17-year-old, you can hear some real interesting, real promising stuff on there.
And, as we’ve seen in recent months, his artistic progression is only continuing–seriously, go back and listen to his latest leaked track, the dark, brooding “Concerning Philip Garrido.” It’s actually a pretty great song, recalling, at times, a young John Congleton. And, honestly, that’s meant as a comliment to both parties.
So it makes sense, then, that, as Hunter told us last month, he’s changing his performance name from PlayRadoPlay! to Analog Rebellion, as a means to further separate himself from the mall-punkers of the region. Can’t really blame him, can you? Quite literally, he’s trying to make a new name for himself. That transformation will come much closer to completion sometime next month, when, as Hunter announced yesterday via a MySpace post that includes the individual track names, he’ll release his 15-track Analog Rebellion debut called Ancient Electrons.
We’ll be eagerly awaiting it–I can say that much. Because, remember, he’s only 20 years old–and he’s already had a failed go with the major label world.
Catch him live, as Analog Rebellion, at Third String Productions‘ Unsilent Night 3 event on Sunday, December 27, at Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco.
