Album: Drouyn (1974)(Reissue 2007)
Genre: Prog Rock (Psych./Hard Rock/Folk) / Australia
Another old surf soundtrack to be reissued on em, much of it will make you feel like a long-haired bell-bottomed teenager in a smoky bedroom wallpapered with surf and skateboarding posters, mid-70's style. Peter Martin penned most of the soundtrack, and got Australian hard rockers Finch (winners of the Pepsi Pop poll!) to back up the compositions, and then Finch added 3 songs of their own. Finch. How to describe Finch? It really doesn't take much thought - just think of an early metal band on a K-Tel compilation. That's pretty much Finch. The first song of theirs on this, "Sailaway", is a strangely coded devil-themed rocker that plays on how "sailin'" sounds an awful lot like "Satan", and "Pharisees" sounds like "fiery seas". The next Finch song is "Roses", with the insightful chorus, "Anyone can grow roses, but it takes a green thumb to grow grass". Yeah dude, and it's natural. The 3rd Finch song ... who cares. The good stuff on this album are the soundtracky bits that are the domain of Peter Martin. Still aware of the demographic and with a bottle of Jack Daniels in tow, he tries his hand at an array of styles. Fey folk, jazz rock, almost Morricone-like sensuality, and some seriously dark electrified horror film atmosphere. I have no idea what part of a surf film would require that level of evil - it's as if the film follows the gang from Last House on the Left as they surf and rape and murder. Good times. Even though some of the pretty folk tracks (including one that sounds a LOT like Fairport Convention's version of "I'll Keep It With Mine") probably alienated the booze'n'surf crowds in the theater, most of it still sounds pretty tuff. Buttrockers rest assured, you'll walk away from the album rhythmically waving the devil sign in the air roaring "... Sail away, sail away to the distant shores of Hell / Sail away, sail away to the [fiery seas] as well ..." Yeah, actually it's pretty cool, makes me feel butch. Review by "zeke" (Rate Your Music).
RATING: 7.75 / 10
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Genre: Prog Rock (Psych./Hard Rock/Folk) / Australia
Another old surf soundtrack to be reissued on em, much of it will make you feel like a long-haired bell-bottomed teenager in a smoky bedroom wallpapered with surf and skateboarding posters, mid-70's style. Peter Martin penned most of the soundtrack, and got Australian hard rockers Finch (winners of the Pepsi Pop poll!) to back up the compositions, and then Finch added 3 songs of their own. Finch. How to describe Finch? It really doesn't take much thought - just think of an early metal band on a K-Tel compilation. That's pretty much Finch. The first song of theirs on this, "Sailaway", is a strangely coded devil-themed rocker that plays on how "sailin'" sounds an awful lot like "Satan", and "Pharisees" sounds like "fiery seas". The next Finch song is "Roses", with the insightful chorus, "Anyone can grow roses, but it takes a green thumb to grow grass". Yeah dude, and it's natural. The 3rd Finch song ... who cares. The good stuff on this album are the soundtracky bits that are the domain of Peter Martin. Still aware of the demographic and with a bottle of Jack Daniels in tow, he tries his hand at an array of styles. Fey folk, jazz rock, almost Morricone-like sensuality, and some seriously dark electrified horror film atmosphere. I have no idea what part of a surf film would require that level of evil - it's as if the film follows the gang from Last House on the Left as they surf and rape and murder. Good times. Even though some of the pretty folk tracks (including one that sounds a LOT like Fairport Convention's version of "I'll Keep It With Mine") probably alienated the booze'n'surf crowds in the theater, most of it still sounds pretty tuff. Buttrockers rest assured, you'll walk away from the album rhythmically waving the devil sign in the air roaring "... Sail away, sail away to the distant shores of Hell / Sail away, sail away to the [fiery seas] as well ..." Yeah, actually it's pretty cool, makes me feel butch. Review by "zeke" (Rate Your Music).
RATING: 7.75 / 10
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