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Roy Montgomery - R M H Q: Headquarters (2016)

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Roy Montgomery - R M H Q: Headquarters (2016)

Roy Montgomery - R M H Q: Headquarters
Post-Rock, Ambient, Space Rock | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 173:50 min | 398 MB
Label: Grapefruit | Tracks: 30 | Rls.date: 2016

It's been over a decade since Roy Montgomery's last album, and R M H Q is a hell of a return. This release contains four distinct records of new material. Listening to any of his work is a visceral experience repeating phrases swell and decay, immersing the listener in the cyclical narrative of his compositions. Montgomery was in his rock band period in the eighties, when the dark, minimalist post-punk of The Pin Group lead into the gloriously open-ended freedoms of Dadamah. After a quiet spell, he returned in the late nineties, producing towering spires of guitar lines that exposed fragility between the strums. With his solo releases and in collaboration with Flying Saucer Attack, Bardo Pond (Hash Jar Tempo), and Chris Heaphy (Dissolve), his focus shifted from the truth-mining of rock music to epic celestialism. His ambitious yet humble tracks outstrip their origins, and Montgomery toured the world sitting crosslegged on the floor, playing twenty-plus-minute compositions. A long period of silence followed, marked only with a split album with Grouper (who lists Montgomery as a primary influence), involvement in Torlesse Super Group, and a couple thematic variations serving as soundtracks for films. Instead, he focused on his personal and professional commitments. Unfortunately, two horrific events preceded his return: the Christchurch earthquakes of 2011 condemned Montgomery's entire neighborhood save for his home, stripping his street of a community; and, as a volunteer firefighter, he saw first-hand the destruction and loss of life in the city center. Additionally, since 2014, illness in the family has dominated his life. Self-expression once again demanded an outlet. R M H Q is four albums conceived and recorded over a very short period, each of them carrying a distinct focus and mood.

TRACKLIST
1. Tropic of Anodyne 06:03
2. Dear Future Loser 05:58
3. You Always Get What You Deserve 04:41
4. I Was a Distant Star 05:30
5. Seven Faded Dreams 04:40
6. If and Only If 05:14
7. Hanging Melody 06:01
8. As the Sun Sets 05:27
9. Rough take-off 01:49
10. 10538 Overdrive 06:53
11. Little Big Star 04:55
12. Dazed Pig Dreamhome Slide 07:27
13. At the Gogol Au Go Go (for Natstya Ter 04:10
14. Six guitar salute to Peter Gutteridge 06:01
15. Making love in a blast furnace 05:29
16. Slow heroes 06:08
17. Rough landing 01:06
18. Ten Beers with Five Bears at Two Guns, 03:04
19. I.O.U. Otto 06:12
20. Pipeline 05:54
21. And later we looked up at the stars 05:19
22. A Guitar called Boomslang 03:15
23. Another David Lynch thanks, no ice 07:35
24. Chasing Monica Vitti 05:12
25. Cocktails with Can 06:24
26. Otherness 04:02
27. Riding 10:48
28. Last Alarm (for Brad Fletcher) 04:19
29. Unshore 04:11
30. Weathering Mortality (feat. Emma Johns 20:03