Phil Dirt - Reverb Central
PO Box 7240, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-7240 USA
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The Tritons - Demo
The Tritons play a dark and brooding surf born of baritone guitar. Imagine what might have been if Jet Harris and Tony Meehan had been from Manhattan Beach instead of London. Another reference point might be the Centurions. This is minimalist surf with a curiously engaging low register sound.
Picks: Bikini Wipeout, Beneath The Wheel, La Palma, Perdition
Bikini Wipeout ()
Surf Instrumental (Stereo)
"Bikini Wipeout" has a catchy riff that's deep and dark. The contrast between the catchiness of the surf and the deep grumble of the baritone guitar is quite something. This is vintage in a graveyard sort of way. Boomy, but very scary.
Beneath The Wheel ()
Surf Instrumental (Stereo)
Featuring a spaghetti western-ish melody line and surf adventure in low down darkness, "Beneath The Wheel" is fanciful and traveling, while being gloomy. Very cool!
La Palma ()
Surf Instrumental (Stereo)
Rumbling and grumbling, "La Palma" reminds me of a cross between the Impacts and the Centurions. The darkness of the Centurions is used to deliver an Impacts-like melody riff. Quite nice.
Roughshod ()
Surf Instrumental (Stereo)
The simple classic sound of something that might be born of surf and Link Wray (no, it's not Link's song) lends itself to a surf jam that's fun and vintage in structure. The break from "Wipe Out" breaks up the track, along with hints of Johnny Fortune. Cool track.
Perdition ()
Surf Instrumental (Stereo)
This demo was scoured from the web somewhere. It's a very minimalist number that's dark, and yet surf-optimistic. Very little melody, as if the progression is enough - and it seems to be. There's a hint of "Bat Man" in the bridge.
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Phil Dirt - Reverb Central PO Box 7240, Santa Cruz, CA 95061-7240 USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tritons - Demo The Tritons play a dark and brooding surf born of baritone guitar. Imagine what might have been if Jet Harris and Tony Meehan had been from Manhattan Beach instead of London. Another reference point might be the Centurions. This is minimalist surf with a curiously engaging low register sound. Picks: Bikini Wipeout, Beneath The Wheel, La Palma, Perdition Bikini Wipeout () Surf Instrumental (Stereo) "Bikini Wipeout" has a catchy riff that's deep and dark. The contrast between the catchiness of the surf and the deep grumble of the baritone guitar is quite something. This is vintage in a graveyard sort of way. Boomy, but very scary. Beneath The Wheel () Surf Instrumental (Stereo) Featuring a spaghetti western-ish melody line and surf adventure in low down darkness, "Beneath The Wheel" is fanciful and traveling, while being gloomy. Very cool! La Palma () Surf Instrumental (Stereo) Rumbling and grumbling, "La Palma" reminds me of a cross between the Impacts and the Centurions. The darkness of the Centurions is used to deliver an Impacts-like melody riff. Quite nice. Roughshod () Surf Instrumental (Stereo) The simple classic sound of something that might be born of surf and Link Wray (no, it's not Link's song) lends itself to a surf jam that's fun and vintage in structure. The break from "Wipe Out" breaks up the track, along with hints of Johnny Fortune. Cool track. Perdition () Surf Instrumental (Stereo) This demo was scoured from the web somewhere. It's a very minimalist number that's dark, and yet surf-optimistic. Very little melody, as if the progression is enough - and it seems to be. There's a hint of "Bat Man" in the bridge.
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