3rd album of high energy guitar, keyboard driven surf-rock rooted instrumentals. Amazing stuff folks.
The Retroliners are a surf-style instrumental combo whose eclectic blend of vintage guitar tones and modern sonics produces a unique interpretation of dark, angular spy music spiked with pop, punk, twist and twang. A bit on the darker side of surf.
For my buddy Brandonio: couldn't resist.
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If you like the breadth of stylistic juxtaposition that the Reventlos engage in, you will like this. The originals are augmented with a very offbeat set of covers from various genres. Very well arranged, recorded, and mixed. It's adventurous, and not really trad surf, but I liked it so much that I just had to include it here.
A change of pace for the Christmas Season - This album by the venerable surf band was borne from an idea by leader John Zambetti, who decided to put his church's mass prayers to music to convey the essence of the ocean. It was a noble gesture that paid off in spades, as Living Water (The Surfer's Mass) is an absolutely beautiful album that fans of the Beach Boys and Jeffrey Foskett will love. The album basically intertwines soft, harmony filled introspective tunes with shorter, uptempo surf pieces, and this approach works well. Try to imagine Brian Wilson in the middle of a profound religious epiphany. The result is magical; enough reverb, crash and roar to turn on the surf crowd and enough ethereal beauty to please new age fans. Songs like "Gloria" and "Lamb of God" are breathtaking. "Bitter Water" and "Caught a Wave" could easily have fit on the Beach Boys' L.A. (Light Album) or Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue. "Summer Wind" is the "Don't Worry Baby" of the 90s. The low tones from Walter Egan's guitar carry the surf tunes like "Kyrie," "Alleluia," and "Doloxogy/Amen." The production on this disc is as crystal clear as island waters. If you are not one who attends church or is very religious it doesn't really matter, this is great music that can be appreciated by a wide range of discerning tastes. You certainly don't have to be a devoted Christian to bathe in Living Water (The Surfer's Mass). 
Deep from the darkest heart of Russia comes this terrifying amalgam of B-culture detritus and mutant retro-futurism. As incongruous as they are sublime, these gems of post-Soviet exotica craft the shuddering twangs of surf rock to elastic electronic rhythms, rockabilly chops and theremin wails. Imagine Bruce Haack detained at the border by KGB operatives and thrown into the Gulag with the tortured remains of Dick Dale and Les Baxter. Horrifically easy listening...for Iron Curtain youth!
Inspiring terrifying screams of euphoria, Go!Tsunami ascends from its subterranean machine shop to unleash a powerful dose of instrumental rock and surf on an unsuspecting, immediately willing and ultimately awestruck audience.
Robert and the Roboters are from Dresden, Germany. Their sound is a marvelous mix of instrumental 60s European beat, surf, lounge, easy listening, tango, twang, polka and much more other varieties of music from all over the world. Surf guitars vs fuzzed wah wah acid sounds, Hammond organ, funkoid rhythms - great for crazy summer parties. Groovy funk, surf, easy exotica with flutes and other woodwinds. Neo 60s and 70s style playing eastern European traditional melodies along with some typical 21 century craziness. WAY COOL.
Robert and the Roboters are from Dresden, Germany. Their sound is a marvelous mix of instrumental 60s European beat, surf, lounge, easy listening, tango, twang, polka and much more other varieties of music from all over the world. Surf guitars vs fuzzed wah wah acid sounds, Hammond organ, funkoid rhythms - great for crazy summer parties. Groovy funk, surf, easy exotica with flutes and other woodwinds. Neo 60s and 70s style playing eastern European traditional melodies along with some typical 21 century craziness. WAY COOL.
