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The Bambi Molesters - Dumb Loud Hollow Twang De Luxe (1997)

The Bambi Molesters - Dumb Loud Hollow Twang De Luxe (1997)

BAND/ARTIST: The Bambi Molesters

  • Title: Dumb Loud Hollow Twang De Luxe
  • Year Of Release: 1997
  • Label: Dancing Bear
  • Genre: Surf Rock
  • Quality: flac lossless (tracks)
  • Total Time: 00:52:15
  • Total Size: 356 mb
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Tracklist

01. Wanganui
02. Hot Water Pool
03. Restless (Bonus Track)
04. Pearl Divin'
05. Point Break
06. The Breeze & I (Bonus Track)
07. Margaya (Bonus Track)
08. Big Time Action
09. Beach Murder Mystery (Bonus Track)
10. Sun Stroke
11. Catatonya
12. Standing on the Nose in a Stylish Manner
13. Coastal Disturbance
14. Long Gun
15. Hawaii Joe
16. Tremor
17. Landlocked
18. Cecilia Ann (Bonus Track)
19. Glider

Not many acts that continue for a few albums get a chance to go back and take care of what they might see in retrospect as mistakes or tentative starts. But there are always glorious exceptions - thus, the course of events that led to the Croatian surf-rock quartet the Bambi Molesters re-recording their 1997 debut, Dumb Loud Hollow Twang, in a "Deluxe" edition, with special guests, bonus tracks, and more besides. What might have seemed a quixotic exercise gets explained in the liner notes - Dumb Loud Hollow Twang's original run, though popular in surf-rock obsessive circles, had not resulted in a reprint, while the group's growing popularity resulted in further demand and attention for the album. The bandmembers themselves felt the debut was far too rushed -- it was literally recorded in three hours as a one-take rip with instrument leakage and bad mixing ruining the impact - so with more time to spare and a chance to flesh out the sound, the result was 2003's Deluxe. The quartet's command of the surf vernacular is unparalleled - guitarists Dalibor Pavicic and Dinko Tomljanovic have the reverb down and rhythm section Lada and Hrvoje Zaborac shift between mania and mood-out with ease. The guest musicians add just the right touches - keep an ear out for Neven Franges' piano on the late-night menace of "Pearl Divin'," as well as on the smoky Euro-spy vibe of "Sun Stroke" and a trumpet/sax duo on a variety of songs adding some further sting. If the overall effect is pleasantly reverential rather than a striking new reworking of surf and garage roots, it's still a solid result that works beyond being a mere genre exercise. The bonus tracks are all covers, and winners they are - the Molesters' collaborator in the Strange project, Chris Eckman, adds whispering menace to "Restless," the album's sole vocal track. Best song title of the bunch - "Beach Murder Mystery."

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