Shortly after the formation of their band, the four Amsterdam teenagers of Palio Superspeed Donkey are already standing next to Matthijs van Nieuwkerk to pop in De Wereld Draait Door for a minute. And 3FM will also not hesitate in 2011 to declare secondary school students aged fourteen or fifteen as Serious Talent. Their debut album A Funny Sunrise is released only four years later, which also
… immediately excels in a well thought-out sound. Many Dutch bands put forward by the public broadcaster elaborate on the musical achievements of the sixties or seventies, but for Palio Superspeed Donkey the indie pop from the nineties seems much more important. The time when American bands like and caused a furore with a dynamic and prickly sound that also gave way to derailing elements. The latter is what makes the quartet - which can legally order a beer for the first time around the release party of A Funny Sunrise - so much fun. Good melodies, funny lyrics, nice rattling and sometimes a lot of gas. (JE)more
