Roy Montgomery’s Scenes From The South Island reissued
New Zealand guitarist’s debut album revived by Grouper's Yellow Electric imprint
Recorded in the US and New Zealand on a pair of four-track Tascams, Roy Montgomery’s debut album Scenes From The South Island was originally released in 1995 by the West Coast label Drunken Fish. “Several elements converged or aligned for the making of Scenes From The South Island in late 1994, early 1995,” recalls Montgomery. “Landing in San Francisco where things felt different but the same. The play of light, the odd ornamental pohutakawa or ti kouka sprouted from tiny front yards and waving silently at me in this neighbourhood or that. The wind.”
A longtime rare and hard to find item, it’s now being reissued by Liz Harris aka Grouper’s Yellow Electric label.
Listen to “Along The Main Divide”.
Released on 29 November, it's available to pre-order in double LP or digital formats via Bandcamp.