Attention, rock aficionados and unsung hero enthusiasts! Sing Wistle Tunes isn’t just another tribute album – it’s what happens when you unearth John Entwistle’s buried songwriting treasures and polish them with a psychedelic power pop sheen.

Ex Norwegian leads this musical excavation, transforming 17 Entwistle gems into dazzling new artifacts. Cousin Kevin gets a personality makeover, while 905 time-travels to a parallel universe where The Who joined forces with Big Star’s Radio City.

But wait – this isn’t a solo act. SUPER 8 hijacks Boris The Spider for a joyride, while God Bless The Evil Child gives Fiddle About an unholy makeover. John Howard, Fernando Perdomo, Nick Frater, Keith Smart, and Mark Johnston join the expedition, each unearthing hidden facets of The Ox’s songwriting brilliance.

From The Who’s B-sides to Entwistle’s solo ventures, tracks pulsate with Moon-esque drum flourishes and classic rock DNA yet feels fresher than tomorrow’s headlines. Whiskey Man from A Quick One gets a double shot of reinvention, while It’s Your Turn from 1982’s It’s Hard plays by entirely new rules.

1. My Size [Ex Norwegian]
2. 905 [Ex Norwegian]
3. Apron Strings [Ex Norwegian]
4. It’s Your Turn [Ex Norwegian]
5. Cousin Kevin [Ex Norwegian]
6. Fiddle About [God Bless The Evil Child]
7. Peg Leg Peggy [Ex Norwegian]
8. Whiskey Man [Ex Norwegian]
9. My Wife Ex Norwegian]
10. What Are We Doing Here? [Ex Norwegian]
11. When I Was A Boy [Ex Norwegian]
12. The Window Shopper Ex Norwegian]
13. Boris The Spider [Super 8]
14. Talk Dirty [Ex Norwegian]
15. Doctor Doctor [Ex Norwegian]
16. I Wonder [Ex Norwegian]
17. I Believe In Everything [Ex Norwegian]

This expertly-sculpted new recording opens on five from Ex Norwegian, with the jaunty rocker My Size (from his solo 1971 album Smash Your Head Against the Wall) leading the way, backed by the drum-led 905 (from The Who’s 1978 album Who Are You), the rhythmic rock of Apron Strings (from his 1972 album Whistle Rymes), and both the pop-rocker It’s Your Turn (from The Who’s 1982 comeback album It’s Hard) and the harmonic Cousin Kevin and God Bless The Evil Child’s trashingly good rendition of Fiddle About (both from The Who’s 1969 rock opera Tommy), before two more from Ex Norwegian: the rambunctious Peg Leg Peggy (from his 1973 solo album Rigor Mortis Sets In) and the joyfully sculpted, and relatively hidden early Who 1966 gem Whiskey Man.

It continues onward with another quartet from Ex Norwegian, beginning with the free wheeling My Wife (from The Who’s brilliant 1971 rockumentary film The Kids Are Alright) and then we get the beautiful piano ballad What Are We Doing Here? (from his 1971 solo album Smash Your Head Against the Wall), the uproarious When I Was A Boy (the original B-side of their 1971 single Let’s Take Action) and the melodic pop-rock of The Window Shopper (another solo track from Whistle Rymes), before we get SUPER 8’s dutiful Boris The Spider (from The Who’s 1966 album A Quick One), the remaining tracks all Ex Norwegian: the propulsive Talk Dirty (from his 1981 solo Too Late the Hero), the guitar-led trip that is Doctor Doctor (another one from The Who’s A Quick One), the collection rounding out on the rangy I Wonder (another from his solo Whistle Rymes), closing on the foot-tapper I Believe In Everything (yet another from his solo Smash Your Head Against the Wall).

Sing Wistle Tunes doesn’t just sing – it howls, whispers, and everything in between. It’s not a nostalgia trip; it’s a teleportation device to a world where Entwistle’s compositions rule, but the landscape has gone beautifully, brilliantly bizarre.

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