Scenes from the South Island

Expanded reissue of New Zealand guitar pioneer Roy Montgomery’s rare and revered full-length, Scenes From The South Island, originally released in 1995 by west coast experimental / space rock label Drunken Fish. Recorded on both coasts on a pair of Tascam 4-tracks, the album is alternately wistful, windswept, skeletal, shredded, and strange. Solo guitar figures flow and fray through echo and empty space, evoking loss, long roads, and low-lit landscapes.

One of the most compelling aspects of guitarist Roy Montgomery's musicianship is his ability to evoke the truth and beauty in things and ideas he cannot see -- at the time of recording at least -- and express them aurally through the his particular prismatic and painterly gaze.