Anton Barbeau – “Waiting on the Radio” [Song Review]

“Waiting on the Radio,” the recently released single/music video from Anton Barbeau, is Barbeau’s attempt to recreate a song he heard on the radio when he was three years old while riding in his mother’s green Studebaker. The song is from his forthcoming double album, Morgenmusik/Nachtschlager, which drops in September. Chosen from three writing sessions, one in Berlin, another in California, and then still another on a return trip back to Berlin, the songs on Morgenmusik/Nachtschlager reveal an array of stylistic flavors: power-pop, hazy acid-rock, freak folk, unexpected forays into world music and krautrock, fictional advertisements, and psychedelic funk. Contributing to the song are Colin Moulding of XTC and Andy Metcalfe of The Soft Boys, as well as Donald Ross Skinner (guitar), Charli...

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