Country: USA
Genre(s): Avant Prog, Math Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: July 24, 2015
Tracklist:
1. T THE T (1:52)
2. Crewed Dunes (3:29)
3. Abstraction Distraction (2:17)
4. O.M. (2:04)
5. Beef Peddler (4:31)
6. Test Ends (2:09)
7. Dark Masks (4:00)
8. A.B.F.O.P. (2:52)
9. Mollusk Reading Room (2:00)
10. Long Piece No 5 (2:12)
11. Fried Right (2:32)
12. Rust Man: Late Romantic Gold (5:29)
13. Easy But Knot (3:27)
Total time 38:54
Line-up:
Jon Bafus - Drums, Vocals, Additional Keys
Zack Bissell - Keyboards, Vocals
Barry McDaniel - Guitar, Vocals, Additional Bass
Drew Walker - Bass, Vocals
Description/Reviews:
Gentleman Surfer has a unique sound which often discards traditional approaches to song structures and identifiable or accepted musical norms. Their music defies being categorised, or placed into any particular genre. It has an aggressive edge often associated with garage punk, but also contains many of the melodic attributes of music associated with Rock in Opposition.Read the full review by Owen Davies at dprp.net
Overall, Gentleman Surfers sound has some similarities to Ariel Pink's garage freak rock style. However, Gentleman Surfer do not display any of the accessible pop melodies that Ariel Pink occasionally summons up. Both bands nevertheless, arguably mine and channel aspects of Frank Zappa into their approach. In Gentleman Surfer's case the Zappa influence can be easily heard in some of the bizarre multi-faceted vocal arrangements and in the use of a vibraphone like keyboard effect in Isle of Cats on Blalks. The music also shares some of the rhythmic complexities and much of the avant garde unpredictability associated with Zappa. Gentleman Surfer's work hints at the methodical style of math rock, but combines that style with the freedom of musical expression usually associated with Zappa.
Gentleman Surfer's sound is seldom predictable and is characterised by a violent maelstrom of constantly shifting rhythms and timbres. Accessible, beautifully formed flowing melodies are rarely part of the bands vision. The band is at its most stimulating during the instrumental tracks. These are awash with a plethora of contrasting and sometimes conflicting ideas.
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