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Slacktone - Into The Blue Sparkle
Go Boy Records
Artist: Slacktone (www.slacktone.com)
Title: Into The Blue Sparkle
Label: Go Boy Records
It's been a few years since we have heard from the surf-instro super group Slacktone. "Into The Blue Sparkle" is a title that accurately encapsulates what they are about. The sparkling blue surf is where the group derives their motivation. They are a surf-instro band, and heartily so. Just the right amounts of rock are blended in to give their sound that extra push.
I couldn't stop listening to their debut CD. I nearly wore it out. I awaited this release with baited breath. All of my expectations were meet after listening to this highly energetic set of instrumental pearls. You will discover sixteen tracks of non-stop power driven twang, drowning in reverb, blended with essential elements of traditional surf.
Although this outing isn't as dynamic and infectious as their first release...it's excellent. It's also
several notches above any other group attempting to accomplish the same sound. Mind you, few can replicate the sound that Slacktone comes up with. Any group, including themselves, would be hard pressed to duplicate what they did on their first CD. Out of this world guitar and consistency is commonplace on any Slacktone recording. You can always count on that.
The spitfire guitar of Dave Wronski, the pounding tsunami-like bass of Mike Sullivan, and the tribal rhythmic beat of Dusty Watson's drum kit pushes the whole group to the very limits of their own potential. The mix and chemistry of the final product are challenged constantly by the onslaught of sheer power and force that the trio generates.
How could you possibly miss the target with songs like "Coffin Closer", "Secret Exit Man",
"Glide", and "Brian's Beached Piano." The titles of the songs alone live and breathe of the culture, people, and music of surf-instro 100%.
There's The Space Cossacks, Satans Pilgrim's, and Jon & The Nightriders...then there is Slacktone. There is only one Slacktone. I think it's safe to say that they have secured their place in the chronicles of music history as one of the very best of the third wave of surf-instro.
1. Coffin Closer
2. Longboard Legato
3. Bird Bone
4. Daytona Mona
5. Into The Blue Sparkle
6. Blast Bolero
7. Brian's Beached Piano
8. Rell Sunn Aloha
9. Stickman
10. Glide
11. Saga (of the Floating Cowboy Hat)
12. Slanky
13. South Run
14. Tiki Bar Crawl
15. Avalon Slip
16. Secret Exit Man
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