Announcement 2.....

Hey Y'all,

Welcome back to round two, seconds out...................

Some of you may remember a small technical issue at our last music evening here at Tree Tops which nearly sent yours truly right over the edge. Well, you may also remember a Poet by the name of GUS who saved the day by spinning a few lines at a moments notice while I frantically tried to master the previously mentioned tech' issues.

Okay, we had such a good response to Gus's poetry that we decided to ask him to play at our next event here on the 20th of February. Much to our delight MR GUS SIMONOVIC Poet, Photographer, Artist and general well to do Nice Guy has agreed to entertain us with some beautifully crafted words from the left hand part of his brain usually marked "Private Poetry".

We cant wait to see what Gus has in store for us, but if you fancy a sneak preview go and have a butchers at his very entertaining website.

http://www.printablereality.com/

SEE YOU THERE..SEE YOU THERE..SEE YOU THERE..SEE YOU THERE..SEE YOU THERE..

Oh My Most Splendid Higher Being................. It's Superturtle!!!!!!!!

Yes indeedie Pop Pickers,

Welcome to 2009, hope you all had a good Christmas & New Year and that you are all keeping up with your resolutions. We certainly are here at Treetops (well except for not organising anything this month..We've been busy doing other things ok!)

Anywho, gird your loins, gather skirts and put a big bold mark on your calender for February the 20th, because we have just confirmed that Superturtle will be playing here at Treetops on that very fine evening and to sum that up in a nutshell.....We're pretty bloody stoked.

Please check out the Superturtle site at http://www.myspace.com/superturtlemusic and have a look at the following review to wet your appetite. I have to say at this point the first time we listened to Superturtle we just thought its okay, interesting but that's it! The next time we played the CD thought that's interesting there's plenty happening on there in fact there's parts we never heard the first time and by the third listen we were totally hooked, styles varying from Frank Zappa to Super Furry Animals with more than a healthy dose of the Monochrome Set thrown in for good measure...Give it a try we reckon you'll like it. Anyone who still releases 7" vinyl is sure to succeed in my books!

NZ Musician Aug/Sep 2008
I love the presentation of this, Auckland band Superturtle have released their album on CD with a 7" vinyl single. A really nice touch that backs up the band's analogue efforts to stay true to their craft of old-school recording and writing. Superturtle's debut album and vinyl single grew from a solo project by sound engineer Darren McShane.The lead singer and songwriter also brings with him a pedigree of playing bass in Flying Nun group Chainsaw Masochist as well as working as a bfM DJ. His instinct for a pop hook recalls the funk-soul work of The Netherworld dancing Toys one minute , references The Tokey Tones, Brunettes and Ryan McPhun-styled retro pop at other times and the buzz/fuzz alt-rock of contemporary acts like White Swan Black Swan. I really enjoyed this album, cool songs and the arrangements feature sharp horns and choirs of voices.Lovely stuff. Simon Sweetman