Synth Rock Single Review: “Space Pirate” by Eclectotron
by Karl Magi
Eclectotron’s “Space Pirate” tells a tale of reinvention and resistance. The song starts as a voiceover about space pirates is joined by Reece Miller and Francis Roberts’s guitars charging with vibrant energy. Paul Leschof’s drums shatter and Oliver Brink’s bass adds weight. Madison Lowery’s voice explodes with exuberance and playful expression as the rushing guitars chug and the ironic nature of the performance puts a smile on my face.
As the chorus explodes, soaring upward with a sense of defiance and progress, the vocals capture all of the energy of the lyrics. Now the guitar melody soars like a spaceship blurring into hyperdrive, climbing with irrepressible dynamism. Madison Lowery’s voice reaches out again, full of joy and victory, while the punching drums speed along.
The chorus flies again, full of strength and optimism while the guitars vault upward. A storming guitar solo slices through the music with wildly spinning power and the drums rush along. As the song ends, the guitars scream with unbridled freedom and the song closes.
With a sigh of resignation, our narrator says, “Here we go, not again, space pirates boarding us once more.” Once again she and her crew find themselves being raided. You can almost hear her shrug as she says, “We’ve been through this shit before.” They are going to get robbed and, in response, she says, “Fuck this job, ’cause we’re not paid enough for war! They’re breaking down the motherfucking door!”
“Once inside, pistols high, they shout and threaten all our lives,” so the storyteller urges them to take everything and take their time doing it because “none of this shit’s even mine.” She is inclined to learn something this time, adding that it is “time to change our motherfucking lives.”
She realizes that she wants to “look and feel” the same way the space pirates do, with “the way you talk and move and fight too.” Now the narrator wants to be given “confidence, arrogance, an air of bold resilience,” as she takes “the things that make you you and steal them all for me.”
Now surprise fills our storyteller as she says "smoking gun, I'm alive, I can't believe he missed that shot." She was sure she'd die but it seems she hasn't. She goes on to say "now's our chance, take him out. We’re giving everything we've got, it's time to finally live the life we want."
To conclude, the narrator wants to be a space pirate, “captain of the void above,” with her future blazing before her. She wants to “leave the galaxy behind me as I flash into the cold dark night.”
