Roy Montgomery - Scenes from the South Island (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 68:01 minutes | 668 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
Expanded reissue of New Zealand guitar pioneer Roy Montgomery's rare and revered full-length debut, Scenes From The South Island, originally released in 1995 by West Coast experimental / space rock label Drunken Fish. Recorded on both coasts on a pair of Tascam 4-tracks, the album is alternately wistful, windswept, skeletal, shredded, and strange. Solo guitar figures flow and fray through echo and empty space, evoking loss, long roads, and low-lit landscapes. Montgomery's own memories of this era conjure it vividly: ''Several elements converged or aligned for the making of Scenes From The South Island in late 1994, early 1995.