Peter Bruntnell – 8 Lane Highway

"8 Lane Highway" initially struck me as rather standard and instantly forgettable Indie fare, but after a few more listens, I realised that this was unfair. It’s a textbook indie track, true, but it’s a bloody good one and in no way forgettable. Peter Bruntnell’s latest track is catchy, memorable, and above all, really good. More than anything else, it is this I would like to make clear in this review. "8 Lane Highway" is pure quality, a benchmark against which the underground Indie scene could, and maybe should, be measured.

Review by Chris Render

Peter Bruntenell - 8 Lane Highway

Acoustic driven, folk based pop with a subtle hint of psychedelic delivered in a very British manner...hasn’t that be done before? Probably, but give him his due, Peter Bruntenell is actually pretty good at it.

Eight Mile Highway fits the bill’ and sets its self out as a typically English song with its tale of lost and found love placed over catchy instrumental back up. Fitting almost perfectly into the soft radio friendly guitar genre which gets eaten up regularly by Radio 2 and commercial radio- which is confusing because according to the Rolling Stone Magazine, Peter Bruntenell is England’s best kept secret- so why not release him into the wider world for everyone to enjoy?

Review by George McSorley