Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA Arthur Jarvinen and Miroslav Tadic - Endless Bummer
 | Arthur Jarvinen and Miroslav Tadic are fine musicians. This three part suite looks at the sea from a different angle. It's not surf in any sense you'd recognize, but it is aquatic in imagery. More art than anything else, Endless Bummer is a journey through a mournful place. |
Picks: Part III, Part II, Part I
Track by Track Review
Impressionist Surf (Instrumental)
Moody and fluid, this impression of the surf is a long ways from the genre, yet implies the water in a mathematical and euphemistic way. Sad and pretty.
Impressionist Surf (Instrumental)
A little on the heavy side, and with crisp pick behind the bridge playfulness, "Part II" is a throbbing and moody implication of surf from a psychedelic mood. Hypnotic and almost religious, it monkeys with the very idea of surf.
Impressionist Surf (Instrumental)
This is a very long and serious look at the murky side of the brine. At 24 minutes, it moves slowly like a nearly flat sea after a storm, with debris in the water and kelp washed up on shore.