Seattle Junior has chosen a hefty subject for a compact rock song: modern civilisation staring into the bright screen of its own creation. Released at the beginning of summer, ‘Long Angry Summer’ gathers apocalypse, religion, technology, archetypes and the cultural mood of the moment into one concentrated blast of melodic power pop.

The Delta-born artist calls the track “a short, potent micro-symphony for the age of the new tech demi-gods”, a phrase that captures both its scale and its menace.

His explanation points straight towards the lyrics, where satellites drift through the twilight and technology assumes an almost mythological presence. Machines become symbols, progress takes on spiritual weight, and the familiar world edges closer to runaway science fiction.

Musically, Seattle Junior reaches back across the 20th century. Classic pop, ’70s AM radio, AOR, psychedelia and alternative rock shape his orchestrated approach, with a humbucker and microphone at the centre of the operation.

The lineage includes The Beatles, ELO, David Bowie, Daniel Amos and Tom Petty: artists who understood how an addictive melody could carry ambitious ideas far beyond the chorus.