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Dion Lunadon has spent his life plugged in and turned up: fronting New Zealand garage-rock revivalists The D4, then holding down the low end in A Place to Bury Strangers for a decade across Worship, Transfixiation, and Pinned. Systems Edge is his third solo LP, recorded, played, and mixed almost entirely by Lunadon himself (no drums, all nerve) and mastered by Mikey Young. It is garage punk and noise rock with a glam streak running straight through it.
Our connection here is simple: we loved it enough to press it. This is a Levitation Edition, 50 copies on Shockwave Pink / Blue color vinyl, part of a 250-copy run we share with Fuzz Club UK. No festival tie to claim, just a record we wanted on our shelves and yours.
What hits first is how live Systems Edge feels for a one-man recording. Lunadon stacks fuzz, glam swagger, and power-pop hooks without ever sounding fussy, and the no-drums approach gives it a wiry, nervous pulse that suits the songs. Shockwave is a pile-driver, I Don't Mind snarls, and Room With No View stomps slow and mean. This is a lifer who still sounds genuinely hungry.
Brooklyn Vegan landed in the same spot we did, calling it his strongest solo effort to date. That tracks.
If we are picking a nit, the all-in-one method occasionally flattens the dynamics, and a real drummer might have pushed a couple of these into the red. Minor stuff. The songs are sharp, the attitude is real, and it sounds fantastic loud, which is exactly why it earns a spot on wax.
Recommended if you like: A Place to Bury Strangers, The Black Angels, Frankie and the Witch Fingers.
