Thunder Bunny

Bio:

.. first active from about 1995 to 2000. back again.... like a bird returning from the south.

INTERNATIONAL POP INSTITUE REVIEW

...Bunny’s head honcho Christopher Padula has created a beautiful brand of folk pop drenched in reverb that wallows in between noise and nice guitar sounds. Songs like I Am The Arm and the instrumental Wonder Brian show an experimental side of the band where as Lollipop and Sleepy Head are simple pop songs with fuzzy shimmering guitars that are so rich in texture you can virtually touch something that’s not there. The ethereal vocals and splashes of hiss and noise are stunning and beautiful, almost heavenly.

WWW.RAAMB-RECORDINGS.CO.UK

I had a couple of Thunder Bunny releases sent to me a few weeks back, and whilst listening to the first track I had one of those lovely instances where music just grabs you, straight from the off. When you can jump around the room like you've known about the song all your life; an instant classic.

WWW.HEADUNDERWATER.COM

This band dropped their entire EP Demons into my Sound Cloud Dropbox. To be honest when I saw the name of the band and the name of the EP I thought to myself, oh great heavy metal scremo… Welp much to my chagrin I was wrong...

INDIEMP3COUK.WORDPRESS.COM

...whilst having some nice guitar sounds, (thunder bunny) isn’t too memorable. (demons)

Great stuff indeed but there is a big BUT because sadly the rest of the EP falls into the same trap as the first and I was right to be worried. Whilst there are some lovely sounds to be heard it does doodle and gets a bit too much self indulgent for it’s own good... I really like the ethos behind this band but I guess they are not for me. (my love, thou art a monster)

JOE BLOGGS

... pure pop genius. A magnificent thumping drum provides the bones to a soundscape of chiming guitars, gorgeous singing and grinding organs. It all ends in a splendor of noise as the melody dismembers and reassembles itself... a soundscape of urban gruel, mean and merciless. The guitar spits in your face before the music descends into the darkest alleys on this EP. At the other end is a place where only Thunder Bunny knows, silence, epic guitar thrusting, then a return journey into the sunshine

RUSSELLSMUSICREVIEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM

... another boring instrumental... (demons)

...more time is spent on song titles than melodies... discordant mess and nonsense. (my love, thou art a monster)

THINGSASTHEYR.BLOGSPOT.COM

...New Jersey's Thunder Bunny record a type of psychedelic rock that, with its harsh guitars and crescendoed arrangements, manages to vacillate, successfully, between brutal and beautiful.

WWW.POOPORNOTPOOP.BLOGSPOT.COM

NOT POOP

RELEASES

demons (edition 59)
my love, thou art a monster (spanner)
in a perfect world (workerbee records)
we meat at last (o bosque/woodland)
the other children of this quickly passing winter (o bosque/woodland)
this hateful thing (felt cat tapes)
(when you're here) 7" (workerbee records)
i am the black rabbit (ugly single club/WBR)

COMPILATION APPEARENCES

papercity noise makers (workerbee records)
cosmoPOPlitan compilation vol.3 (o bosque/woodland)
merci' magazine compilation vol.3 (abcdefg records japan)
no (workerbee records)
split comp (workerbee/series 2)
lo fi living 6 (workerbee records)

Member Since:

May 25, 2009

Members:

all instruments (guitars, vocals, bass, drums, percussion, organ, synth, piano, autoharp, bowed psaltery, mandolin, recorder) by christopher padula with occasional help from his friends.

Influences:

chet baker, astrud gilberto, thelonius monk, joe cuba, bessie smith...? the honeycombs, gary "u.s." bonds, leonard cohen... blind lemon jefferson, prince, syd barrett.

Sounds Like:

a world of dark and sad sexuality with brief moments of triumph.

Record Label:

spanner, workerbee, o bosque/woodland, edition 59