Big Surf "Action Heroes" 2004

Instrumental Surf Rock with progressive song structures and a world flair. Redefining a sound pioneered by Dick Dale, The Ventures and The Belairs, BIG SURF'S music has been called "a unique and infectious brand of surf for the adventurous" - Phil DirtImproved old fashioned surf sound with twangy reverb guitar. Accent is not on speed and technique, but on melody - and that's what I like. Big Surf is super cool. They flavored the songs with organ, spacey analogue synth sounds + other weird effects. Also their melodies are not usual surf stuff and these guys have really great sense for humor. As they say in their promo sheet - they're "redefining" old fashioned surf style. Redefining is really the best word to describe their version of surf. Not to sound too philosophical, few words about songs. These are my faves: "High Plains Marinara" with really weird and crazy guitar (or maybe some other instrument); "Monsta Stomp" fast, funny with weird monster effects and space analogue synth noises; "Prowl" cool jazzy surf exotica; "Falafel" fantastic orient surf - didn't hear anything so great in this style since Treble Spankers (why doesn't anybody make the whole CD in this style?);... Actually this whole CD is really great and I can go on. So what are you waiting for, go and get this @ http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bigsurf. - author: No Brains Zine

trax:
01 Tarfoot 02 Diamond Head 03 Monsta Stomp 04 High Plains Marinara 05 Darkwave 06 Blue Surf 07 Rap City 08 Navel Patrol 09 Prowl 10 Ace 10 11 Falafel 12 Gotham Blues 13 Bareback 14 Journey To The Stars 15 Stormwatch 16 Ebb Tide