Gretta Gunn

Very promising debut of industrial-edged synth-pop from one Gretta Gunn of Kildare, Ireland. A-side, ‘Bop’ has an acute pop-potential, featuring Gretta’s supremely confident vocal welded to saw-toothed synths and blocky Italo-rock beats. Flip over and the speedin’ ‘Metal’ exposes darker roots in vintage Industrial synth music fromFront 242 to DAF but again, distinguished by Gretta’s arresting vocal. Slowing down to the acidic squelch of ‘Drum Real’, those vox are a beacon of harmonised purity amidst sleazy synth squirms.