Starburst-style or not, Cover Drive are as fresh and fun a band as you'll hear. Based in Barbados, but in the process of moving to London since being signed to Polydor here this year, the quartet blend their Caribbean sunshine-drenched musical roots with infectious pop hooks honed with A-list writer/producers such as Wayne Hector, Steve Mac, Ina Wroldsen, J.R. Rotem and Future Cut. Cover Drive's sound is brisk and bright. Aimed as much as the beach and high street as dancefloors. The band likes to refer to it as "sunshine-y, feel-good music."
Discovered last year after posting just one video on You Tube, a cover of Train's Hey Soul Sister, mere months after forming, the Bajan quartet are friends who had been making music individually. But when Manda's manager suggested they all team up, it was then that they hit on the infectious sound they call 'Cari-pop