Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA The Intimidators - Halloween Spook House
 | Extremely lo-fi to moderately lo-fi minimalist horror surf for the wee hours at a graveyard near you. |
Picks: Black Cat, Haunted, Wolf Boy, Nite Walker, Phantom Organ, Ape, Creature, Gargoyle, Jack O Lantern, Bats, Robot, Spook House, The Shadow Knows
Track by Track Review
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
An itty bitty cat meows for his kibble, and then the Intimidators launch into a murky and spooky instro with a dark echoed guitar line. It's surf minimalism with midnight in mind.
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
"Haunted" is an incredibly thin guitar solo with spooky sounds. It's an interesting melody in search of a band. A nifty idea, but relatively undeveloped in difficult phase challenged stereo.
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
Dark and brooding guitar riffology walking down an alley from which you will not reemerge. Very minimal and quite scary for the wee hours between street lights.
Nite Walker Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
"Nite Walker" uses a relentlessly circulating riff and injected effects. It's very unchanging musically, like some zombie playing guitar.
Phantom Organ Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
The bells toll for you while the organ plays a sequence to charm the lost souls.
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
Dark and murky stomp rock riffs and a fifties horror feel. It's definitely a fifties style progression rocker with a raw and primitive sound.
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
Moody muted guitar riffs and echo drenched watery tone. Just guitar with a minimal amount of sound effects to make it sound dank. Unchanging never-ending, though fairly brief.
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
If Neanderthals could play, they play like this. Stompin' lowbrow and kinda fun. It seems to grow on you.
Jack O Lantern Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
Dark solo guitar longing for a melody plays a nerve driven very low line as if only the pumpkin was in the room.
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
A familiar ancient riff is all reverbed and echoed while a second guitar presents an uneasy scene. For such a minimal piece, it has its moments.
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
Dark moody machines feedback in a murky dungeon while the dead attempt to gain entry. Very scary when you're home alone with the power is out, assuming you can listen without power of course. At almost four minutes, "Robot" is more than double the average length.
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
This is a drone like Neu in a horror chamber at the beach. It's quite an interesting concept, though in such a dank aural environment, it's a bit tedious after a while.
Halloween Surf (Instrumental)
Link Wray and his Raymen's "The Shadow Knows" is slowly dragged out in graveyard style with a low down menacing pace.