The Breakers "Strange Shores: Old Singles & New Hits" 2022

One of Chicago’s finest instrumental rock bands, The Breakers are back on the scene with a new for 2022 CD called Strange Shores; subtitled Old Singles & New Hits...
...There’s no shortage of fun times on Strange Shores. Following the success of Torch Light, The Breakers set their sights on setting the record straight regarding tracks that have slipped under radar. Strange Shores is a Breakers compilation of sorts that collects various orphan cuts that mixes several new songs with remixes, previously released singles and tracks the band bequeathed to various compilations.
The core lineup of The Breakers features lead guitarist Jim Abrahams, Marc Lockett (drums, percussion) and Jayson Slater (bass). Torch Light was a masterful album of new music The Breakers recorded last year and likewise, Strange Shores rounds out the group’s recorded repertoire and, in its own way is equally entertaining.
Some writers have noted that The Breakers don’t necessarily follow the tried and true sonic blueprint followed by many of today’s surf-rock bands and, that is simply because The Breakers take the best elements of instrumental surf-rock and blend it all together with hard hitting rock, psychedelic, garage-punk and a wealth of assorted instrumental styles. Case in point is a Breakers cover of Mike Oldfield’s main theme for “Tubular Bells” and reworks it as a surf-friendly, guitar-soaked dance track that blows the cobwebs off a track Oldfield wrote in 1973 – 50 years ago!.. - Robert-Silver-Qvist 8. Apr. 2024
trax:
01 Crystal Pistol 02 Rotation 03 Steppin' Porpoise 04 Escalation 05 Tubular Bells 06 Point Conception 07 Vodka Sonic (Techno Tonic) 08 The Moldau (Reprise) 09 O Holy Night 10 Icicle Park 11 Don't Go Into The Woods (Twilight Version) 12 Strange Shores