Phil Dirt - Reverb Central - PO Box 1609, Felton, CA 95018-1609 USA The Surftones - Expose Youself To Surfers
 | Brand new Finish band, first CD release, and a good buy. While there's an easily identifiable influence of Laika & the Cosmonauts here, there's also plenty of unique markers. The sound is fast and furious, and Finish light, with shades of the Atlantics and a little surf to boot. I found this to be a very listenable CD. |
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Track by Track Review
Surf (Instrumental)
Laika & the Cosmonauts-like number, fast and furious. The modern keys play a nice counterpoint to the rapid fire double picked guitar work.
Surf (Instrumental)
Cool extra fast dry chop damped lead over stretched dry chords. Very cool. There's nothing else out there like this. A nice find.
Surf (Instrumental)
A Euro melody a la the Shadows or Spotniks, or maybe more like the Atlantics. Very good writing and quite tasty playing.
Surf (Instrumental)
Speed king music for the ripping glissando crowd. There's a whistling organ at work, as well as a super fast "Telstar"-ish quality. Just unpretentious and weird enough to be catchy and endearing.
Surf (Instrumental)
Quite different than the rest of the tracks here. A pretty melody and ringing lead tones - almost bell like, backed by big dramatic chords. Satisfying.
Surf (Instrumental)
A Middle Eastern rage, supplemented with mystery, and all at ninety miles per hour. Super track.
Surf (Instrumental)
Laika quirky with a very nice melody. A sixties feel and a nineties clean sound. Screams of roller coaster excitement abound.