Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA Moondawg - Surfblast 2001
 | Home demos on guitar with bass and drum machine. Some nice ideas and some reasonable arranging on 9 instros, most of which are surfable, plus 3 vocals in an amateurish attempt to capture the minor label sixties studio projects with titles like "650 Savage," "Boogie Board Baby," and "Wave Hog." |
Picks: Shredder, Gnarly, Surfside Girl, Windsurfer, 20 Foot Swell, The 1st Wave, Let's Shred, Lolita Twist, Suicide Rip
Track by Track Review
Surf (Instrumental)
The ocean's roar slowly rises, bring in the digitally reverbed twangster variation on "Slaughter On Tenth Avenue" that's on the dark side. The over-verbed guitar is less than crisp, and the bass buries the drum machine. Still, "Shredder" works pretty well.
Surf (Instrumental)
This is a slowish plodder with ample reverb and displeasurable drum machine percussion. The progression is more fifties riff rock than surf.
Surf (Instrumental)
"Surfside Girl" is a pretty instro in the studio mold of the sixties. The melody line is quite nice, and the vibrato adds a softness and intrigue. Quite nice.
Surf (Instrumental)
"Windsurfer" features a rapid vibrato guitar line that's quite surfable, though the vibrato is more fifties trembly fifties than sixties surf. It's nonetheless an enjoyable track.
Surf (Instrumental)
A grodie intro with a pair of glissandos and scared straight vibrato gives a frightening edge to "20 Foot Swell." The structure is mostly sixties surf with an updated break. Nice track.
Surf (Instrumental)
"The 1st Wave" is pretty chumpy from a beat perspective. The backtrack really offends the lead guitar work, which deserves a much more sympathetic surf treatment.
Let's Shred Surf (Instrumental)
This is kinda quirky and on the slow side. Like a fifties B-side instro with reverb, "Let's Shred" remains just riff rock, though it does have a certain humor about it.
Lolita Twist Surf (Instrumental)
The organ leads the Ventures' "Lolita Ya-Ya" to a carnival sideshow. Man, is this like a skating rink epic!
Surf (Instrumental)
Big glissandos and thrashy guitar behind a whistling organ lead. Most songs like this are dreadful, but this has a friendly feel about it, and lots of energy.